For the Chinese market, the PocketGo goes by the name Miyoo. It’s the same device albeit with a grey shell colour and different branding on the screen lens. The team behind Miyoo (aka BittBoy and PocketGo) are working on a new handheld which as yet doesn’t have a name.
There are very few photographs of the unit available, and those that are circulating are of a prototype unit. The best of the ones I’ve found is posted above. (Update 7th September: new images below)
The team behind the device have said that there will be a video and more images of a production unit available next week.
This new handheld will house a 3.5″ 320×240 IPS display and be powered by the Ingenic JZ4770. This is the same chip that’ll be in the upcoming RG350 and the same the one in the now extinct GCW Zero. For anyone familiar with the GCW Zero it’s obvious that they’ve based the new Miyoo unit on it. There are some differences in the layout of the start/select buttons and the speaker grill but overall the device looks very similar. Obviously the grip from the analog nub is missing in this proto unit.
I am told that the display will be driven at 60hz (woohoo) and that it will not have L2 or R2 buttons (boooo). New images show that unit does in fact have L2 and R2. Apparently one of the main draws of this device over the RG350 will be the price. We can take that to mean it’ll be cheaper, but by how much is anyone’s guess at the moment.
If production images and video are available next week, it’s likely that the device will be on the market pretty soon. Perhaps to compete with the RG350 and RG350H.
Any idea when the new pocketgo will be released?
Someone on Discord said that they are going to release it during December
There’s videos up on YouTube now, looks like it handles SNES and PSX games fine. https://youtu.be/KOgpFpZ6Mdo
It’s a bit ugly compared with the actual cute Bitboy
It’s… perfect!
There is nothing comfortable about controls below the midpoint of the side of the device. my thumbs only bend that far for so long before I feel like my knuckles are going to break…
I owned the PSP and I hated it. I’m giving ALL these stupidly designed consoles a wide berth.
Do all these chinese handheld companies have PSP PTSD or something? Why only one analog stick?
No second analog stick? Maybe would be cheaper, but right now the winner is clearly the RG350 in design and buttons…
Considering the screen is supposed to be the same size, is it a bit smaller than the Zero? I wish they made it even a bit bigger and beefier.
But yeah, interesting!
I prefer the d-pad placement on this one over the rg350. I hope you’re wrong about the shoulder buttons. If this device has shoulder buttons, I would definitely consider it over the RG350.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on this news.
Just saw the updated pics. This looks like it’ll be a great device.
Hmmmm now if the price is gonna be cheaper, then THIS will be the device to get.
No L2/R2 on this? So I guess this image is a fake then?
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/619073565894901780/619281582771142677/14cebdf41bd5ad6e013422cc8ecb39dbb7fd3c19.jpg
Not that it matters much to me, all I want is perfect SNES in my pocket with the d-pad in the right place, so I’ll either pick this up or the RG350H.
One of the Miyoo team has a prototype unit on hand and confirmed to me no L2/R2. It could have been a mistake on his part, or a mis-translation I suppose.
It does have L2/R2 after all. Check the new pics 🙂