RetroN 5 is officially a thing, apparently

[Leo_A]

There's nothing to be fooled about when you wonder if a casual will find this. They will. These things don't just show up at mom and pop shops, they also pop up in national chains at times too around holidays like Dollar General and so on, it just depends how well it's marketed and who will plop it on the shelf

I've never seen any NES clones and such at such places. Plug and plays with built in games from back in the day but not dedicated clones. The closest I've ever came to seeing something like this at retail is the AtGames Genesis console with onboard games and a cartridge slot. Nothing else I've ever seen accepted original media at a mainstream retailer.

I haven't been told anything that would suggest I'm wrong about the market composition for this. The only reason I'm even having any sort of doubt on my viewpoint is because of StoneAgeGamer and his experience so if he says that casuals will buy this, that carries a lot of weight and is reason enough to try to keep an open mind. But beyond that, it sure still seems to me that the only way the Retron 5 stands a chance with the average uninformed casual customer would be if things like the Retron 3 are widely unavailable for half the price.

Provide an option for half the price that plays NES/SNES/Genesis games and that's what most of that segment will go for beyond the minority that do their research and discover that the Retron 5 offers advantages that are hopefully worth the premium. And all that brings us back to the dedicated classic gamer that is a regular forum goer and such as the core of their market for this.

People like ourselves.

Well sure, that's one example. but even in my tiny town here, that wasn't the case for the RetroN5, Atari Flashbacks, or even the $200 NeoGeo X Gold.

Out of curiosity, what sort of store carried the NeoGeo X? I've came across many instances of Atari Flashbacks, AtGames Sega products, and such but I never came across one of these. Did they ever get it carried in a major brick & mortar chain?

I rather figured that online accounted for the vast majority of sales of that one. Wasn't particularly cheap and at least around here, it didn't seem available at retail.