[yuck39]

There has been some criticism of Analogue lately from the retro gaming community [1] for continuing to announce and release new products while they remain months behind on fulfilling orders already placed by customers. The consensus seems to be that their products are good but add 4-6 months to whenever you expect to get your order from them.

[1]:https://twitter.com/RetroGameCorps/status/171184720072736803...

[MenhirMike]

I'm still waiting for any news at all about the "Available in 2023" Duo that I pre-ordered Day 1, but yeah: They did always deliver in the past. Eventually. And it's generally been worth it, except that if you were hoping that "Future Analogue Product" support on the DAC means "Pocket Dock".

[erinnh]

They mentioned it again today.

Duo will ship in 2023.

Pocket Adapters are "on target to ship by end of 2023"

Analogue OS 2.0 will release by end of 2023. With display mode support for openFPGA cores.

[nacs]

So 3 backordered products launching in the next 2 months?

They're going to have a busy Christmas holiday..

[mattl]

They were able to ship both my Mega Sg and Super Nt and a Pocket Dock a few months ago within a few days of each other. I think once they have the stuff in-stock from manufacturing its very quickly in the hands of customers.

[MenhirMike]

From what I did see, people did receive their pockets and some of the accessories, so yeah, it looks like they are actually working through the backlog. That said, I'll believe the Duo when it arrives at my doorstep :D

[avidphantasm]

Got my Pocket in August. Well worth the wait. Have patience.

[MenhirMike]

Oh, I'm sure it will be, they've always been worth the wait :)

[hx8]

It's much less risky for Analogue to do manufacturing this way. A lot of physical product companies fail because they have too much capital tied up in inventory. They make good products, charge a premium for them, and have no problem filling up a waiting list.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

Just a nitpick, but I think you mean fulfilling the waitlist. I think?

[flanbiscuit]

> but add 4-6 months to whenever you expect to get your order from them.

I ordered their Analogue Pocket, with the dock, in October 2022 and it finally arrived in August 2023. So more like ~10 months.

At the time that I ordered they only had black and white options, but of course they announced some really cool transparent ones the month after I got my shipment. I guess that's the gamble of pre-ordering. Either way I'm very happy with my purchase even if it took many months to arrive.

[Cthulhu_]

I think this is becoming fairly normal, it's similar to the Playdate; they don't take orders, they take pre-orders, and only once they have enough pre-orders will they actually file an order at the manufacturers. I'm sure this is how most "niche electronics" parties operate.