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@marccarran

What I said: "If the PSP was a failure Sony would not have produced its successor the Vita."

What you inferred I said: "If any product receives a successor then that product is automatically a success."

You misread my statement. I claimed Sony produced the Vita because Sony considered the PSP a success and wanted to capitalize on that success with a sequel product. Sony themselves said exactly as such from the quotes I provided earlier.

Beyond that, the PSP was clearly a financial success in selling over 80 million units worldwide during its lifetime. That amount of sales for any video game product would be considered successful even today, but especially during the time of the PSP.

@marccarran

The quotes I provided from Sony proved that Sony considered the PSP a success. They believed this because the PSP achieved 82.5 million units in total worldwide sales across all variants during its lifetime. That is a tremendous amount of units sold and very clearly a successful product. That IS why Sony produced the Vita, with the goal being to continue that sales success trajectory with a modern (for 2011) sequel. I provided quotes earlier from Sony implying as such. Unfortunately, Sony did not consider the Vita a success (Vita achieved only 13.13 million units in total worldwide sales, a huge drop compared to its predecessor) and thus we have not seen Sony produce a successor to the Vita.

@marccarran

My argument, that Sony considered the PSP a success, and thus created the Vita to hopefully continue that success, was accurate:

"The console is far from a failure – after all it has sold over 60 million consoles worldwide."
-Kaz Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment
Source: MCV/DEVELOP, "INTERVIEW: Kaz Hirai," October 7, 2010

"I think PSP was incredibly successful. I loved what it did, and I thought it brought a console-like experience and brought genres to an older gamer that typically didn't have console-like games to play on a portable platform."
-Jack Tretton, Former President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America
Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/former-playstation-us-boss-wishes-sony-had-supported-vita-more/

"We've benefited greatly, of course, and PSP sales have been fantastic and will continue to be so, even though we now have a brand new console available."
-Andrew House, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Source: PlayStation.Blog, "Andy House Interview: Gearing Up For PS Vita," February 19, 2012

"We believe that 2011 will be a defining year as we usher in a new era of portable gaming with the official North American unveiling of PlayStation Vita." -Official Sony PlayStation Blog, Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2011/06/06/e3-2011-introducing-playstation-vita-starting-at-249/

"One of the things that we certainly want to try to accomplish with NGP (Vita code name) number one is match the install base that we have on PSP worldwide but over and above that... we want to not only match the install base that we have for PSP but certainly go beyond that as well" -Kaz Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Source: YouTube Video: "NGP Kaz Hirai Interview: PlayStation Blog" (February 3, 2011)

"Sony Corp expects its new PlayStation Vita handheld games device to sell faster than its predecessor" Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sony/sony-sees-brisk-sales-of-new-games-device-idUKTRE7576SZ20110608/

So, it doesn't take a wild leap of logic to recognize Sony considered the PSP a success and ergo created its successor the Vita hoping to continue that success. Unless you think Sony made the Vita hoping it would not be a success because they thought the PSP was not a success - now that would be a terrible argument.

If the PSP was a failure Sony would not have produced its successor the Vita.

@WileyDragonfly I agree. I've finished GH on Saturn and it was like a 7/10 for me.

Go beat Holy Diver it's a laugh.

Twin Peaks Fishing

The real crime is using BlueSky in the first place.

The Switch didn't have the benefit of also being an affordable DVD player during a time when DVD was fresh new tech and all the rage. Many, many people bought PS2s just to use them as DVD players.

@gojiguy

That's what I want. A 4:3 screen that is at least 5". Native 640x480 resolution.

He was no ninja dog.

The image of the red concept model reminds me of the Crimson & Black DS Lite:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UNspbnUjL.jpg

Hopefully the screens will be larger than the original DS Lite and whatever resolution they use will cleanly scale to native DS resolution.

@jesse_dylan

I have not looked at "Have you tried anbernics 6” 640x480 stuff?" but I will, that sounds closer to what I'm seeking. Thanks

As a 46 year old retro gamer who grew up playing these old games, what I want from a handheld retro gaming device still hasn't happened. What is that? I want a 4:3 7" screen at 640x480 resolution, with matching pixel density. Us older gamers, with older eyes, do not want tiny screens with super dense PPI, because our eyes don't jive with that. To me a Miyoo Mini+ with Onion OS that simply had a larger screen would be perfect. Yeah I know larger screens diminish portability aspect, who cares, Nintendo just released a "portable" Switch 2 with nearly an 8" display. Screen size is king, give us bigger screens!

Yes, I do indeed come to a retro gaming news site, so that I can be fed political opinions instead.

If it was Nintendodo it would have been fan translated twenty years ago.

I don't think this is superior to the Powkiddy V10. Other than the native form factor of the handheld, but that's subjective.

@Bonggon5

You probably won't believe me but not long ago I beat NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! on a laptop using Mesen and a keyboard for input, and the laptop had a stock LCD screen. That was back in 2019. If there was any lag it didn't stop me from KO'ing Tyson, and without savestates either. I think people blame "lag" for their own lack of skill, to be honest.

@Damo

First let me say that I appreciate this awesome site and the great work you do for it. Seriously man, I do. So I hope I'm not coming off like a prick. That said, I get irked when I see people disparage software emulation like it's inferior to FPGA.

Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and software emulation both aim to replicate the behavior of original gaming hardware, but they do so through different means. FPGAs recreate the hardware architecture at a low level using programmable logic blocks, which allows for highly accurate and parallel processing similar to the original hardware. This can result in lower latency and more precise timing, particularly beneficial for older systems where exact cycle replication is crucial. However, modern software emulators have made significant strides in accuracy and performance, leveraging powerful multi-core CPUs to execute instructions in parallel, much like FPGAs. High-level software emulation can achieve cycle accuracy and even surpass FPGA accuracy by simulating individual transistors when detailed hardware knowledge is available. Furthermore, software emulation offers flexibility and features such as save states and enhanced graphics that FPGAs cannot easily replicate due to their fixed hardware nature. And FPGA struggles with more complicated architecture, yet we have PS2 and PS3 emulation in software already. For Sega Saturn emulation, RetroArch is highly recommended due to its excellent compatibility and versatility, using the Beetle-Saturn core based on Mednafen. For Nintendo 64 emulation, Project 64 is a top choice for its ease of use and feature-rich environment, while Simple 64 offers a highly authentic experience with support for original controllers and attachments.

PC emulation costs more than the FPGA device you mentioned in your article. But my point never had anything to do with price, that was a strawman you introduced. My point had to do with competency of software emulators in today's world. Your article implies software emulation is inferior to FPGA, but in reality it is not. It is more expensive than FPGA yes, but you also get far more features with software emulation compared to FPGA. And there are myriad consoles and handhelds that have software emulators today, which still do not have FPGA cores yet at all.

@Damo

If you know all that, then you know this statement, in 2024, is false: "Unlike software emulation, which can often suffer from latency and inaccuracy." The key word there that is false is "often". Not in today's world with modern software emulators. I'm not suggesting the FPGA device you reviewed here isn't a good deal, but I am suggesting your article throws software emulation under the bus to make said device seem more appealing. Modern software emulation, and I mean the latest and greatest emulators, do not "often" have latency or inaccuracy - to the contrary in fact. Run-Ahead and Beam Racing alone have been game changers in this regard.

@845H

I have many hardware handhelds that come with well functioning emulators, especially after updating their firmware/OS with better than stock. I'm fond of my Miyoo Mini+, PowKiddy V10/V90, RetroidPocket 2, for example. All of those run games without latency or emulation corruption, and also without need of FPGA.

@Lanmanna

The draw is elitism I suppose. Or perhaps the draw is being unable to find the best software emulators, unable to configure them correctly with adequate hardware to power them, using old LCD monitors that introduce latency external of software, and therefore having a sub-optimal experience with software emulation via end user incompetency.

"Unlike software emulation, which can often suffer from latency and inaccuracy"

Apparently the author hasn't tried any software emulators since the late '90s.

@KingMike

There is an RPG on Atari 2600: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonstomper

My review: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/atari2600/584695-dragonstomper/reviews/167514