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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

People do keep trying to make modern "retro style" consoles. But the problem is they always have limited processing capacity so they're always quite niche. Also the price of having to put everything on a cartridge of some kind would probably mean you wouldn't get indie games on the platform.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'd imagine indies could release "special editions" with physical SD cards sent out for collectors and fans about a year after release. There's some indie games where I'd definitely buy that.

And even if the cartridges didn't have DRM, so what? They already made a lot of their money

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