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>For $179 + shipping How much should it be?
You can buy a handheld that plays all 16-bit games, GBA games, mame, etc. for under $50.
Emulating SNES and Genesis games was fun back in 1997 but really are we not tired of that by now?
Just how many times can you go through the emulator dance of downloading all the games then playing each for less than 3 minutes before you give up.
I wonder how well this will fare after initial novelty wears off. And will it sell nearly enough units for there to be games for it in future... I do remember products like OUYA and how well they did...
Who is this built for? Serious question. Yeah it looks cool but in a joke sense. It doesn't really look like it is going to do anything well. The accessories look even more like a joke. Obviously im not the target customer, but im trying to figure out who is?
I appreciate the ~decent textContent. Telling exactly what purpose(s) JavaScript serves helps make an informed decision on whether to open a graphical web browser or continue with w3m. (In this case, it was obvious I could read on about Playdate just fine.) I've grown sick of create-react-app default textContent. > Hello! Javascript is required for purchasing, signing up for the newsletter, viewing videos, and other…
It’s really nice when they do this but the no JavaScript ship has sailed. I’d rather devs focus on accessibility for screen readers etc.
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> slightly scammy This is highly offensive to me. Making hardware is hard, everyone here should know that. Here we have a company, with a great reputation, taking a big risk to offer us something different, and people's first reaction is to assume bad intentions? > Just because a well known name is behind a project doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a good product or a great idea Therefore it's a scam? That is…
That seems awfully disingenuous. The rest of my post is why i consider it slightly scammy. A lot of buzz with less substance than promised and no actual commitments to the devs they're also advertising too that will inevitably be the ones that support the playdate in the long term.
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Was thinking that games similar to Obra Dinn would be awesome on this device, but also realize that games of that caliber are a rare thing indeed. In the long run I'd think that the lack of colors is a deal breaker, so I think you're right this is very much a niche type of product.
Uh... You'll be happy then. Lucas Pope is at work on a game for this called Mars After Midnight.
As somebody who wants no sequel more than Obra Dinn 2, I don't think this is it. I always look forward to seeing Pope's work, though, and I hope he's working on something that he enjoys.
they says "SDK" and then say "web based". So will I be able to run native code on this thing or no?
> The SDK will be available on macOS, Windows, and Linux. There are two ways to write games: using Lua, for ease of development; or using C, for games that need extra performance. You can also use both languages in the same project. Typical SDK abilities are included: graphics, sound, inputs, text, collisions, etc. We continue to add features every day!
^ that's from https://play.date/dev/
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> Who is this built for? I don't know, but it seems buying a standard console would get you more games and less e-waste.
I’m a bit shocked at the price! It’s the same price I recently paid for a switch lite. I don’t understand how it can be so expensive.
CNC milled novelty crank.
I don't get why everyone here is comparing this to gameboy emulators. There's a million ways to emulate gameboy at this point. There are emulators that run on pretty much every single platform. You can get a $40 handheld on Amazon that can do it. To me the selling point of this system is that you can play _new_ games that are in a cool retro 1-bit art style. That itself is a unique thing
I think what people want is a platform where a captive audience has to play your game, because there aren't any good games for the platform. If you target modern computers, you're competing with games like League of Legends or Overwatch, which have large teams behind them. If you target this shitbox, your competition is some game where you spin a crank so you aren't late to an e-date. Your chance of "winning" is high.
It remains to be seen whether some exclusive game is so good that it sells the console. I only buy Nintendo products so I can play their exclusive games. I would much prefer to run them on my PC, but they demand an extra $500 tax. Good business model! Maybe it can be yours too.
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I think the population of folks who care is too small to do that. And honestly a good chunk of that population will still just complain anyhow / might not be persuaded. They already kinda made their call.
I think it depends on how much the set of people who browse without JavaScript and the set of people who might connect you with relevant and important people/opportunities intersects. I've heard of people running whole web ad campaigns just to reach one person.
I don't think even 1% of the global population knows it's possible to browse web pages without a GUI.