Playdate: the portable console with crank available for purchase from 2021

Playdate suffered some delays and in the meantime we were almost forgetting about it, but Panic is back to talk about it just in time to confirm that the particular indie console with crank will be bookable starting from the first months of 2021. The initial idea was to start with pre-orders already this year, but due to various difficulties obviously also linked to the world health situation, the project has suffered some postponement and the console, which still does not have a precise official date, will therefore be bookable at starting from early 2021.

Developed by Panic, Playdate is a portable console characterized by several peculiarities: first of all it is equipped with a crank, which should allow different types of interaction with games in a decidedly original way. to standard control systems.

It also has a black and white screen, which therefore forces you to maintain graphic styles that can best associate with that is visualization and finally it will be based on a truly unique game distribution system.

In practice, with the purchase of the console you have access to the possibility of periodically downloading new indie games developed specifically for the console in question. "seasons" of content decided by the developers, which are constantly renewed.

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