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Heads up people.

Playdate. Order now!

It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. There’s a crank. It comes with 24 free games to get you started. Say hi to Playdate from Panic.

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Playdate pre-orders are finally delivered and now it can be purchased immediately from their site.

Just ordered mine. With shipping and taxes in Europe it came close to 300 Eur...
But I've been wanting it badly for years.

 

[amigastar]

300 Euros? That's a steep price honestly.

 

[PonyStation4]

Why buy this over something like a modded 3DS?

 

[evanft]

Why buy this instead of burning the money in a pile on the front lawn, since that seems to be about as entertaining?

 

[Spukc]

This thing is beyond hipster shit

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I’ll admit that a handful of the games look like they might be entertaining for a couple of minutes, but most of them just look dull and kind of pointless.

I’d maybe give it a go for £50, but £300?!? You must be out of your mind OP.

 

[bender]

Why buy this over something like a modded 3DS?

Lucas Pope is making a game for it which hopefully gets ported as I don't want to spend $200 for a Playdate.

 

[Lupin3]

While it does look interesting, €300 is about 7.5 times as much as I would pay for it.

 

[intheinbetween]

While it does look interesting, €300 is about 7.5 times as much as I would pay for it.

Pretty much this, it looks cool but really expensive for such a niche device

 

[Burger]

I think it's a cool device, and I'm sort of glad I have one.

However, that screen - I live in England and you cannot play this thing 6 months out of the year. No backlight is a real bummer.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Just ordered mine. With shipping and taxes in Europe it came close to 300 Eur...

Jesus fuck, talk about consumerism.

 

[calistan]

Teenage Engineering had a hand in making the hardware, which sort of explains the price. They make really weird niche audio gear that’s desirable but massively overpriced.

I’d love one of their OP-1 gadgets but it costs at least 4x what I think it’s actually worth.
https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1

No backlit screen, little prospect of many decent games ever being released. Playdate is cool but it would only be a buy for me at <£100.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Teenage Engineering had a hand in making the hardware, which sort of explains the price. They make really weird niche audio gear that’s desirable but massively overpriced.

I’d love one of their OP-1 gadgets but it costs at least 4x what I think it’s actually worth.
https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1

No backlit screen, little prospect of many decent games ever being released. Playdate is cool but it would only be a buy for me at <£100.

Jezz-o'flip Beans and RICE!

Their product page is SFW porn.

 

[Burger]

Teenage Engineering had a hand in making the hardware, which sort of explains the price. They make really weird niche audio gear that’s desirable but massively overpriced.

I’d love one of their OP-1 gadgets but it costs at least 4x what I think it’s actually worth.
https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1

No backlit screen, little prospect of many decent games ever being released. Playdate is cool but it would only be a buy for me at <£100.

Ahh nooo the OP-1 is something different. For starters, it doesn't have any competition - so it's a unique piece. It's made of metals and displays and plastics and is very high quality. Teenage Engineering are a small company, they don't employ a huge amount of people and they sell relatively low volumes.

The price is right.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

The thread title made me think it was something else….

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Oh wow... it's in stock...

 

[drotahorror]

https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Console-Portable-Consoles-Rechargeable/dp/B09XTR7JY5

Get that instead. Less than half the price and can play any game up to n64/ps1

I'm just struggling to see the market for a device like this.

 

[RoadHazard]

Isn't this thing several years old?

 

[RoadHazard]

I think it's a cool device, and I'm sort of glad I have one.

However, that screen - I live in England and you cannot play this thing 6 months out of the year. No backlight is a real bummer.

I hope you guys get electric lighting some day, it's pretty neat!

 

[Trilobit]

https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Console-Portable-Consoles-Rechargeable/dp/B09XTR7JY5

Get that instead. Less than half the price and can play any game up to n64/ps1

I'm just struggling to see the market for a device like this.

Does it have a crank?

 

[StueyDuck]

Do you have to dye your hair pink and have a fade cut to use one of these?

 

[Killer8]

There is some cool stuff on it, like the Katamari creator's game, but I'm sorry I cannot justify that price tag.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I hope you guys get electric lighting some day, it's pretty neat!

A man comes round with a firelight every night and lights some lamps in all our streets.

 

[radewagon]

Those of you shocked at the price... don't ever look into audiophile level equipment.

 

[Spukc]

Teenage Engineering had a hand in making the hardware, which sort of explains the price. They make really weird niche audio gear that’s desirable but massively overpriced.

I’d love one of their OP-1 gadgets but it costs at least 4x what I think it’s actually worth.
https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1

No backlit screen, little prospect of many decent games ever being released. Playdate is cool but it would only be a buy for me at <£100.

Their latest synth KO II is back to normal. Its priced around 300 euros instead of that fucking insane 2K OP-1 field and the portable mixer around 1300. I have almost all of their synths but fuck that

 

[AJUMP23]

Cranking them out.

 

[calistan]

Ahh nooo the OP-1 is something different. For starters, it doesn't have any competition - so it's a unique piece. It's made of metals and displays and plastics and is very high quality. Teenage Engineering are a small company, they don't employ a huge amount of people and they sell relatively low volumes.

The price is right.

The price is right??? OP-1 launched at about $800, which is still high in my opinion. A couple of years later they hiked it to about $1300, which is nope territory. Then they made an upgraded one and raised it again to about $2000, which makes it a rich man's toy. There are many gadgets that do much the same thing in a less appealing form factor for a fraction of the cost.

I know it's a nice thing, but what happened to technology coming down in price over the years?

 

[keefged4]

Sorry I must be missing something, who is rushing out to buy this? It's one of the least appealing products I've ever seen. Honestly confused.

 

[El Muerto]

This is one of those devices that would be fun to play for an hour, then set it down and never pick it up again. If you have $200 to blow then get something like a Retroid Pocket 4 pro that can emulate up to the Switch.

 

[Chuck Berry]

If you brought this thing to school during childhood we wouldve given you nuclear wedgies and also wouldve made fun of whatever shoes you were wearing.

 

[Imtjnotu]

A 5 year old device finally in stock.

Great timing

 

[Burger]

The price is right??? OP-1 launched at about $800, which is still high in my opinion. A couple of years later they hiked it to about $1300, which is nope territory. Then they made an upgraded one and raised it again to about $2000, which makes it a rich man's toy. There are many gadgets that do much the same thing in a less appealing form factor for a fraction of the cost.

I know it's a nice thing, but what happened to technology coming down in price over the years?

The OP-1 launched at about $800 - over 10 years ago. These are not commodity items! The software development costs alone (which obviously form part of the purchase price) must be very high. Technology like this does not go down in price. It goes up.

You say:

There are many gadgets that do much the same thing in a less appealing form factor for a fraction of the cost.

Yet there are no gadgets that do exactly the same thing for a fraction of the cost.

 

[calistan]

The OP-1 launched at about $800 - over 10 years ago. These are not commodity items! The software development costs alone (which obviously form part of the purchase price) must be very high. Technology like this does not go down in price. It goes up.

You say:


Yet there are no gadgets that do exactly the same thing for a fraction of the cost.

You're probably the only person I've ever seen online defending the price of the OP-1...

Almost everything in this field is a bespoke gadget, which is why I said "much the same thing" rather than straight-up clones. And there are loads of alternatives - PolyEnd Play is a good recent one for about 20% of the price. An iPad would do the job too.

Go up in budget and you can get Maschine+ for 40% of the cost. Go even higher up the range and you can have the standalone Ableton Push, which is far more powerful and versatile, and still leaves you with a chunk of change.

 

[diffusionx]

Why do people always talk about Teenage Engineering with this stupid device? They consulted on the design. Everything else is the actual company. They make the system, they chose the hardware, they built the SDK and the market. They are charging that much because it's a stupid hipster machine for people with too much money. The price has nothing to do with TE.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I'm just struggling to see the market for a device like this.

Hip singles with way too much disposable income.

 

[Davevil]

the only way to use it

 

[Burger]

You're probably the only person I've ever seen online defending the price of the OP-1...

Almost everything in this field is a bespoke gadget, which is why I said "much the same thing" rather than straight-up clones. And there are loads of alternatives - PolyEnd Play is a good recent one for about 20% of the price. An iPad would do the job too.

Go up in budget and you can get Maschine+ for 40% of the cost. Go even higher up the range and you can have the standalone Ableton Push, which is far more powerful and versatile, and still leaves you with a chunk of change.

Maybe they want to pay their employees well? Most people who own an OP1 seem to love it.

Get an iPad. Really?

 

[nush]

Isn't this thing several years old?

That's what I thought, it came out and already died.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Those of you shocked at the price... don't ever look into audiophile level equipment.

I mean, I won’t. Audiophiles are insane.

 

[Havoc2049]

My Playdate came in the mail the other day. So far I have the first two free games in Season 1, and bought Tau (3D Shmup) and Quest for the X (RPG/Adventure). I'm really enjoying it so far.

 

[Chuck Berry]

That thing straight up looks like the Payless of handhelds

If you had that thing growing up and brought it to school, we'd give you a wedgie so hard your mom would need to order some special edition Wisk to take out the skid marks.

 

[Sleepwalker]

That thing straight up looks like the Payless of handhelds

If you had that thing growing up and brought it to school, we'd give you a wedgie so hard your mom would need to order some special edition Wisk to take out the skid marks.

The NoDates.

 

[Havoc2049]

That thing straight up looks like the Payless of handhelds

If you had that thing growing up and brought it to school, we'd give you a wedgie so hard your mom would need to order some special edition Wisk to take out the skid marks.

The NoDates.

Ya, ya, whatever. I'll be reeling in all the alt-chick hotties down at the coffee shop while you guys get rejected by your over-the-hill ex-cheerleader flabby girlfriends/wives with a beer gut, dreaming about the good ol' days in high school when you were a somebody.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Ya, ya, whatever. I'll be realing in all the alt-chick hotties down at the coffee shop while you guys get rejected by your over-the-hill ex-cheerleader flabby girlfriends/wives with a beer gut, dreaming about the good a days in high school when you were a somebody.

Gonna reel em in with the power of the crank

Jk bro, this is a videogame forum, we are all nerds lmao

 

[Topher]

Ya, ya, whatever. I'll be reeling in all the alt-chick hotties down at the coffee shop while you guys get rejected by your over-the-hill ex-cheerleader flabby girlfriends/wives with a beer gut, dreaming about the good ol' days in high school when you were a somebody.

 

[Ceadeus]

Well, I just ordered one. There are almost 500 games on this thing and some looks really really neat. It's exactly the type of novel device I was looking for. The black and white screen looks incredible.

 

[Ceadeus]

Does anyone know if the gameboy games run better using gamekid emulator since last year?

 

[Havoc2049]

Whitewater Wipeout is like the surfing event in California Games and great fun. It was developed by Giles Goddard, of Argonaut, Nintendo and Starfox fame. My high score so far is a little over 259k. With a little more practice, I should be able to crack the Top 1000 in the online leaderboard.

 

[Goalus]

This is one of those devices that would be fun to play for an hour, then set it down and never pick it up again.

Spot on. Along with the SNES Mini and its peers it will make an interesting exhibit in a gaming museum, but otherwise I don't see much use.

 

[DragonNCM]

They asking 300$ for this ARE THEY FUCKING OUT OF THEIR MINDS ?
Good God......