It’s the one that got away — from Star Wars toymaker Hasbro, that is! Hasbro acquired the rights and even patented it around the world, then abandoned it. It’s no “real Disney lightsaber,” but it’s the first to scratch the same self-retracting itch.
I thought it might be vaporware, but maybe it’s worse! Mysten Labs wants a $599 deposit today that’s basically non-refundable — the terms and conditions roughly boil down to “maybe you get your money back if we don’t ship by 2027 but pray I don’t alter the deal further.” Check out the “bad faith” clause too.
All this for a last-gen chip and a 60Hz screen.
[www.suiplay0x1.com]
The Goliath Power Saber.
It’d be tough for me to recommend a $1,000 Ayaneo Kun over a $800 Asus ROG Ally X, but one particular sticking point may go away — you can buy it (and the fairly weak Ayaneo Next Lite) directly from Best Buy, making potential returns easy.
Ayaneo has lovely build quality. While its PC handhelds haven’t nailed battery and affordability yet, it’s one to watch!
Nvidia just said it won’t begin to ramp production of its new Blackwell GPUs until its fourth fiscal quarter, which begins in November.
Nvidia just reported a record $30 billion quarter, and the vast majority of it ($22B) was data center compute... will it set aside some of its latest and greatest for gamers instead of AI? If so, I wouldn’t bet on prices being low.
[s201.q4cdn.com]
