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If you want to play games with your friends, get the Switch. If you want your friends to ask "what's that!", get this.
by jrockway 5y ago
If you want to play games with your friends, get the Switch. If you want your friends to ask "what's that!", get this.
- temp_account001 5y agoI mean, I get that. As a throwaway novelty gadget it seems fun enough to splurge $50 on. My first reaction was "oh cool, someone made one of those game emulator in a box things and added designer flourishes, seems like a fun Kickstarter". And then I saw the $179 and was like wtf. My friends would probably see this and just ask why not get a Switch or Steam Deck or old Vita. Even a generic android NES emu for nostalgia. Remember those single game portable consoles you could get in the early 2000s, like there was battleship and random Atari clones? That's what I thought this was, with a few more silly diversions. It just seems like it'd hold an adult's attention for all of 5-10 minutes. Not worth $179. If I wanted actual indie games that are worth my time, Steam has a much more enticing selection. But, I didn't realize there was designer cache behind it. That's worth nothing to me but valuable to some people I guess.