Retro VGS: New Retro Game Console

[zapiy]

I agree fella. The guys behind this in my opinion are 100% genuine people looking to create something special. I just feel they have bitten more than they can chew with all the drama. Shame and I still hope. If it picks up I will invest.

[TrekMD]

I'm with zap.  That's something that makes this turn of events unfortunate because I know these folks are trying to make something cool.  The FPGA is not a bad idea when you think about it.  Most of our retro consoles are quite old and will, at some point, break down.  It may not be possible to fix them.  Having an FPGA alternative that can play all those games (and that can also do it on a modern TV) does seem like a good, practical idea. 

[nosweargamer]

I think one of the problems was too much transparency in a way. If they came out today with the current price bring the only priced mention and not mentioning possible exclusives earlier they probably would have been better received. But when you for about a year talk about a $150-180 price point, possible exclusives from big name companies and doing a summer kickstarter, and then the price doubles, the games aren't exclusive and can be found cheaper elsewhere and even changing the crowdfunding time and site, it's bound to disappoint a lot of people's expectations.

But for me, it's a moot point as it is now out of my price range.  Even if I had $300, I'd be more tempted at this time to buy the Wii U Mario Maker bundle from Walmart.

I like the guys behind the system and want them to succeed, but it's not something I can afford right now.

[zapiy]

I think you have hit the nail on the head fella.

Has anyone reading this actually backed this project?

[vandro]

I haven't.  Starting to feel glad I chose not too...

[TrekMD]

It really hasn't moved.  It's at 3% funded and it has pretty much stayed there.

[zapiy]

Shame. It's being picked up by the big news sites now. If it has any chance it will be over the next few days or it's over I think.

[Shadowrunner]

If it was on Kickstarter I probably would have backed it just to help with the numbers, and knowing that I wouldn't get billed unless it was successful. On IGG though you get billed as soon as you pledge and have to wait to get refunded if unsuccessful, which is a terrible business model if you ask me.

My opinion, they should pull the plug on this and work on a prototype. Once they have that relaunch it on KS and hope people look past this first campaign.

[zapiy]

Agreed I think that's the best option.

[rickreynolds]

I backed it at the early-bird $300 level.  For me this is something I'd rather have than a PS4, Xbox One, or even a Wii U.  I really hope they can make it happen, because I like the possibilities of this platform.  But I recognize that it isn't looking good at this point.

The idea of slowing down the pace until they have a real prototype and then attempting a relaunch on kickstarter is something I thought of as well.  Heck, I'd be happy to contribute to a smaller "help us make a prototype" kind of fund before such a kickstarter.  Maybe there's hope for this campaign if something big happens to get more eyeballs onto it.  But I don't know.

I was a bit shocked by the higher price tag than was previously announced, but the extra $100 isn't that much of a big deal for me.  I understand not everyone is in that position.

[TrekMD]

I have to agree.  I think it would be good move now to stop the campaign, get a working prototype and then relaunch in Kickstarter.  I do like the entire concept and the possibility of playing games from various consoles is not bad either.  As I said before, all the consoles are old and there will come a point where it won't be possible to repair them.  Something like this, with FPGA, is a good alternative. 

[zapiy]

If they do that I will back it.  I would say so would you Trek and your Shadow. Now multiply that by the amount of people like us that are disappointed and you have a successful campaign.

[TrekMD]

You're right.  I would.   

[Greyfox]

now at a mere $65,970 USD after 6 day should be double. Understandable that with what makes my mind boggle is all that time working up to showcasing the machine that they had absolutely no form of prototype, even running off a circuit board on a block of wood showing and reassuring people of something that is actually real and tangible running a campaign based on having faith in the hopefully event of producing a prototype and then possible followed by a kick-starter campaign to produce it on an industry level? why 2 million to produce a prototype? but I suspect that the people will get those offer machines on the indigogo campaign. Whay didn't they have something physical to show after all this time up to the preparation of the fund raiser?

The same thing happen with the Icontroller 2 from the crew behind over expensive Pandora handheld, they guy behind the Icontroller jumped ship and sailed off into the sunset, now I'm not saying these will do that, but it's drawing on the same form of idea execution regarding needing money to produce this prototype like this.

As with what a lot of people have concerns about here, that fact they've used a fund raiser company not liked or endorsed as a viable way to go in funding something of this nature because their terms allow for a project of this type to be funded without a physical prototype, were as kick starter been the bigger of the two companies enforced these rules because many people were scamming backers out of their money claiming to be creating physical products when they were blowing the money of themselves.

I have faith in lots of products been produced these days, god knows some of them been crazy and off the wall been backed, so you'd think why not this?. I personally think they've taken a gamble on this and so far is proving to have been a bad one. But stranger things have happened, they might be an investor out there who will swoop in and give this the life it deserves.

[zapiy]

I do feel for @ReadRetro (Mike) and his team, sadly i see this going down as an epic fail. Not through a lack of trying, more a lack of understanding the demograph they are going for.

Both Spectrum hardware products succeeded within days without any real prototype hardware.