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General Discussion => VIDYA GAMES => Topic started by: feedmeseymour on May 23, 2019, 05:50:02 AM

Title: a new handheld system? "the play date"
Post by: feedmeseymour on May 23, 2019, 05:50:02 AM

saw this on an FUCRUE video today. 150 bucks, comes with games... and a hand crank..

thoughts?


https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/22/panic-playdate/
 (https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/22/panic-playdate/)
https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1131307594939654144/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1131307594939654144/photo/1)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7M2LVBVsAASS4W.jpg)

Title: Re: a new handheld system? "the play date"
Post by: Speakr on May 23, 2019, 06:47:02 AM

The only word I can come up with is: Why? Oh and also: What?

They do know we have smartphones now right? Gimmicky things tend to not work very well if they're only there to be gimmicky.

Title: Re: a new handheld system? "the play date"
Post by: element4life on May 23, 2019, 09:00:56 AM

its a colab with teenage engineering who did the op-1 so it might be a useful music device