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This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...

Nintendo's Switch 2 marketing takes over London

Nintendo's bean counters might be celebrating the successful launch of the Switch 2 with 3.5 million units sold in the first four days. But I think the marketing team deserve a pat on the back, with Switch 2 marketing absolutely everywhere. 

On a quick trip to London this week, Switch 2 hardware and games marketing was all over the main train and tube stations and on the streets. While Nintendo die-hards were going to upgrade anyway, I'd like to think a lot of regular folk are taking an interest and jumping on the Nintendo train. 



Given the poor state of games marketing, hopefully this will nudge other publishers with a reminder that there's more than shoving a banner advert on Engadget or wherever.


What I didn't see was any booths or demo kiosks, which I thought would be have been high on the list of priorities to show even loyal Switch owners how much better the successor is. Let me know if you've seen any around. 

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