Comment on It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console

• i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Evercade has the advantage of a huge software library to draw from (they have a few native games but the majority are emulated), whereas this will only run it’s own software, which puts it at a disadvantage.

  Mind you, the Playdate seems to be going well.

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  • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think one of the things playdate has going for them is they are portable.

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    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Good point. With the specs fully open, hopefully we get a portable of this, at some point.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Evercade sitributes digitally.

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No they don’t? The games are only sold on physical cartridges (or built-in in some models).

    There’s no online store or downloadable games, besides the ‘game of the month’ trial thing they occasionally run.

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