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> We will start selling and shipping the ODROID-Go Ultra in early October 2022 at a price of $111.

I really hope the production will keep with the sales...

I bought a miyoo mini because I heard from a friend from a friend, that it's great before it got popular, and got it for cheap... then it became popular, and it's practically impossible to get at "normal" prices, only through resellers at 2x the price.

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From what I've seen, the ODROID handhelds (Advance, Super) prices remained relatively constant due to brands like Anbernic typically having better build quality.

Personally, I've tried both the ODROID Go Advance and the Anbernic equivalent RG351M. The build quality and controls on the Anbernic are definitely better. However, I ultimately stuck with the ODROID as it was cheap enough not to worry about damaging or losing.

They should auction the stuff, selling it with a fixed price but mostly not selling at all is just incredibly stupid way to distribute IMO

Or they should just make more, after the first and second batches sold out.

Or they should charge higher to meet demand, and take those funds to scale up manufacturing.

The main selling point of miyoo mini was the low price. For $60 you got s/nes, gb/c/a and sega handhelds plus a lot of PS1 games.

If they made the price eg $90, I'd add $10, $20 more, and buy a better device (or maybe I wouldn't buy anything at all, because it's above the $100 mental barrier, and it's not "cheap" anymore).

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