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It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console
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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
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Good luck to them, but IMO too little too late. The only strength is like nostalgia, the rest is just worse than what exist already, again IMO.
I think an evergreen 8 bit system can be great for gaming an a tight budget. But whater this system will appeal to enough people to justify indefinite support or if the team is even capable of delivering this product remains to be seen.
It's open hardware so I don't think profitability is a factor.
Getting it to display on a screen is gonna cost enough to kill any value proposition.
How many people in 2025 are still going to be using a display with vintage inputs?
Is it really that hard to find a composite input? All my TVs have them, though the newest one is at least 5 years old so what do I know...
Any idea on how tight? I mean the concurrence is hard at lower pricepoints.
People are still developing games and software for the original 8-bit hardware.
Sure no problem there, but will it run on this "better" 6502? And most people probably emulate it anyways. Or go full nerd and buy the real thing!
I think there will always be interest in exploring the limitations of the time. This is a new way to do that. I think it's pretty cool, even if it's not the most "optimal".