How NP Handhelds Is Made
NP Handhelds is a one-person site with an AI helper. This page explains exactly how it works: who runs it, how posts are researched and written, how we test, how the site makes money, and how to tell us when we get something wrong.
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Who runs NP Handhelds
NP Handhelds is run by Nersing Pradhan from Darjeeling, India. He decides what the site covers, records the game tests on his own Steam Deck for the NP Handhelds YouTube channel, and is responsible for everything published here. You can read more about Nersing.
How posts are researched and written
Posts on NP Handhelds are researched and written with Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic, and overseen by Nersing. Every post says so in a line near the top, because you should know how what you’re reading was made.
Every new and rebuilt post has to meet this standard:
- A source for every fact. Each factual claim links to where it came from, at the point where it’s made. Primary sources come first: Valve, game publishers, device makers, official store pages and spec sheets.
- Enough sources to get it right. Guides, comparisons and buying advice draw on at least 10 sources, and news on at least 5. At least 3 of them are primary sources.
- Nothing invented. No made-up tests, quotes, prices, reviews or reader stories. Rumors are labeled as rumors, along with who reported them.
- Prices with dates. We quote official list prices with the date we checked them. We don’t quote Amazon prices, because they change constantly; links to Amazon say “check today’s price” instead.
- Clear verdicts. Buying advice gives a dated buy, wait or skip call and says who shouldn’t buy.
Our first posts were shorter and were written before this standard. We’re rebuilding all of them through November 2026, and each rebuilt post starts with an “Updated” line that says what changed.
How we test
Hands-on results on NP Handhelds come from one place: Nersing’s own tests on his own Steam Deck, recorded for the NP Handhelds YouTube channel or in his test notes and photos. When a post uses them, it says so, embeds the video or shows his photos, and gives his numbers exactly as he recorded them, with the settings he used. “Our tests” and “in our testing” on this site mean that and nothing else.
Every new and rebuilt post also has a “How we tested” section that says plainly what we’ve tested and what we haven’t. Until we have, the figures come from named, linked sources: Valve’s Steam Deck compatibility ratings, player reports on ProtonDB, and other testers, credited by name.
Want a game tested? Ask through the contact page. Reader requests help decide what Nersing tests next.
Images
Every image is credited in its caption. Photos come from Nersing’s own recordings and photos, official media from Valve and game publishers on Steam, and Wikimedia Commons photos under Creative Commons licenses. We don’t use images from other publications or images without a clear license.
How NP Handhelds makes money
NP Handhelds earns from affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, NP Handhelds earns from qualifying purchases. Posts with affiliate links say so near the top, and a commission never changes a pick: our verdicts come from the evidence on the page. The affiliate disclaimer has the details.
If a brand ever pays for coverage or sends us a device to test, the post will say so at the top. Brands don’t see posts before they’re published and can’t change what we say.
Keeping posts accurate and current
Games, prices and SteamOS change quickly. We recheck posts when a patch, a price change or a new release changes the answer. Every updated post starts with “Updated” and the date, plus a sentence on what changed, and each post shows when it was published and last updated.
Corrections
If you spot a mistake, tell us through the contact page. We check every report against the sources. If we got something wrong, we fix it, and if the mistake could have changed a reader’s decision, we add a correction note to the post and list it below.
Corrections log
No corrections so far (last checked November 2, 2026).
Questions
Questions about how we work go through the contact page, or leave a comment on the latest NP Handhelds video.