love the idea of it ... but in practice, I suppose the real test is if it can stick it for the longs haul, and these days that probably means upgrades and getting new games (even if small) developed/ported to it regularly to keep up engagement .... I think it's unrealistic to expect it to be host to a killer app these days - too much competition... BUT it's great to have a platform that encourages arcade-style games to be developed in the first place. It is good to see it is getting support/traction, and it is exciting to see these smaller games getting made for it - each pretty unique and all arcade - no compromised .... but unfortunately if I play any then it'll be a case of if/when they are ported out...
A true neo geo equivilant these days would be some kind of nvidia wunder box... using kind of existing stuff -like arm and their graphics chips - in a novel way... with great looking games kind of funded/done/licensed directly .... it could happen, but its not on any roadmap I know of .... and if it was then it'd probably be more likely to be a stadia/AWS type thing streaming to your phone rather than an actual box you own ... :/