RetroN 5 is officially a thing, apparently

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Any word on a release date on the RetroN 5?

Hyperkin hasn't said anything about it since PAX, but I suspect they might say something at E3 next month. Their original announcement of "summer" seems unlikely since the PAX system and controller was still in the prototype phase. I think you could probably expect one maybe by January next year. Maybe.

Retrobit is too late to the party with half of what the Retron5 is offering.

Maybe, but not necessarily since Hyperkin is doing with emulation and not reversed engineered hardware as RetroBit is sticking with. The emulation might be inferior to RetroBit's performance, or some games might not work with the emulation. It all depends on how much of the promises Hyperkin made with the Retron5 they actually deliver on.

Only time will tell.