• @Lost_My_Mind
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    102 hours ago

    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.

    • Coelacanth
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      234 minutes ago

      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.

    • @ABCDE
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      52 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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        62 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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          22 hours ago

          Bonkers.

          • @ABCDE
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            2 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’.