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These are for retro collection junkies. Most people who buy analogue products are only planning on using physical carts to play. This will likely not have openFPGA so don't expect it to run anything but N64 games, it will probably get a custom firmware eventually that allows rom play but that functionality will not be out of the box.
Rom play would be good. That would make sense, but I think it would definitely be a mistake to not fully leverage the FPGA and make it do other things. If you have the ability to change your processor into a different processor on the fly, and don't, you should be using custom chip design instead of FPGA. In the long haul, that should be cheaper.
No, if they're using FPGA, and advertising it, the consumer should expect this box to be a chameleon. Anything else would be a disappointment, just looking at their earlier work.
Still, it'll be interesting to see what they do with it but I already know I can't afford it.
I get where you are coming from but once again this is a niche product for one use only. Just because they use an FPGA doesn't mean it should be capable of running other cores. If a consumer is looking for that type of use then they should be investing in a Mister. Analogue builds retro consoles with cartridge use in mind, they use FPGA because it gives the most accurate experience. It's a boutique product, so yes it's expensive and doesn't make sense to someone who just wants an all in one device like a mister.
Interesting. My understanding of field programmable gate arrays is that they were field programmable and therefore programmable in the field. Perhaps I'm mistaken. I'm just thinking that it would be foolish for them not to leverage this for higher profit. Their handheld has a MIDI sequencer.... Something tells me that maybe they were leveraging it there too.
I recognize this sounds sarcastic but I don't mean it to be. I've just never done any in-depth study into FPGAs, just a little bit of an intro to them when I was back in college an Eon ago. 😂