Comment on There's an FPGA handheld that looks perfect for playing GBA, but it's still in the crowdfunding phase

anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then you’re not in the target group.

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  • Robin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can someone explain to me who the target group is tho? I understand FPGAs have a larger potential of emulating hardware fast. But it’s not like the chip designs for these old consoles are open source. So FPGAs are usually not cycle accurate either.

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    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The same kind of pretentious person that says they can feel the difference of 1ms of input lag, or hear the difference between 320kbps audio and 1411kbps. You know, an elitist.

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      • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Even someone who never played a video game can see and feel a difference between, say, an Analogue Pocket and some generic SBC inside a Game Boy-esqe chassis. This same person, or you apparantly and me, will not automatically be willing to pay extra for that. It’s boutique.

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    • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People who’d also by hardware by Analogue.

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• rooster_butt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah I don’t get it either. I work in aviation and we use fpgas so we can do field upgrades since physical hw changes are not that common in the industry. None of these handhels look like they support fpga image updates. My only guess is that they dont sell enough volume to make ASICs due to economies of scale.

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