[Hondaracer]

4chan retro gaming board is the fucking toilet bowl of people who are all about Emulation VS an actual product, mostly because it's populated by broke fucking kids who dont have the $60 to buy an actual NES anyways.

I have the Retron5 and honestly, it kind of blows. the wireless controller is useless, and there is lag with the OEM plug in controllers when playing your carts. The interface is super clunky and slow, etc. etc.

I only wanted the Retron5 because i have a ton of old carts which i like to play from time to time, and with a wall mounted TV it's pretty much out of the question in hooking up the original consoles all the time when friends come over etc. it's also time consuming.

As well, people always say "omg why would i pay XXX when i could emulate"

Because no one wants to play NES,SNES,Genesis games with a 360 controller through a HTPC or sitting at a computer. people want to play these console games as they had in the past, especially people who arent tech savy etc. They want the original goods, not some slapped together emulation machine.

Thats why i think this will appeal to a hugeeee portion of the population.

Ive recently played through some of the games preloaded on here, and imo they dont really appeal to me that much anymore, many of them like Zelda etc. are super difficult and frustrating lol.. but i think your average consumer is going to have a huge nostalgia factor come in to play, and at the very least go hard with this machine in the run up, and during the xmas season.

Actually bought some shares in nintendo today in anticipation for this release/riding the wave of PokemonGo