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FPGA probably costs too much for these; and there's not likely enough money in them to make an accurate single chip system. (single chip NES asics exist, but accuracy isn't quite 100%; I've read that at least one of the atari 2600 retro consoles was built with one and they just ported the games to the NES)

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The analogue pocket sits at 219 USD retail currently, and it has a screen with very high density and pretty high quality build in general. They are however having issues with sourcing parts leading to long preorder cycles. With the scale of these reissue consoles, and lack of a screen or batteries, I'd think it would be possible to reach the price point of these toy reissues if they came as FPGA based builds from first party. Not the profit margin though unfortunately

Strongly doubt it.

If it's sold in retail and costs 60$, the BOM needs to be less than 20$. It's hard to get just an adequate FPGA suitable for the task at that price, and there are still a lot more components needed. I expect the linux chip to const less than 5$.

FPGAs also quickly require much more complex board & power delivery designs.

The linked article mentions $80, which would give a little more room:

> The console will cost 9,980 yen before tax; at just under $80, this is in line with the pricing of earlier mini-consoles.

At the same time, on eBay the analogue pocket routinely sells for $700 - $1000, so it seems there's quite a gap in supply for this

I'd bet my house this will just be a raspberry pi-like device with an emulator. The audience that would want an FPGA will buy an analogue device. I personally bought a mega sg plus a Mega EverDrive Pro. Combined they support mega drive and mega cd (plus MSU). Excellent, but that costs around $400 combined.

I mean, I'd love an FPGA at this price point; it would be great, I'd buy two (even though I've already got the 2019 one). I just don't think it's realistic, and I'm not willing to pay what it would cost. I've got a Genesis2 floating around somewhere that I could accessorize for less, and a nice CRT to connect it to. I've misplaced the cables, some of my games, and the controllers, but you'd need most of that with an FPGA remake anyway.

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