It's kino

Seems like something i would claim I was super interested in, then buy and play with twice before going back to PC

op is a faggot.

>$180
>for a two button handheld
fuck off

Wish we had these so i could get a cute gf.

control method

Probably the dad helping his daughter beat a difficult boss.
Wholesome.

to charge it, I am not joking

What does this thing do that any phone made in the past two decades can't do better?

>beautiful high resolution 4-bit screen
>very good build quality
>*EXTREMELY* good software development kit, super easy to use and make your own little games in a few days or a couple weeks
>dumb little quirky control input in the form of a crank, completely novel
>all the hipster indie devs on tw*tter are into it so there's already a nice software library for it

>it's one hundred and seventy nine united states usd dollars
how do you fuck it up THIS bad?
if it cost $79, hell, $99, it'd be an easy impulse buy for a fun little toy. $179 is almost nintendo switch pricing

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I got a crank you can play with right here

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>One of the selling points is that it won't drift because they're not using bargain bin components
kek
Nintensisters they can't do this...

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It literally has worse specs than the original fucking gameboy.

well, for one it has soul

but it has a crank!

How much of a hipster twat do you have to be to buy one of these fucking things

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Consider:
>Games for it are commissioned by panic
>Games are bundled with the hardware, no way of buying them
>First hardware foray
>Required years of R&D, hoops had to be jumped through to source such a specific panel
Hmm I wonder why it's 179 bucks

you can probably easily run windows on this thing

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It's because these things are designed to sell solely as a novelty to twitter hipsters and not to be an actual strong product.
They know they won't sell very many until it bombs so the return on each individual unit has to be very high.

>beautiful high resolution 4-bit screen
>very good build quality
>it's one hundred and seventy nine united states usd dollars

Checks out

The screen can't even do monochrome.
That would be like trying to paint the mona lisa with monkey shit.

niche products are always more expensive, there's no economy of scale to bring prices down
switch sells hundreds of thousands each week, this thing will sell maybe 10k over it's lifetime

anyway, this clearly isn't aimed at mainstream consumers or impulse purchasers so it doesn't matter, it's a weird little novelty thing
don't know why Yea Forums is obsessed with it

The SDK really is extremely nice, but I'm not paying $179.

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cute kid

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>crank to start
lmao

>impulse purchasers
That's exactly the market it's aiming for.
The product is bad and won't last past the honeymoon phase.

That is most definitely a rhythm game.

it's got soul

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do you wash your clothes in one of these?

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>Yes, the crank. Is it a gimmick? Nah. Does it charge Playdate's battery? Nope. Is it really fun? Yes yes yes. It's an analog controller that flips out from the side, allowing you to precisely dial in the action. Not every game uses it, but some really do, like Crankin's Time Travel Adventure, below.

no it's aimed at hipsters who like weird "bespoke" "artisanal" things like a handheld with a crank and a black and white screen
a random person isn't going to buy this thing on a whim, the average gamer wouldn't be interested in this even if it was $30

I drunkenly ordered one of these on a whim. I guess they're shipping soon? Return of the Obra Dinn 2 better be good.

Do americans really?

> Queue at the Pripara machine
> No-one playing Aikatsu

Based

Why does Yea Forums hate fun stuff like the Playdate? What went so wrong?

I could be the richest person on the planet and wouldn't buy this overpriced garbage.
I don't even understand who's the target audience for this

Fun things are fun, not gimmicks and bad games.

>has no colors
>in time of raspberry pi
its dumb

>You best start believing in shill operations...
>You're in one!

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it dougs

I swear I heard some journalists reporting that the crank could change the battery. Was this just assumptions, or was it supposed to charge the battery at some point?

youtu.be/ZGdP59hhiDg
oh no no no no no cranksisters...

Price tag. $179 means they people won't buy it for a laugh.

I've no idea, but I'm guessing they've factored the price of developing all the included games into the price tag. $179 is too much for a gimmick machine.

>why can't I shill my overpriced hipster gimmick shit on Yea Forums without repercussions?!

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journalists jumping to conclusions as soon as they could to get clicks in

The Switch has caused a resurgence in the popularity of handhelds. Between the billion chink emulator machines, playdate, analog pocket, steam deck, etc. Even DS games are going for hundreds of dollars these days.

>you WILL go bankrupt

Dripping with soi and estrogen god I hate bugmen

>I don't even understand who's the target audience for this
twitter hipsters who don't play games

The people who invent new inoffensive words to insult you every other week

Lmfao. I thought that it charged it. I gave it an "okay, it's a gimmick product, that's why it's expensive".
Now it's purely a scam lmfao.

I hate Níntendrones like you wouldn't believe but I'd rather buy an overpriced Shitch for my whole extended family than this thing.

So after seeing the games, it's a complete lie when anons said it's weaker than a gameboy

>$179 for a faggot indie toy
>$200 for a retro emulation devices that plays up to gamecube in your pocket
You really have to be gay to want a playdate.

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So? Some rythm games can be fucking hardcore.

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kek
are those joycon analogs?

It cranks that Soul'ja boy

I dont think you realize how hard it is to generate electricity like that

no shit, it's a modern SOC
the fucking intro demo wouldn't run on a SNES

groove coaster is so fucking fun, wish it was more common outside of japan

Came to say this. Big lmao, bumps are only deserved so the average Yea Forums user feel manly.

That's what people said about the bitcoin.

You should have posted this pic.

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why would it drift when it has no sticks and therefore no actual input method that could drift to begin with?

No thanks, I'll just keep connecting my laptop or my S9 on my TV to play PSP or any old shit.

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>memorable games
>the entire library gets switched out and replaced every month

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I want to buy the BEST (objectively) handheld gaming device(s). What are my cheapest options to get the most video game coverage?

A hacked 3DS + hacked Vita?

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the crank is an analog controller, but they didn't cheap out and gave it actual magnets (therefore there's nothing to wear down)

>4-bit screen
What? It looks monochrome.

hacked Switch, easily. hacked 3DS too if you can afford it

yeah i'm retarded and thought it was 4-bit, it's 1-bit

hello marketing team. get a better buzzword

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If it had a drawing pen instead of the dumb crank, it'd be more interesting. Or e-ink screen.

>obvious clickbait title
>the review is overwhelmingly positive with a couple minor gripes
Did you even watch the thing you posted?