• @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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      23 hours ago

      Bonkers.

        • Virkkunen
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          15 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.

      • @ABCDE
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        3 hours ago

        “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’.