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It's a really nice idea, I've had similar thoughts myself, but sadly (and strangely) I actually think the Pi is too powerful. PICO-8 and similar works so well b

It's a really nice idea, I've had similar thoughts myself, but sadly (and strangely) I actually think the Pi is too powerful. PICO-8 and similar works so well because the limitations are severe, 3D is a massive technical achievement on those systems, whereas the RPI can run Minecraft (to my knowledge) without too much issue. It puts it in this odd space where it can do too much to bring game development back to a simpler time, but not enough to make it an actual market. Aside from that, it'd suffer from all the same problems as PC gaming does; different monitors to account for, no standard input method, varying specs between models, etc... I could see it working, it's just got more issues to account for than other fantasy consoles

raytopia 3y ago
The Pi is probably too powerful for the hobbiest game market just like your saying. I think the Playdate also somewhat fills that niche but maybe the Pi could be something in between the two extremes of modern consoles power and the 8bit fantasy consoles. For it to work and avoid the issues with PCs it'd need a unified controller, sdk, and a single model that games would be made for. You're a 100% corect though it'd be a lot harder to make games for compared to fantasy consoles.