Playdate finally got an update
Over 250 people have early Playdates and are making games, the official Twitter listed a number of examples. And yes, it runs DOOM.
twitter.com
In the coming months they'll talk release date, pre-orders, and detailing the games featured (for free) in Season One
What do you think, Zig Forums? Will you get a Playdate, and if you do, will you make some games?
Looks like it has the graphics of a fucking etch-a-sketch. Why would this be anything of value?
You and your shitty emulator with a WONKY GOOFY COOKYCOCO crank can go fuck yourselves, shill.
what's the advantage of gaming on this as opposed to like, a phone?
what's the advantage of developing?
Nice viral marketing thread. Maybe if it came out in 1993 I would consider it but uh... fuck no?
Thank you Playdate viral marketer, very cool!
Tick tock Switchfags
I'm in the 0.01% of people here who is actually getting one. I love weird limited-run electronics like this even when they aren't related to video games. I'm very excited to see what kinds of fishing games are developed
>$149 US DOLLARS
I'm pretty sure I can buy a game boy for 10 bucks at a yard sale and it has way more than 12 games.
some of the games (which i assume are free) look cool and the gimmick seems nice, but is it really worth the price?
>the crank doesn't charge the battery
dropped
>What do you think, Zig Forums?
it's shit
>Will you get a Playdate
fuck no
What I actually hate about it, was how it perfectly, once again, exemplified, of all things, GamerGate. The fucking circle jerk of how all these friends in the media decided that this piece of shit should be on the cover of everything was unbearable.
I honestly don't know why so many people here want it to do that
What the fuck are you talking about
I can give you $10 for that. If it's more expensive then fuck off.
It looks extremely impractical and unpleasant to play on and nothing more than a novelty to play around with for about 45 seconds and then say "cool haha". The only people who are gonna buy this are onions drinking dopamine addict impulse purchasers.
>I honestly don't know why so many people here want it to do that
because it's the only possible way this piece of shit would have been at least slightly interesting as a novelty, no one actually wants a stupid fucking crank to control a video game unless they're really into fishing
why is the hardware so weak for a 150 dollars machine?
like, it's literally a very weak 2002 mobile game console level
Who cares? Does this get you a free pass into a DSA meeting or some shit? Why do manchildren lose their shit over this poser tiger electronic
>because it's the only possible way this piece of shit would have been at least slightly interesting as a novelty
Really?
THAT'S the reason?
The crank has to charge it, and not the idea of the crank as an interesting controller idea to design around?
OK but why do you want to have to crank to charge it
It is a bit of a gimmick but there might be some neat uses for it
CPU : STMicroelectronics STM32 F746 180 MHz
Memory :16 MB
Jesus christ, 16 mega of RAM? You can get 1024 megas for like 2 dollars
Because it would justify the price a bit more via novelty factor, it would justify the existence of the stupid flimsy crank beyond being a random gimmick picked from a hat, and given how little power this shit will use it wouldnt be fucking hard to do. Its inexcusable honestly.
>What the fuck are you talking about
When it was announced, the way every fucking website screamed about it
The playdate is sick, it's made of high quality hardware though and through. Even the black&white LCD is crystal clear and pixel dense. Compare it to the ghosting on a gameboy LCD, the difference is huge. I can't wait to see what weird little games people make.
For everyone who thinks this is dumb and just wants an emulation device, get a RG350M
Literally nothing except i guess soiboys will pay a premium for your game that took less work than a newgrounds flash game from 15 years ago
Wow OP, that looks very nice for a 30 bucks cons-
>$150
What the fuck does that have to do with GamerGate, which had been done and over with for YEARS prior to the Playdate's announcement?
Its all the faggy “journalists” that only have a job and voice because of the corruption wrought by those perpetrators
Who the fuck calls MBs "megas"? Are you some kind of 3rd worlder?
The only problem is the price. Everything else about it is cool and just goes to show how much Zig Forums truly hates video games
Theres literally nothing the crank offers that an analog stick doesnt besides the novelty of emulating the feel of a fishing reel.
WHAT? THAT FUCKING THING IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FUN?
V doesnt hate video games as much as the creators and anybody “excited” for this
I seriously do not understand the connection.
New video game platform/hardware is announced
Journalists and news sites talk about it
Therefore... GamerGate?
Seriously, what the FUCK are you talking about?
who the fuck is V
>he doesn't call kb kilos
Found the ameriburger
And that's fine.
I don't know what it is about this thing being a novelty device that you people can't seem to get your heads around
Where is the source code for that Doom port? They are obligated under the GPL.
You can just buy one of those gamepads for your phone for like 20 bucks and emulate pretty much everything from NES/SNES to PS1.
Why would you buy this piece of shit for 150$?
people want the crank to charge it because they don't give the shadow of a fuck about it as an "interesting way to control their games", they're just desperately trying to find a redeeming factor that doesn't exist for this stupid fucking idea
Youre obviously a disingenous faggot on top of being just outright stupid, let me break this down for you.
The reason any “news article” or whatever even exists about this useless overpriced piece of plastic, is becausr the creators are running in the same circles as the people who think a faggot walking sim is a 10/10
it is interesting though
this is the most soi thing I've ever seen
Who is the market for this piece of shit? Even hipsters already have their apple devices
Look, it's the same idea, not the same exact situation. It's another case, in a different way, that shows how clear the nepotism is in those circles.
It's dumb to bring up gamergate, but his point wasn't hard to understand. Gamergate was about all the San Francisco circlejerking journalists and indie cliques. Playdate exemplifies this because mediocre devs make shitty 2 minute games on a hipster device and all the same journalists are writing articles about how awesome this thing is.
How so?
Then you've missed the point completely
lmao no thanks, I just purchased one of these
I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that those very same outlets would have run articles about Playdate regardless because it's a gaming device and their job is to report about news in video games
Please excuse my friend he has feline aids, it messes with his head.
The guy who split your mothers asscheeks and filled her with man goo last night before executing her with a bullet at point blank range while she cried your name
>People are interested in things I'm not interested in
>Therefore conspiracy
Okay buddy
Yes, bringing up GG is tainted, it derailed it, but I'm glad some people see my point.
Yes
It's just a steering wheel controller turned sideways.
Not cover articles, and why do they cover this one, and not the dozen other similar projects being worked on?
Go guck yourself you useless sack of guts and semen.
Shove that retarded toy up your ass and then kill yourself.
>Will you get a Playdate,
I have phone to play outside of my home.
why do retarded coonsoomers buy crap like that?
Owo, what's this?
It costs so much 'cause all of the games will be free forever
The cost of the Playdate itself goes in part to the devs of whatever games it has
it has a crank
Its 150 fucking dollars you daft cunt, a 150 dollars novelty device where the focus is the crank should fucking charge itself. The screen isnt even backlit for fucks sake, and the specs/visuals/games are laughable. The thing should cost 30 bucks maximum and thats considering novelty factor.
Anyone who doesnt literally look like the soiboy wojack agrees with you, dont worry
>he thing should cost 30 bucks maximum
Why?
Get this hipster marketing garbage off of my board.
retroid pocket 2
...
Last time I used a twisty input was on an ipod where you lightly drag your finger across a circle. I seem to remember it being really nice to use and even having fun with the stupid paddle/brick game. If that worked well, so can this
because they were paid to. Any gaming news outlet is nothing more than a glorified third party marketing team. Expecting them to be anything else is retarded because if they did not act like this, they would not exist.
this thing is the piece of junk that launched 1000 ships and each ship has got cannons and shit. I am going to start a petition to mr Trump to ban this garbage via executive order.
>Look, it's the same idea
A single company making a novelty video gaming device is the same idea has a vast conspiracy to spread agendas via video game journalism?
What
>Owo
Pobrecito, he came out retarded.
take your meds
>and not the dozen other similar projects being worked on?
Such as?
And I think you're really overblowing how much media attention Playdate got.
>The screen isnt even backlit for fucks sake
I think it's supposed to be that e-reader shit so that it doesn't need to be backlit
>it runs DOOM
what doesn't at this point?
because its a piece of shit.
Fuck off shill. 六四事件;
Also a used hacked 3ds can do everything that piece of crap could do and more for a cheaper price
I will pay 20 bucks for this toy. 40 if the crank does something special and is not just a gimmick.
1 bit screen
tiny screen
tiny non ergonomic device
no games
few buttons (BUT A CRANK!!!!)
>and not the dozen other similar projects
Such as?
I don't own a wheel controller, don't they return to neutral position on their own? And can you turn them all the way around freely
so why have a crank instead of a touch screen?
>149 dollars
the fucking gameboy color had a launch price of 70$
And why would those things make this only worth 30 dollars in your eyes?
>Also a used hacked 3ds can do everything that piece of crap could do and more for a cheaper price
a hacked 3ds can't emulate n64, nigger
Touch screens are shit