I was craving to get back into gaming recently and settled on just getting one of the $50 linux handheld in the game boy form factor. There are enough fun games to last me a lifetime, and I don’t have to deal with accounts, dlc, pay to win, etc.

Just a piece of hardware I actually own that can run whatever I want.

I was at Costco today and they were selling a licensed 220$ 80-in-1 console that was made up of games from Capcom and Bandai Namco.

I didn't see anyone looking at it, despite having games like SF2.

Creating a trusted brand is probably going to be the chicken to the "simple and cheap console" egg.

I want the opposite. I want single player immersive games with great graphics, immersive sound and excellent story and gameplay.

It's weird that in 2026 that a raspberry pi is now too expensive to fit in the BOM for a $300 console.

Sounds more like nostalgia than anything else :( - And yes I wish we could go back to that too.