YouTube Strikes & Beefs with Joey’s Retro Handhelds

About this episode

Joey joins Stubbs and Rob to discuss his YouTube return, industry challenges, and the future of retro handhelds.

Joey joins Stubbs and Rob to chat about his return from YouTube jail, AYN's switch from 8 Elite to Qualcomm Dragonwing, along with the industry-wide RAM crisis and how it’s impacting the prices and availability of handhelds like the Legion Go 2, OneXplayer Apex, and Retroid Pocket Classic. We also clear the air on prior beefs to focus on moving the community forward, discuss the realities of content creation, life behind the scenes, and what the future holds for retro handhelds.

People in this episode

Hosts: Stubbs, Rob

Guest: Joey

Topics covered

• YouTube
• handheld gaming
• content creation
• industry news
• community
• technology

Keywords

• YouTube jail
• AYN
• handhelds
• RAM crisis
• content creation
• community beefs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AYN

Products: 8 Elite, Qualcomm Dragonwing, Legion Go 2, OneXplayer Apex, Retroid Pocket Classic

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