Another delay … you want one of these, you’re going yo have to wait until next year 2022!
Taken from Engadget … Panic has pushed back the launch of its Playdate portable to 2022. The company announced the delay Thursday, attributing it to a “critical” battery issue it discovered late in the process of manufacturing the first 20,000 production units of the console. “We made the difficult, expensive call to replace all of our existing batteries with new ones from a totally different battery supplier,” said Panic’s Cabel Sasser.
Panic estimates those units will now begin making their way to customers sometime in early 2022. If you reserved a Playdate prior to today’s announcement, your spot in the pre-order line won’t change as long as your order remains active.
Hi! If you’ve pre-ordered a Playdate, check your email for a copy of the “Playdate Owner’s Update #1”.
There’s bad news (a battery tragedy means Late 2021 units are now Early 2022, see email for your timing) but also good news (Pulp+SDK release dates!!)
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— Playdate (@playdate) November 11, 2021
Source: Engadget
