PlayStation is reportedly planning to launch a brand-new handheld console this year, though it's not the same console fans may have expected.

Console yourself with gaming having moved on from 1985 with these 5 nostalgia-fuelled retro handhelds

We're past the days of dedicated, standalone portable consoles like the PS Vita, but as mentioned, Nintendo has proven there's an appetite for home console-level gaming in a handheld form factor. Someone has taken this idea and run with it, modding a PS4 into a (relatively) small portable device.

In 2026, the lines between “console” and “PC” have finally dissolved. We’ve moved past the era of clunky, loud gaming laptops and entered the age of the “Anywhere PC.” These handhelds have matured from enthusiast prototypes into polished daily drivers that let you play Cyberpunk 2077 on the train and then instantly dock to a

TL;DR: Play thousands of games from Nintendo, Sega, and beyond on the Retropian handheld console, only $79.99. Gaming used to be more portable. Sure, the Switch and Switch 2 are technically portable, but they’re kind of bulky, and that’s a pretty ...

The AYANEO Pocket S Mini is a handheld game console with a 4.2 inch, 1280 x 960 pixel LCD display featuring a 4:3 aspect ratio that could make it a good fit for classic games that were designed to be played on old-school television sets or other devices with 4:3 screens.

The Retropian M22 Retro Handheld Gaming Console is on sale for under $75 this Labor Day weekend, marked down from $130. The console is pre-loaded with over 10,000 classic games from various retro systems like N64 and Sega Genesis. The Retropian M22 is ...

Good Smile Company announced release windows for the FigmaPlus PlayStation console and replica set for Figma figures that includes the PS1, PS5, and Vita. It will launch in September 2026 in Japan and Q1 2027 worldwide. It costs $36.99 / ￥5,500.

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I’ve loved gaming, and particularly gaming handhelds, all of my life. I grew up with every variation of the Game Boy and Sega Game Gear, and more. At CNET, I’ve reviewed mobile gaming and handhelds going back to the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita ...