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Playdate delayed to 2022
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Just got the owner's email and it seems to have been a battery issue.
Current Estimates:
Crank you later!
Just saw this in my inbox. Sucks, but completely understandable and expected. Crazy that anything past the orders that have already been placed are now going to go into 2023.
Eh, this was going to be a nice Christmas present for someone. Now that it's 2022 I'll cancel the order if possible.
I had to cancel mine last week due to financial reasons... go to play.date, sign in, go to orders, cancel. It was painful but now that it got delayed it doesn't hurt as much.
Not surprised, this seems like a ridiculously hard time to release any kind of tech product, especially as a small time company
Yeah, I just brought up the cancel page. I was getting two units with two covers for $450 total. I'll wait for an official word about the delay before hitting the eject button.
EDIT: I got the email as soon as I made this post. The order is now officially cancelled.
Yeah, I'm in the industry and we've been quoted 60 weeks for some of the parts we need, 2 years feels like it's coming. I laughed when people were upset when the Steam Deck was only delayed by 2 months, that means that they're doing great!
It sucks, but it's for a good reason. I'm Group #2, I'll be okay.
Despite the delays of both the Playdate & the Steam Deck, I really appreciate both companies for at least allowing you to place an order with estimated shipping dates. For the life of me, I do not understand why Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo doesn't do the same. Even with its numerous retail channels does this with their products.
Despite the delays of both the Playdate & the Steam Deck, I really appreciate both companies for at least allowing you to place an order with estimated shipping dates. For the life of me, I do not understand why Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo doesn't do the same. Even with its numerous retail channels does this with their products.
I'm a long-time user of Panic software, a fan of their produced games (Firewatch, Untitled Goose Game), and an early preorder-er for the Playdate.
This is fine. I feel more empathy for the folks trying to make something in the current dumpster fire of global capitalist supply-chain fuckery than upset that I don't get to play with a new gizmo.
This is fine. I feel more empathy for the folks trying to make something in the current dumpster fire of global capitalist supply-chain fuckery than upset that I don't get to play with a new gizmo.
On the one hand, horns.aiff, particularly for anyone who'd wanted this for Christmas; on the other hand it's very good that Panic caught this issue rather than ship DoA units and had to issue a recall.
Man, really sucks that the issue was this weird battery discrepancy. Really nothing they could have done about that. :(
Yeah, the battery issue is stressful and probably hurts quite a bit, but the CPU thing shows that supply chain issues are here to stay and there's not much anyone can do about it. Glad they were able to redesign the board to take the different CPU at least.
I'm actually quite devastated by this lol, have been REALLY craving it lately, but I'm so happy they are doing the right thing by taking care of the battery problem before it becomes a problem. Thankfully, I am in group 1, so it's still relatively soon.
The fact that it was a battery issue this time leaves me wondering the if the Analogue Pocket will indeed see a similar delay, fingers crossed that the one I'm most looking forward to can stick to its 2021 goal.
The fact that it was a battery issue this time leaves me wondering the if the Analogue Pocket will indeed see a similar delay, fingers crossed that the one I'm most looking forward to can stick to its 2021 goal.
How hard is it to swap the battery? Just send me my unit and a new battery, I'll take care of it!
I'm kidding obviously…mostly.
I'm kidding obviously…mostly.
At least I got confirmed I'm in the first group.
There's also the news that they had to switch to a different CPU because the original one isn't available anymore until 2023.
There's also the news that they had to switch to a different CPU because the original one isn't available anymore until 2023.
Yeah, that CPU news is super interesting. They say it wil be no impact to the user at least.
In Group 1, got the e-mail, have been expecting it due to a combination of things being extremely quiet from their side re:delivery lately, and the Steam Deck delay.
Doesn't really bother me; I'm honestly mostly surprised that it was a battery failure that took them out of 2021 and not just the general supply chain issues. Really, really sucks for them to have come so close only to miss their planned launch date, but it'll just be something to look forward to in early 2022 for me.
Doesn't really bother me; I'm honestly mostly surprised that it was a battery failure that took them out of 2021 and not just the general supply chain issues. Really, really sucks for them to have come so close only to miss their planned launch date, but it'll just be something to look forward to in early 2022 for me.