Ayaneo isn’t new to the hand-held market, however its newest product is trying to make main waves and hopefully overtake two key rivals within the course of.

The Verge (opens in new tab) stories that the corporate not too long ago introduced its upcoming Ayaneo 2S moveable system will probably be housing the identical AMD Ryzen 7000 U-series chip, which is already in use for the Asus ROG Ally’s Z1 Excessive CPU. This not solely places it straight up in opposition to mentioned ROG Ally however in competitors with Valve’s Steam Deck as properly.

Contemplating that the Asus ROG Ally is already stacked by way of specs and efficiency, this can be a enormous deal. Particularly if the Ayaneo 2S will get its pricing proper, one thing that might hinder the ROG Alley if the newest worth leak seems to be false. 

And it appears that evidently the corporate has taken criticisms to coronary heart by way of its Ayaneo 2 in line with Engadget (opens in new tab), as the brand new 7000 sequence processor options “substantial efficiency positive aspects within the low TDP 8-15W gold vary” in comparison with the present mannequin’s 6800, in addition to barely decreased temperatures. That final one is essential, as certainly one of our criticisms of the ROG Ally was its noticeable overheating.

And regardless that there are many different Ayaneos out within the wild, together with the second model that was launched in 2021 and the Ayaneo Air Plus, the corporate received’t be abandoning these fashions. In accordance with The Verge, it would “provide a free speaker improve for each Ayaneo Air and a free cooling module for each Ayaneo 2 and Ayaneo Geek,” which can decrease its temperature by as much as 12 levels Celsius.

This could possibly be an enormous recreation changer for the hand-held market 

The Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally aren’t the one two handhelds that must be careful both. The Nintendo Change 2 will probably be going through some steep competitors in a market that the present Nintendo Change has been single-handedly dominating.

It appeared like Nintendo had all the things in management, with Sony not within the moveable gaming system market after its PlayStation Vita was totally trounced by the Nintendo 3DS. However with the Steam Deck making some vital waves this era, and the Asus ROG Ally trying to flip these waves right into a tsunami together with the Ayaneo 2S, we could possibly be taking a look at a severe shakeup.

If these programs find yourself touchdown in a giant method, it might power Nintendo to go all out on the Change 2’s {hardware}, in addition to encourage Valve to make some much-needed enhancements to its Steam Deck 2 (and get the corporate extra severe about it normally). 

Extra competitors is at all times higher, and I stay up for the best-case state of affairs that turns these three powerhouses into one thing that basically pushes Nintendo and Valve and their {hardware} to their limits. Then, we the shoppers will all win.