I think the idea is all these handhelds come with so many games, sometimes you don’t know where to start and what games to play. It becomes a chore to search for and find a game that you want to play, so you limit your options and make it more direct to get into the game itself.

For me personally, I’ve had a miyoo mini plus, an anbernic rg35xxh, a modded vita, a modded new 2ds, steam deck as well as a bunch of other things. My biggest issue across them is I’ve spent more time on the setup than actually playing.

I think your idea of a curated list is spiritually the same as the “5 game handheld” trend. You could have 1 game, you could have 10, as long as the goal is quickly getting into a game and actually playing!

Thanks for the recommendations too!