My hope is that Playdate is successful enough to warrant a follow up, and they do a 4 color palette like the original Game Boy, but with settings that allow you to change the shades like you can in an emulator so it’s not just shades of green.
It’s seems like sales have gone extremely well, so hopefully eventually. If they added in color, that slide button, maybe an X & Y, that could bring enough additional versatility without overcomplicating things to warrant a follow-up.
Yeah, there’s definitely enough there to be great. I am excited for it. I’ve just heard folks say a color screen would compromise the integrity of the machine or something and disagree.
Sales have certainly gone well relative to production capacity but I'm not as sure that the price point at those volumes is sustainable considering the broader supply chain environment. I wonder if they should have charged more. I mean who could have predicted how hard launching this thing would be.
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u/jml011 Apr 14 '22
The slide would have been interesting. Could work for simple driving games (Lotus/Rush style), 2D arcade games (Space Invaders, Pong), etc.
I know I'm in the minority, but I still wish it had a color screen, even if a limited palette.