@CrispNCrunch Trying to think in a more dialectic way here I guess, but I think with a lot of these things, those putting up walls in relation to a situation like this are doing so less to shut down the discourse for its own right and moreso seeing a threat to open engagement about the product line itself (i.e., if every discussion about it "devolves" into talk about the Saudis, then we aren't having the most optimal discourse about the product line on its own technical/hobbyist merits or what have you). Some reckon with cognitive dissonance differently too. You could not like what the Saudis are doing or stand for, etc..., but you still want to enjoy this new console or new Evercade games because Neo Geo has been a big part of your life. Other's can more easily dismiss the new tech despite having wanted to see something like this for years.
Another element to this that is being hotly debated is if we can consider the Neo Geo AES+ as an actively, officially supported extension of the Neo Geo AES console, not just a fun "emulator box" but a true lift of the suspension of official support, a "Neo Geo Pro" so to speak. With SNK being a far different organization now - as this article actively points out, does that change the narrative. Is it possible to reboot a dead console's officially supported lifespan in a canonical sense? What would that take? Is this it? Surely seems to the closest test case so far...
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Re: More Neo Geo Games Are Coming To Evercade In 2027, And It's One Of The Cheapest Places To Play Them
@CrispNCrunch Trying to think in a more dialectic way here I guess, but I think with a lot of these things, those putting up walls in relation to a situation like this are doing so less to shut down the discourse for its own right and moreso seeing a threat to open engagement about the product line itself (i.e., if every discussion about it "devolves" into talk about the Saudis, then we aren't having the most optimal discourse about the product line on its own technical/hobbyist merits or what have you). Some reckon with cognitive dissonance differently too. You could not like what the Saudis are doing or stand for, etc..., but you still want to enjoy this new console or new Evercade games because Neo Geo has been a big part of your life. Other's can more easily dismiss the new tech despite having wanted to see something like this for years.
Re: Talking Point: "We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026
Another element to this that is being hotly debated is if we can consider the Neo Geo AES+ as an actively, officially supported extension of the Neo Geo AES console, not just a fun "emulator box" but a true lift of the suspension of official support, a "Neo Geo Pro" so to speak. With SNK being a far different organization now - as this article actively points out, does that change the narrative. Is it possible to reboot a dead console's officially supported lifespan in a canonical sense? What would that take? Is this it? Surely seems to the closest test case so far...