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    We review 5 of the biggest pieces of gaming tech on sale this Black Friday

    From the Atari 2600+ to the Steam Deck OLED to the PlayStation Portal — NPR rounds up the latest and greatest gadgetry from a busy gaming year.
    by James Perkins Mastromarino Nov 22, 2023 6 minutes
    From left to right, top to bottom: the Steam Deck OLED, ASUS Rog Ally, Atari 2600+, PlayStation Portal, and DualSense Edge Controller.

    2023's has been a record year for video game releases and a tempestuous one for those who make them, with thousands laid off at major companies.

    But it's also been an inflection point for gaming hardware. While Nintendo still hasn't announced the rumored sequel to their massively popular Switch console, numerous portable devices that resemble it have stormed the market. Meanwhile, Sony's gone deep on deluxe PS5 accessories — from a fancy controller to a VR headset to a streaming-only handheld. Meta came out with their own "mixed reality" headset, while a resuscitated Atari released a (slightly) modernized take on their groundbreaking 1977 home console, the Atari 2600.

    NPR received review units for some of the biggest gaming gadgets out this year — here's what we thought of them:

    Atari 2600+

    The revamped Atari 2600+ feels exactly like how I remember the original console — for better and for worse.

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