Nesting Dolls of Emulation

This week on Next Portable Console, SteamOS on Mac is another sign of how AI is eating the emulation world, plus news from Ayn, AYANEO, and more. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes FX Steam Launcher Modders bring full SteamOS to Apple Silicon Macs, Windows games already playable Modders bring Steam Frame build of SteamOS and all of its translation layer goodness to Mac Hypervisor framework Proton FEX DXVK VKD3D-Proton MoltenVK Mesa Metal Xbox Games on Android DroidDeck DroidDeck 0.6.0 release notes DroidDeck 0.6.0 adds experimental Xbox and PC Game Pass integration and faster game loading Xbox Game Pass games are running on Android without cloud streaming AI, Decomps, and Jailbreaks Claude's new rules against game cloning won't stop the AI copying boom One of the biggest game decompilation sites is closing because AI has 'broken the community aspect' PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground Nintendo Nintendo's Switch 2 console sales just dropped significantly Handheld and Phone News Odin 3 Portal handheld gets charging rate downgrade as AYN admits to a mistake in the official specs list AYN Odin 3 Portal Starts Shipping Right on Schedule Redmagic 12 Pro adds RGB lights to its liquid-cooled gaming phone, starting at $949 AYASpace 2 AYANEO Announces AYASpace 2, Turning Your Handheld Into a 'Pocket Museum' Ayaneo's Game Boy-style Konkr Pocket Block finally launches at under $100 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 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 Chapters (00:00) - Switch 2 Sales (02:26) - AI Is Eating Software (21:09) - Charging the Odin 3 (21:45) - The RedMagic 12 Pro Is Out (23:12) - AYASPACE 2 (24:27) - Konkr Pocket Block Early Impressions Leave Feedback for John and Federico NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Silvia Gatta Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy