Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@imabuddha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>imabuddha</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> to me it seems odd <a href="https://play.date" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to make</a> a quirky handheld like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PlayDate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayDate</span></a> to begin with.</p><p>At a price point of $199 + taxes, customs and shipping, this thing is <a href="https://store.analogue.co/#pocket" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">$20 below</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AnaloguePocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnaloguePocket</span></a> and since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PricesSetExpectations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PricesSetExpectations</span></a>, it feels like a bad value proposition.</p><p>Want to play some nice games on the go?</p><ul><li>Get a used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBA</span></a> or even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/new2DSxl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>new2DSxl</span></a> instead or snipe a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSP</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSvita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSvita</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/softmod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softmod</span></a>...</li></ul><p>Want to do some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LowSpec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowSpec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevelopment</span></a>?</p><ul><li>Make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homebrew</span></a> for any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gameboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gameboy</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NintendoDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NintendoDS</span></a> or a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_Pi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Raspberry_Pi</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pi0W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pi0W</span></a> or even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PiPico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PiPico</span></a>: There are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Handheld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Handheld</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kits</span></a> for these too!</li></ul><p>Want some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> on the go?</p><ul><li>Consider one of those cheap GBA clones that just run ROMs off a MicroSD!</li></ul><p>Want to make some games that look good on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monochrome</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eInk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eInk</span></a>?</p><ul><li>Just buy an eInk screen and shove that on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Want to build some quirky <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/controller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>controller</span></a>?</p><ul><li>Get an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a> and you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjXBE8Tt4kI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">make something go spinny</a>...</li></ul><p>It just feels like one of these <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OMXTElStM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Zero Clones</a> that come with neither good documentation nor software support, and I wounder how they even got enough backers to make it.</p><ul><li>Granted I'm not the target audience and I guess the "<em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3J9uWTsXHM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bass Fishing Controller</a></em>" memes already exist...</li></ul><p>Personally, I think for the specs and the type of games possible on that screen, even $99 would be a hard sale...</p><ul><li>$49 would've been an option <em>if</em> this had like a vibrant ecosystem like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameBoy</span></a>...</li><li>But hey maybe I'm critical of it because I never had played with one nor know anyone in person who owns one... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1DNuB4PBY8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Others seem to like it tho</a>…</li></ul>