The Evercade VS Founder Edition went up for preorder today, and did very well, by all accounts. By virtue of having a certain degree of "behind the scenes" access, I am privy to a certain amount of more specific information which I won't be sharing for now — but suffice to say it's been a very happy day at Evercade HQ, and I suspect once preorders go live for the regular editions of the console tomorrow they'll be even happier.
I've said multiple times that the Evercade's launch last year was, in many ways, considerably more successful than the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series launches. Sure, PS5 and Xbox may well have done better numbers-wise, but in terms of goodwill and community-building, Evercade has been hard to beat.
And if we look at what each platform is primarily known for, the picture's even clearer; PS5 is known for being The Console You Can't Buy; Xbox Series is known as The Game Pass Machine; Evercade is known for having a passionate team of people working hard on it and doing their best to preserve some games that we haven't seen for 30 or more years in some cases.
It's no surprise that the Founder Edition did so well today — and it doesn't seem like a scalper situation, either, even with the Founder Edition being a limited-run affair.
And while the Evercade is an emulation-based device rather than a fancy-pants FPGA affair, after an exceedingly negative experience attempting to preorder the Analog Pocket a while back, I absolutely know where my loyalties lie. Particularly as collecting for the Evercade involves buying a couple of £15 cartridges every few months rather than attempting to track down working original carts for obsolete systems… or just loading up an Everdrive, but where's the fun in that?
Anyway. If you're at all interested in what the Evercade has to offer, Funstock still has a few Founder Edition bundles available — and these are very good value, since they come with two controllers, the link cable required to connect the handheld to the console and use it as a controller, and six game cartridges. Check it out here.
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