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I like the concept of the playdate. I even like the little gimmicky crank. I don't like the non-backlit screen. And the price is a deal breaking barrier to entry for me.
Make this thing $60, and put a decent color screen on it, and I'm sold.
Black and white (or whatever colour) with backlight is fine. If I can buy an Anbernic or whatever the buggery for <$50, this can be not much more.
If I recall correctly, the playdate was $250 a year ago. Not sure if it's the same price today. But that was enough to stop my purchade a year ago.
$199 now. Still seems a bit overpriced.
"A bit", my lord.
I'm pretty sure it was 'why is it so damn expensive'.
That's the question from non customers.
If I bought it and realised that's all I got, I'd be wondering that.
Hehe.. true also
Ufff, why would you buy one of these instead of a r36s or similar
Because it has a library of interesting and innovative exclusives, making use of an unusual control input. Whether that makes it worth it or not is personal preference, but you can’t disagree that it offers something unique.
Because they are different devices serving different purposes. The r36s is a portable emulator that'll run games from different consoles; the playdate is a portable console that runs games made specifically for the playdate.
Bonkers.
I love Lucas Pope and would like to one day play Mars After Midnight, but I'm not paying over 200 bucks for one of these anytime soon.