TryToBeHopeful

Did Thexder get taken down?

@Poodlestargenerica Gammon is murder.

@joey302 Oh they do exist, they just don't do anything except point at a website.

@Serpenterror You're singing to the choir! I know all about the amico.

But the idea that one device could satisfy kids, 50 year old retro gamers (who don't want to play atari) and casual gamers who don't have phones / or want to spend less money on appletv 4k was always wild.

@pikmin_4 you's be looking at paying like £260 for earthworm jim 4.

@Big_Fudge Any game manufacturer can do that on the Switch, though. Why would people that aren't releasing these games already, wait for the amico to do it?

@Serpenterror Were they, though? This is one of the few places I have seen much positive coverage in news or comments. The playdate was always a fun product made for hipsters (and I can't wait for mine to arrive), and the coverage of it has been fairly consistent (and thankfully it was well received on release).

I don't think the interest in Amico was ever that high.

And when you compare $100 preorder numbers of Amico (about 6,000?) to the full-price preorders of the playdate (40,000 I think?), it doesn't really seem that close.

@KillerTan98 Yep, I think it was announced but never developed.

@KillerTan98 Any evidence it exists?

@aaronsullivan The potential was that they could have released their IP on the switch first to satisfy the retro gamers, and make a little money before (potentially) going into hardware (which most would say does not need to exist).

If they're basically first-timers, why did their investment material tout their 600 combined years of experience? They raised a lot of money and have nothing to show.

@Moroboshi876 EWJ 4, amazingly.

This was up on Reddit 14 days ago... https://www.reddit.com/r/Intellivision_Amico/comments/vgzkqg/intellivision_amico_trademark_has_been_abandoned/

@John_Koshiro I think it's an entertaining story, I just wish the reporting hadn't been so fawning.

@johnvboy The controller has 1MB of memory to use for whatever software it displays on its screen. I don't even understand how that's possible.

@smithyo um… Nokia N-Gage, anybody?

@farrgazer you can also play it on a bench in the hallway.

Group 2! I’ve seen the price mentioned as a negative on a couple reviews which is odd, as most people who want one have probably already preordered…

Now don’t get me wrong, I do feel like this will never see the day or will sell so little that it basically hasn’t seen the day (maybe to a vtech type audience?).

I feel bad for the software devs. Hopefully they can sell their games somewhere else.

@Muddy_4_Ever haven’t NFT’s been part of their business model for a while?

I mean, of course it may never see release. That’s what a risk is.

If they had said it would likely never see release that would be a different matter.

This went from sort of a neat concept that I would never buy, to something where the ceo is touting that it will rise in price? Why would anyone get this?

I'm in group 2. Not sure why people think this is DOA (or whatever) They've sold around 40,000 (I think) which for a hipster gaming device is great. They're QA-ing them like no one's business and it looks like their standards are high. If anything the software will be extra-solid with the extra time they have. People have played with the units, and like them. Bodes well to me!

There's a lot of philosophical questions to break down here about the nature of ownership and the real differences between physical and digital purchases (which aren't huge, if you're able to back those purchases up), but the real question which DOES have a clear answer is will there be any secondary market for Amico games? (hint: no)

I thought this was much better received by the NL crowd at E3.

I find it hard to imagine it succeeding, though, as much as I'd like it to.

Serious question, what's the advantage of these over something like ExperimentalPi's PiBoy DMG? Mainly price?

"However, steaming is possible, it's just that we haven't been able to test it personally ourselves."

Sounds dangerous.

Got a PiBoy DMG and it's absolutely wonderful. Going to swap out my Pi3B for a Pi4B for Christmas.

They're
Assembling
It
In
MYANMAR?

Isn't the argument for this system that it's a lot more legal (whatever that means) than most emulation/retro systems?

Love that ad. It’s like Michel Gondry or something!