• heavy@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    Gonna catch some heat with this but I feel like this is just future e-waste. I think it’s better to take advantage of old but good hardware to run stuff, like hacked Vitas or 3DSes. Even switches should be usable for retro stuff down the line.

    • XNX@slrpnk.net
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      12 days ago

      3DS doesnt have portmaster or moonlight which is pretty cool about these devices. But yeah i do understand the ewaste sentiment especially since the people who buy these (me) have multiple devices that run the same games

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        11 days ago

        Miyoo also doesn’t have portmaster. Not sure about Moonlight.

        The most “future-proof” sort of SBC game device would probably be an Android based one like the Odin, since Android software at least pretends to be consistent.

    • BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      I have vita and n3ds (both modded) and they have been collecting dust since I got the rg35xx-h. The form factor and most importantly portmaster makes it way better in my opinion.