EE Pocket-lint Awards 2022: Gaming / VR device of the year - Pocket-lint

(Pocket-lint) - The past mates of years person been large for gaming with respective devices grabbing our attention.

Whether you've wanted a almighty console, thing handheld and portable oregon to dive into the satellite of virtual reality, there's been thing for everyone. 

Assuming, that is, that you could get clasp of one. Because galore of the devices we've considered arsenic the champion gaming oregon VR instrumentality person been successful precise precocious request and for bully crushed too. 

For this year's EE Pocket-lint Awards we've selected what we deemed to beryllium the existent winners for 2022. 

Best gaming device: Sony PlayStation 5

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The PlayStation 5's popularity is undeniable, truthful overmuch truthful that it's been a existent conflict to bargain 1 since it launched. 

It's acold from tiny, but what it lacks successful compact signifier origin it makes up for successful gaming capabilities. It's an fantabulous portion of location amusement kit and thing to genuinely covet. With next-gen show that includes ultra-fast crippled load times, ray tracing and HDR10 and overmuch more. 

• Read our PlayStation 5 review

Highly Commended: Nintendo Switch OLED

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The archetypal Nintendo Switch was a existent crippled changer and the Switch OLED exemplary conscionable made it adjacent much appealing.

With galore caller and modern games making their mode to the Switch, determination are plentifulness of reasons to privation one, too entree to classical Nintendo adventures connected a almighty portable handheld. 

The Nintendo Switch OLED is simply a magnificently bully handheld console that provides 1 of the champion experiences around. 

• Read our Nintendo Switch OLED review

The champion of the rest

There's nary denying that determination person been immoderate large gaming devices launched recently. We've seen and thoroughly enjoyed a fig of them that we'd highly urge considering. 

These see the Meta Quest 2 which is simply a fantastically fashionable stand-alone VR headset that's loved by the masses arsenic good arsenic us. It has an ever-growing catalog of games and adjacent works with PCVR games too. With multiplayer experiences and adjacent the quality to ticker Netflix connected a idiosyncratic large screen, it has plentifulness of reasons to buy. 

The Pico 4 is an absorbing alternate to the Meta Quest 2 which we recovered to beryllium afloat of plentifulness of potential. It's affordable yet packed afloat of powerfulness to marque for a beauteous and immersive VR experience. 

The Steam Deck is different handheld good worthy your money. It's much almighty than the Switch, though mightiness not past arsenic agelong earlier it needs a charge. It's casual to crippled with and has the powerfulness to tally each mode of games with nary fuss. It's besides overmuch easier to bargain present than it utilized to be. which means it is appealing too. 

Xbox Series X is different gaming beast and a large alternate to the PlayStation 5. It's besides truthful adjacent to being a mini-gaming PC that it's hardly a console anymore. 

What are the Pocket-lint Awards?

The EE Pocket-lint Awards instrumentality spot annually to observe the champion of tech from the erstwhile 12 months. Products request to beryllium afloat reviewed by the Pocket-lint squad to beryllium considered for the Awards, with judging taking spot towards the extremity of the year. Through a process of longlisting and shortlisting, the sheet of adept judges scores the devices to effect successful the wide victor and a Highly Commended runner-up.

The Pocket-lint Awards was tally for 19th clip successful 2022.

Writing by Adrian Willings. Editing by Chris Hall.