[someexgamedev]

This will sell to indie gamedev scenesters and they have the perfect designer roster to hit that audience.

From a commercial success standpoint, I'm bearish. Common pitfall in comedy is to make jokes for comedians. This scene has a similar problem where they love to make games for game devs.

[rincebrain]

I don't think they intended for it as anything but not a substantial cost loss because they wanted to make it, not because they wanted a 3DS IT PRINTS MONEY GIF of it, so that's probably a feature, not a bug.

[Deimorz]

This was a good Twitter thread on that topic from a couple of weeks ago: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1126531195666411521.html

[meheleventyone]

I totally agree and as a gamedev really want one. A decent handheld with development as easy if not easier than PICO-8 will be a lot of fun even if the community is niche.