A Very Ticci Surprise

This week, Federico drops a big gaming surprise on John after the two of them cover the latest Switch 2, MSI, and Anbernic handheld news. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Nintendo Samsung making its chips at potentially higher volumes than expected Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Production Mario Kart World originally planned for OG Switch Ask the Developer Vol. 18 Mario Kart World — Part 1 SteamOS Valve's huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds How To Install SteamOS On The ROG Ally And ROG Ally X Handhelds Anbernic RG34XXSP First Impressions Big Forehead, Bigger Potential Screen Shenanigans? UPDATE Anbernic Responds Anbernic RG34XXSP's 'Five-Head' Bezel Masks a True 43 Screen MSI Claw A8 MSI Claw A8 handheld gaming PC has a Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip with 16-core graphics - Liliputing MSI Claw A8 with AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Debuts at Computex 2025 MSI's new handheld gaming PC ditches Intel for AMD Thunderbolt 5 eGPUs It's still early but the TB5 eGPUs are coming Lilbits Asus ROG XG Station eGPU dock with Thunderbolt 5, AYANEO Flip 1S handheld gaming PC, and Microsoft's new command line text editor Sparkle unveils Studio-G Ultra 850, its first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU solution - [Gigabyte presents AORUS AI BOX, GeForce RTX 5090 desktop GPU with Thunderbolt 5](https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-presents-aorus-ai-box-geforce-rtx-5090-desktop-gpu-with-thunderbolt-5)   A Very Ticci Surprise Inside Tech Lian Li A3 Razer PC Remote Play Officially Launches Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the "regular" NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Wavelengths.online Follow us on Mastodon NPC Federico John Brendon Follow us on Bluesky NPC MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Brendon Bigley Affiliate Linking Policy: https://www.macstories.net/privacy-policy/