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[VGEsoterica]

No surprise but Analogue will not ship ANOTHER console on time...maintaining their track record sadly as a company that has yet to actually ship a product on time after taking pre-orders for it. But honestly at this point in time that should NOT come as a surprise to anyone! For all we know this won't even be the last delay or like Pocket depending on what MINUTE you ordered it day one it might ship six months after the first units go out

more surprisingly, ModRetro, the company that Palmer Luckey founded, teased a N64 FPGA console on their Twitter...which must just be salt in the wound for Analogue. So seems like there is some competition out there. Maybe one company will actually ship a product on time...who knows!

But wow suddenly is N64 in FPGA popular after the MiSTer FPGA core from FPGAZumSpass came out

 

[AngelMuffin]

They should follow Nintendo's lead and only announce a product when it's basically ready to ship. Expectation is the root of all heartache & disappointment.

 

[diffusionx]

They should follow Nintendo's lead and only announce a product when it's basically ready to ship. Expectation is the root of all heartache & disappointment.

theyre not Nintendo lol. They don't have the capital to develop and build these in mass quantities.

 

[Spukc]

I prefer the analogue
But the company sucks ass

Look at prices of the fpga snes and genesis.
Glad i got a MiSter FPGA.. and the analogue pocket.

Best combo imo.. i got the analogue 3D only because i have a shit ton of n64 games

 

[Puscifer]

theyre not Nintendo lol. They don't have the capital to develop and build these in mass quantities.

I call BS on this. Scarcity is their speciality, just look at the Super NT

 

[AngelMuffin]

theyre not Nintendo lol. They don't have the capital to develop and build these in mass quantities.

Never said they were Nintendo or that they should/could produce consoles in mass quantities, but they CAN hold off on announcing and giving a release date until they actually know they can deliver by said release date.

They've been doing this for 14 years now and have released 7 consoles up to this point, they're not a start-up. As far as capital goes, they're basically crowdsourcing by charging for pre-orders up front & well in advance. Announcing a product, collecting the money, and then delaying the product is no accident at this point, it's their business model/strategy.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Not saying they are, but they CAN hold off on announcing and giving a release date until they actually know they can deliver by said release date. They've been doing this for 14 years now and have released 7 consoles up to this point, they're not a start-up. As far as capital goes, they're basically crowdsource by charging for pre orders up front.

even a delay is fine. It's the radio silence between "pre order is live" and "sorry delayed" and someone needs a PR person. It's like a four sentence paragraph that reads cold and uncaring

 

[AngelMuffin]

even a delay is fine. It's the radio silence between "pre order is live" and "sorry delayed" and someone needs a PR person. It's like a four sentence paragraph that reads cold and uncaring

Of course, delays happen even with the big guys. It's just their M.O. at this point. Yeah, their PR is basically non-existent. I would have been gone years ago if their products weren't so damn good.

 

[StereoVsn]

I pre-ordered Taki Udon's "PSX" MiSTer console instead. And he will have a handheld model as well.

Buying each individual console when it's all FPGA seems kind of silly. I do think Analogue's consoles look pretty spiffy though. And Analogue Pocket is pretty cool especially if "jailbroken".

 

[Ceadeus]

Modretro should start by having stock of their game. I've been waiting months for all my games to arrive it's infuriating.

Otherwise, Modretro is awesome. The chromatic is much closer to the og hardware than the analogue pocket.