Comment on CrankBoy - the original Game Boy game emulator for the Playdate console (my article)

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheSambassador@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve gotten easily $200 worth of value out of it, and if mine broke I’d buy another one. Sometimes niche things deserve the extra price. It’s more of a problem of the world draining everyone’s disposable income for niche things like these.

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• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More than that if you account for the refurbished/used market

    Also in the eu with shipping and taxes a single playdate with no accessories amounts to…

    Total $334.97

    WTF MORE THAN 3/4 of a BRAND NEW STEAM DECK ?!

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My guess is that most people in the market for a Steam Deck aren’t getting either this or a Deck.

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