Cancelled my Steam Deck reservation today — I actually cancelled it before the delay was announced, but said announcement just made it feel even more like the right thing to do for the moment.
I've been looking around a bit, and for the main purpose I want it for — on-the-go visual novels — there are much cheaper Windows tablet options. Sure, I won't be able to play Euro Truck Simulator in bed, but how much was I really going to do that anyway?
Instead, I've retrieved some of the money I'd set aside to pay for the Steam Deck and ordered one of those Anbernic emulation handhelds — specifically the one that looks like a wooden Game Boy. I've primarily done this so I can write about it over on Retrounite — one of the things we've talked about doing is more about hardware — but I'm also intrigued to give it a go, since I know a few people who have them and love them.
It's not going to replace the Evercade or Switch as a retro gaming solution by any means, but as an easily portable system it's going to be a nice thing to have loaded up with a bunch of cool stuff — particularly stuff for which licensing on Evercade or Switch rereleases will never, ever happen for one reason or another.
Not sure when it's going to arrive as when I ordered it today Amazon said it would arrive tomorrow, but I just had a dispatch notification that said it would actually be here on Sunday. I'm in no rush, but I am quite eager to have a play with it. There will, of course, be full reports to follow both here and on Retrounite!
Anyway. Bed now. Much as I would love to spend the night playing more Blue Reflection, I do still have to get up in the morning.
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