I like calling them 8-128 "bit" generations, because everything after is pointless to separate anyway.

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Want to find more in-person events where I can be around the kind of retro game weirdos I follow on bsky, but In Real Life

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Right now, it's the honeymoon phase. However, an important rule of business is this: when a market gets flooded with cheap, fragile knock-offs, you don't panic and try to compete with them. You let the knock-offs break.

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However, conceding that the business is dead means letting the absolute lowest common denominator dictate the value of what you are doing. You don’t have to compete with the race-to-the-bottom projects. Double down on the uncompromising, premium aspect of your work.

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You’re right, and I apologize. I was looking at this through the lens of community legacy, missing the fact that this is your livelihood and a business. Trying to sell bespoke, meticulous engineering to a younger demographic that expects instant, free results in this economy is a losing battle.

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