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Zak Killian - Sat, Jul 12, 2025
Regular HotHardware readers will know that I, your author, am generally a fan of handheld gaming PC devices, as well as that I specifically like to champion the smaller vendors, such as GamePadDigital, OneNotebook, and of course, Ayaneo...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Jul 09, 2025
The MSI Claw A8 Ryzen Edition has officially landed in China, bringing with it AMD's new Ryzen Z2 Extreme—a mobile SoC that trims the fat from the desktop-class HX 370 while keeping the good bits: the full 8-WGP RDNA 3.5 iGPU and a hybrid...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 16, 2025
Nintendo is making history with the Switch 2, it's latest-generation handheld game system that raced to more than 3.5 million units sold in a mere four days, making it the company's fastest-selling console ever. It also outpaced every...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 11, 2025
Folks, it's official—the Switch 2 is Nintendo's fastest-selling console of all time with more than 3.5 million units sold in the four days following its June 5 launch. Nintendo revealed the staggering stat in a press release, which follows...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jun 10, 2025
Okay, here's the situation, your parents went away on a week's vacation and...wait, my brain went elsewhere for a moment and it's not even throwback Thursday! The actual situation (which as nothing to do with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 09, 2025
Following weeks of anticipation filled with leaks, rumors, and teasers, Microsoft and ASUS have jointly revealed the first official Xbox gaming handhelds called ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. At first glance, it may seem like these are...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jun 08, 2025
The Switch 2 has a very long way to go before it can become a contender for Nintendo's best-selling game console of all time (an honor that currently belongs to the Nintendo DS, followed by the original Switch family), but it's off to a...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 06, 2025
Everybody and their uncle wants a Switch 2 console (see our first impressions), though there are only so many of Nintendo's new handheld to go around, and they all pretty much disappeared from store shelves on day 1 (yesterday). What's a...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 05, 2025
I don't know which is the worse scenario—lining up for the midnight launch of Nintendo's Switch 2 console and having it sell out before you can get your hands on one (womp womp), or scoring one of the most anticipated consoles of all time...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 04, 2025
One of our favorite PC gaming handhelds is finally in stock at several U.S. retailers, though the timing of its release means it will be going up against Nintendo's Switch 2 console. We're talking about MSI's recently-minted Claw 8 AI+...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Nintendo's Switch 2 figures to be one of the hottest console launches of all time. If you managed to secure a unit via preorder, you should be able to sit back, relax, and not have to worry about trying to track one down on launch day. In...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 02, 2025
We're having flashbacks of Samsung's original Galaxy Fold released back in 2019. Why is that? The manual for Nintendo's soon-to-be-released Switch 2 console explicitly warns against peeling off protected film that comes pre-applied to the...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 30, 2025
Valve's Steam Desk console just became an even more formidable handheld, and it's thanks to NVIDIA. No, there's not an upgraded model with a discrete GeForce GPU tucked inside. However, there is finally a native GeForce NOW app for the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, May 19, 2025
First things first—congrats to any of you who managed to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2 console ahead of its imminent retail release. For anyone who missed out, you'll get another chance on launch day, or even the night before with Best Buy...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 13, 2025
One of the best PC gaming handhelds on the market right now is MSI's Claw 8 AI+ (see our recent review), a premium device built around a large and vibrant 8-inch display (with variable refresh rate or VRR support) powered by Intel's Lunar...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, May 08, 2025
Forget about the pricing premium compared to the first-generation model (and even the upgraded OLED variant) or the inflated cost of first-party games, which is ballooning to $80 a pop. Also forget about all of the uncertainty surrounding...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Apr 21, 2025
Now that Easter is in the rear view mirror, we can turn our attention to the next holiday, albeit an unofficial one, which we're dubbing 'Nintendo Switch 2 Midnight Preorder Bonanza!'. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? In case you missed...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 16, 2025
Nintendo still has not announced when exactly it's upcoming Switch 2 console will be available to preorder in the United States, but according to a leaker with a positive track record, it could happen as soon as next week. With that in...
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Thiago Trevisan - Tue, Apr 15, 2025
Sony's PlayStation Portal has surprised many early critics by its popularity in the handheld space. Furthermore, Sony has kept the console current by providing it with some impressive updates to allow it to function more independently of...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Apr 14, 2025
Remember the Intel Core Ultra 155H-powered One-Netbook OneXPlayer X1 gaming tablet from last year? After being updated to AMD Ryzen 7 8840U power a few months later, the device (rebadged as the X1 Pro) then gained a slightly more capable...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 11, 2025
An engineering sample of Valve's Steam Deck handheld appears to have sold on eBay for $2,000 (it was listed for $2,999.99), plus another $5 shipping. So $2,005 total, if our math checks out. That's three times higher than Valve's most...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 08, 2025
There's still some mystery surrounding Nintendo's Switch 2 console, even after last week's proper reveal during a special Nintendo Direct event. Part of the reason for the intrigue is the unexpected delay of preorders in the United States...
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