Playdate: 1 year later - 400+ Games!

Am I crazy to not like the screen?! I know it's part of the "charm" I suspose...but at $200 you'd think they'd at least give ya the option for a backlit screen, right?

Bought one just to be able to play Lucas Pope's next game.

POOR GAME

honestly playdate is for smart ppl that's why i don't have one lol

We want Oled screen, but black and white

Потенциал есть, но интересных игр я для себя не увидел. Да и цена кусается.

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Can it run DOOM

I like games where they make do with limitations and innovative around it. There's a charm to it that no other modern games has

The worst about the playdate is a design flaw in the yellow handle on the crank and Panic being the seller, not Teenage Engineering. They don't have their hardware sales and repair channels functioning. The crankle grip is like a single yellow piece of plastic with a hole to hold the screw, yet they don't manage to fix the cracking issue with it nor make it easy to order a bag of 100 replacement handles for 10 bucks.

Yeah, but there support sucks… 😢 I tried to contact them several times and they never responded…

Can it read ebooks?

I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus from China for only $27 shipped and it's a million times better than this.

You'd have to be a moron to purchase this device at the same price as a switch lite... Even more so to charge that.

for $200 and no back lit is wild

200$ with all the games that come out in the lifespan, for free is a big maybe....?

for $200?????? WTF

I would probably be sold on it if the crank had force feedback.

You can get a used fire tablet, with a 10 inch screen, that can wirelessly go online, and emulate up to PSP, PS1, and N64, for less than 35 bucks. It can also bluetooth, if you don't want to use onscreen controls. And you can put microSD cards in it, to LOAD it with games, comics, ebooks, pictures, and movies. That gets you up to like.. 150, after tax, for the best controller and a 256gig micro. Who the hell would spend 200 on this gimmick?

Screen looks like these very cheap e-book screens, whatever it is it has a lot of character

i would buy it BUT its either this or a guitar and im sorry i wana get laid so guitar wins plus i miss playing the guitar from high school days XD

This should be 100$ max. Asking 200$ for this is too much in the age of mobile devices with plenty of simple & complex free games.

ill stick with my anbernic

200USD with 400 games feel fair enough. but 200USD for device only is just crazy.

200$ ¿?! what the hell?!?!?

The two bizarre decisions:

1. 1bpp screen, not nultiple shades of grey
2. No backlight

make this absolutely bozarre, especially for two HUNDRED dollars...

$200. An Evercade super pocket with 2 carts is $100. They are killing their own product with that price tag wtf 😂

TE made this, right? Total waste, like most of their products. Just my two cents.

This reminds me of pebble watches

Hm what ass shaking from the cyclist hmmm

Gaming in the 80s and 90s was hard and took skill but was the new entertainment... internet and tablets that was more entertaining and less interaction kids got stupid and games dumbed down to regrab kids wanting it over adults not buying garbage ...
so the lag in brains can't play the simplest skilled game so it's back to atari like junk to make kids gamers before the adults die off and nobody's buying anything thay takes thinking

as cool as this is I fail to see a $200 value in what is essentially one of those $20 400 in 1 handhelds with a crank attached to the side. For $200 you can buy a used iPhone and play cod mobile instead.

I think, its a good idea, but the crank should be used whit the buttons more, not just separetly. Good idea, but needs some mor inspiration.

Well i was interested till i saw the price don't get me wrong i can afford it ,but don't see how it can cost that much even 100 could be more sense ,but still it's way too much they losing pontential clients by a lot

is it worth the price tag?

I've also had mine for about a year, and am still surprised by the creativity of the community of developers producing games for the device. Having such a low bar for developing has led to a fantastic array of titles in a broad spectrum of genres. Lots of action games that take advantage of the crank, for sure. But also a ton of immersive, story-driven adventures, beautiful puzzlers, side-scrollers, and games there's no category for. And the best part is almost none of the titles cost more than $12, with some of my favorites being absolutely free. It's my go to game system for traveling, regardless of how weird I must look cranking away at a little yellow box on the train.

200$ 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

That's barely worth $20. Which is unfortunate because I'm guessing it costs substantially more just for them to make it.
I'd rather go buy a used GameCube for that money. And I don't think they even cost that.

I wouldn't spend more than 40 for something like this

I mean, for 200 dollars you can get yourself a realllllly decent retro handheld.

Like someone mentioned, the lack of RGB (color) is probably the downfall of this device at $200 pricepoint.

Club Penguin Minigames: The Handheld

How could screen that small don't even have backlight for $200 lmao

I agree completely on the backlight. That was the main reason I upgraded my gameboy advance to an SP was because it had a backlight. And the thing is, it was optional. You could press a button to turn the backlight on and off. Looked just fine in daylight and then in a pinch I could use the backlight. Way better than the stupid ass lamp attachment with separate batteries I had to attach to my gameboy advance to use it in the dark.

I think it looks like a neat little device. I wanted one when it was announced, but wasn't sure about spending that much money on it. Which now... is an absolute considering the price has gone up.

Looking at the Playdate you realise how boring and samey devices have become. Look at all the unique concepts the developers came up with! I wish that this concept would be expanded on. Not just a crank, but also sliders, rotary knobs, microphones, temp sensors, programmable keypads, etc. There are so many options besides buttons and joysticks.