Playdate Shipping Delayed To 2022

If you preordered a Playdate handheld gaming device that was set to ship this year, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. 

Panic Inc. announced today that its first batch of Playdates originally set to ship in 2021 have been delayed to early 2022, citing a “critical battery issue” that was caught late in the process. All batteries that were supposed to go out with Playdates had to be changed.

“This quickly turned into a months-long, all-hands-on-deck research stress-ball and we halted production at the factory,” a press release reads. “We made the difficult, expensive call to replace all of our existing batteries with new ones from a totally different battery supplier.” 

Panic says the first batch consisted of 20,000 units, all planned to ship late 2021 (presumably now or soon) but that now, they’ll ship in early 2022. An exact shipping date was not announced. If you’ve preordered a Playdate, Panic says your place in line to actually receive the device will not change so long as your preorder remains active. 

You can find out more information about this handheld gaming device at www.gaming-devices.com Game Informer’sBreakdown of the price and its first set of games. It’s not the only handheld device in delay. Valve’s Steam Deck release was delayed by this holiday and moved to February 2022. 

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