• @ABCDE
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    64 hours ago

    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.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      74 hours ago

      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.

      • @ABCDE
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        24 hours ago

        Bonkers.

        • @ABCDE
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          “A bit”, my lord.

          “Since the beginning, the number one question from Playdate owners has been: ‘When will there be another Season?’” says Greg Maletic, Playdate project lead.

          I’m pretty sure it was ‘why is it so damn expensive’.

          • Virkkunen
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            114 minutes ago

            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.

          • @MurrayL
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            2 hours ago

            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.