In a surprise announcement and website reveal, Panic, the publisher behind indie walking simulator Firewatch, has entered the console market with a handheld called the “Playdate”.
As far as controls go, the Playdate comes equipped with a d-pad, two action buttons and a crank – it will also have a black and white screen and come with 12 different games, which will be gradually unlocked on the system on a weekly basis.
The developer of the console made sure to go out of his way to explain that while the crank is an interesting gimmick, not every one of the Playdate’s titles will be utilizing it:
We weren’t kidding about the crank.
It flips out from the side, a rotating analog controller that puts a whole new spin on games.
Some games use the crank exclusively (like Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure, above.) Some don’t use it at all.
But it’s very fun. Extremely fun.
The official Playdate Twitter account has followed up the announcement with a series of tweets explaining how they conceptualized the handheld:
Some may be skeptical whether or not the Playdate can deliver a better experience than a classic Tiger Electronics handheld (which in itself wouldn’t be saying much) – the Playdate is scheduled to launch sometime in 2020 and will cost $149.
$149 lol no
I’ll pick it up for $10-20 a year after release when retailers are desperately trying to get rid.
This isn’t that kind of console. It isn’t for ‘gamers’. You will never see this at a retailer. It’s for game devs. It’s a limited run, they’ll make their money back on it, that’ll be the end of it.
1988 called. they want their Gameboy back.
If they could get a new Pokemon game on there it would probably sell.
Don’t forget that the Firewatch guy, despite his website claiming people are free to stream the game copystriked Pewdiepie because he’s an SJW faggot who got butthurt over some controversy surrounding Pewdiepie. He was so fucking rude about Pewdiepie on Twitter too and openly said he would copystrike. Yes this happened a while ago but I still think he’s a huge fucking faggot.
That is because the sjw are a bunch of circle jerking cultists. Anyone daring to do things they dont aprove… Like cultists… They attack and get angry at others who are better than them.
Just because Peediepie has so many Subs, means he can do whatever the f♥♥k he wants?
Sorry but the more recognition you have, the more people you are gonna be pissing off.
And lets be honest, PDP hasn´t JUST insulted SJW´s but a bunch of other People too…
He was lucky Pewdiepie didn’t take him to court for abusing the copyright system. Because the evidence was there for Pewdiepie to bury him and get the strike removed & possibly compensation(Or at the very most his legal fees paid).
And what’s wrong with insulting SJWs? Those hypersensitive morons are ruining things for everyone by being offended by literally everything.
Not only by being offended, but by actual, manifest blackmail.
This is basic company s♥♥t: trying to do everything at once leads to overextending, taking away funds from profitable sectors of a company, which in turn leads to less money being made, and an unsustainable model.
As for the product it looks quite bad and expensive, it looks so bad that it really makes me question if they are laundering money over here.
no just no