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Retroid’s got some good news for US gamers
US shipments are moving forward, and the company is even ready to absorb tariff costs.
- Handheld console emulators are being hit hard by recent tariffs.
- Retroid earlier announced some big limitations in shipping options for US customers.
- The company now shares the path forward it’s worked out for US orders.
Like basically every other corner of the global economy, the retro gaming handheld market is under assault from the current US administration’s ill-conceived tariffs. Multiple manufacturers have been forced to pause shipping and rethink their entire product strategy as prices threaten to explode. That’s included Retroid, which was in the process of releasing its new Pocket Classic handheld. Now the company has some new updates to share with its customers about what to expect.
We first got confirmation that Retroid Pocket Classic deliveries were being impacted last week, with word of looming shipping shutdowns and the resultant unavailability of certain colorways. We got another update about prioritizing US orders as we got closer and closer to the cutoff for getting shipments out of China, which was supposed to be today, April 25.
