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what mean this announce?

http://www.geekbuying.com/item/GPD-Win-5-5-inch-Game-Console-Intel-Atom-X5-Z8500-Windows-10-OS-4GB-64GB-Gamepad-Quad-Core-2-24GHz-Gorilla-Glass-Screen-1280-720-Type-C---Black-367872.html

Delivery time: 2016-07-01

Quote from: Deen0X on May 31, 2016, 02:03:22 pm

@kendyzhu777
what mean this announce?

http://www.geekbuying.com/item/GPD-Win-5-5-inch-Game-Console-Intel-Atom-X5-Z8500-Windows-10-OS-4GB-64GB-Gamepad-Quad-Core-2-24GHz-Gorilla-Glass-Screen-1280-720-Type-C---Black-367872.html

Delivery time: 2016-07-01

lol... $330.  We called that one!  Watch them release a $50 off coupon code so people get it for less than the backers!

well to be honest, if you buy it at this point, you are a semi-back as far as I am concerned, as it clearly says presale, and the device still has to be mass-manufactured. So I donīt really see the problem. I got my GPD XD in preorder last year for 127 euros, if I want to buy a new one sometime in the future, I pay at least 150, a 20% increase in price. Presales/preorders are cheaper.

Given that the only perk in the indiegogo was getting a device, I donīt see the difference between that and this presale.

well to be honest, if you buy it at this point, you are a semi-back as far as I am concerned, as it clearly says presale, and the device still has to be mass-manufactured. So I donīt really see the problem. I got my GPD XD in preorder last year for 127 euros, if I want to buy a new one sometime in the future, I pay at least 150, a 20% increase in price. Presales/preorders are cheaper.

Given that the only perk in the indiegogo was getting a device, I donīt see the difference between that and this presale.

GPD does set the MSRP.  MSRP is Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price. GPD is the manufacturer. The difference is that when we backed GPD, the money went to GPD.  When you preorder, you are only giving the money to Geekbuying.  I doubt they have preordered anything from GPD, and chances are, GPD will only see the money around the time the device ships.  If they get the device for less than the backers, especially after @kendyzhu777 promised us that it would retail for much higher than the backer price, I will never believe GPD again.

We backed GPD.  I don't know anyone who is "backing" Geekbuying.

Gpd is a not a big company,in fact they were just a división of jxd before they stablished by themseleves. I agree to you with the pricing though. I personally will never back any device vía indiegogo, kickstarter or wahatwver after the terrible experiencia with gcw zero.

A few things

1)  I don't think the geekbuying date is correct, not from what I have been reading anyway.   Both Indiegogo and Makuake claim a delivery of October, I doubt a third party would under cut that. But that's beside the point, from what I read on Baidu, thats not going to happen.  I think the plan is to build 60 units by hand in mid june, some go to testers.  That said, things seem to have slipped a few weeks . The handmade prototype which was scheduled for April seemed to happen in deep may for example.   

2) RRP means nothing. There is just the wholesale price , then what reseller will sell it for for, and that will vary, some will have 30% markup , some will have 40% markup.  At the time the price went up to $330 on Indiegogo, Kendy mentioned at that time that $330 would be the pre-order price.

3) There is talk that the first units , perhaps Beta units will have the Z8500 instead of the Z8550.   Kendy, if you're reading this can you clarify what the story is here.   
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4582937501

4) That Japanese crowdfunding was for only 50 units which have already sold out (in 12 hours) .    Kendy, Are more units going to be added?  The last thing you want is for Japanese media to report the Makuake crowdfunding , only for people to be led to a page which says "Out of Stock"

5)  The Taoboa page continues to take WIN reservations for the chinese crowdfunding(now at 113 reservations) https://world.taobao.com/item/532637407624.htm?fromSite=main&spm=a1z10.5006-c.w25161-12508239259.1.q6M8rV

Quote from: CampGareth on May 28, 2016, 04:05:06 pm

The scaling doesn't apply in game since most games handle that internally (and it's why some games have UI size sliders in the options menu)

I wasn't intending to state that it does, rather that games can fall into the category of "doesn't cooperate with the scaling".
Offhand, Final Fantasy XIV falls into this category, as the launcher buttons appear to be unusable if scaling is enabled.

You can disable scaling per process in the executable properties. Additionally I don't think it's going to be much of a problem. The resolution of the display is not that big. I'm not sure why they are pointing it out.

Indiegogo contributions by country, looks like Japanese contributors were the majority by far


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Japan sure love handhelds.