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I was trolling around Wikipedia to see what what handheld systems they consider to be ninth-generation (the current generation video gaming systems are in, i.e. Xbox Series X/S, PS5...). Of course, neither Nintendo or Sony have interest in releasing a next-gen handheld console for the time being, but Panic, the publisher of the video games Firewatch, Untitled Goose Game, and Nour: Play With Your Food, sure does!
Ladies and gentlemen, the Playdate!
The console itself doesn't look that bad, apart from a lack of buttons, and that little crank on the side of the system.
Let's see what's packing in this system.
I would say the price is more reasonable than that of the also-upcoming Intellivision Amico, but lets look a little closer at the mid-section of that specs list.
>Runs of a system on a chip
>180 MHz processor
>16 MB RAM
>2 GB Flash Storage
Is that really worth $149? At most it could've been $99, or at least $49. That is far more for a console with specs like that, especially for a console marketed as next-gen.
And that's not taking into account what that crank is for, here's a video demonstrating the system (lol at "cutting-edge"):
From the looks of it, it appears the crank advances whatever game you're playing forward or backward, almost completely negating the need for most of the other buttons, other than for specific functions in the game.
Here's an official video from Panic also demonstrating the system, albeit in more depth:
Just looking at gameplay footage, it's like a more advanced Tiger Electronic game, just without much of the primitiveness of its presentation.
I don't know what made Wikipedia think this system was next generation, but I guess it'd make for a good novelty system, that is, if it wasn't for the price tag.
Plus, when was there a time where video game consoles, let alone handhelds, had to be cranked in order to play them?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Playdate!
The console itself doesn't look that bad, apart from a lack of buttons, and that little crank on the side of the system.
Let's see what's packing in this system.
I would say the price is more reasonable than that of the also-upcoming Intellivision Amico, but lets look a little closer at the mid-section of that specs list.
>Runs of a system on a chip
>180 MHz processor
>16 MB RAM
>2 GB Flash Storage
Is that really worth $149? At most it could've been $99, or at least $49. That is far more for a console with specs like that, especially for a console marketed as next-gen.
And that's not taking into account what that crank is for, here's a video demonstrating the system (lol at "cutting-edge"):
From the looks of it, it appears the crank advances whatever game you're playing forward or backward, almost completely negating the need for most of the other buttons, other than for specific functions in the game.
Here's an official video from Panic also demonstrating the system, albeit in more depth:
Just looking at gameplay footage, it's like a more advanced Tiger Electronic game, just without much of the primitiveness of its presentation.
I don't know what made Wikipedia think this system was next generation, but I guess it'd make for a good novelty system, that is, if it wasn't for the price tag.
Plus, when was there a time where video game consoles, let alone handhelds, had to be cranked in order to play them?
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