Credit: Panic Inc. The batch of 20 000 units set for early 2021 are now planned to ship in early 2022. If the date of time is deemed acceptable, it will only change on the basis of this delay. For the detailed details of the situation and an estimate shipping schedule, please read the official Playdate Owners Update.
The new batteries will also let playdate have much better battery life. The gamedates will have new CPU and re-designed boards (which won’t change something to the end product,a needed change due to the worldwide ongoing chip shortage) Playdate Pulp Public Beta is going to begin in January. You shouldn’t use a playdate to participate in the Beta. The SDK is expected to arrive in February. The second season ends when you set up your playdate for the first time. You have two games. For three months, you can have two games.
Credit: Playdate. “This quickly turned into a long, once-on-deck research stress-ball,” says Panic’s Cabel Sasser in a free playdate owner’s update which was sent today to pre-order holders. We made the difficult, costly call to replace all our existing batteries with new ones from a completely different battery supplier.
