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I am endlessly amazed by the community and ingenuity that has sprung up around retro console modding. Replacement screens, shells, buttons, power delivery, even

I am endlessly amazed by the community and ingenuity that has sprung up around retro console modding. Replacement screens, shells, buttons, power delivery, even things like optical drive emulators that read from an SD card. The only downside is that systems, Game Boys especially, have shot up in price from people buying them specifically to gut them and do new builds.

willis936 5y ago
It's not just gameboys. 3DS are barely discontinued and priced 2x MSRP. Don't look price trends of any console or game made before 2004. The kids have grown and their disposable income can be spent on their old toys. Nintendo has a chance to capitalize hard. They just need to offer a good alternative. They have the benefit of always choosing underpowered hardware because now they should be able to cram all of the native consoles into a single chip for nearly no money. With proper hardware scalers to properly simulate old LCD and CRT displays and they could charge whatever they want and still make a killing. It would just require a bit of engineering effort and, more critically, a willingness to admit the value of old content. Nintendo is a very conservative Japanese company and can not tell them anything.