The PS Vita was designed to combine a smartphone’s multimedia capabilities with the no-boundaries fun of handheld console gaming. It didn’t do very well commercially, estimated to have sold some...

Sony is a huge fan of proprietary accessories for their consoles. When they released the PS2, they included an expansion bay for connecting Ethernet adaptors and HDDs. With the PS Vita, Sony...

The PS Vita was designed to compete with Nintendo’s 3DS, and it continued the legacy of the PSP. Only this time, Sony improved the hardware and control layout even further. But it removed the UMD...

Sony made its entry into the video game console market with the PlayStation, a proper next-gen alternative to the old SNES and Genesis. At the time, no other console could even come close to...

When the Nintendo Switch was released, gamers and hardware reviewers speculated that it replaced the 3DS. However, the Switch is designed to deliver a hybrid experience that is a compromise between a...

The Nintendo Game Boy was not the cartridge-based handheld, since Smith Engineering did the Microvision in 1979. However, the Game Boy made handheld consoles both accessible and entertaining in a way...