When Panic first launched pre-orders of its adorable little retro-inspired handheld gaming device, Playdate, it expected the first 20,000 units to ship by the end of 2021 — just in time, they hoped, for the holidays. That first batch sold out in under 20 minutes.
Sadly, due to last-minute battery component issues, even those first orders have now slipped back to 2022.
In an update email sent to impacted pre-orderers, Panic writes:
As our first 5,000 finished Playdate units arrived at our warehouse
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