This Thursday, July 29th at 7:00 p.m., Panic started pre-orders for its little yellow crank console. And unfortunately, some players in a hurry may not be among the first to receive it.
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You can still go to the Playdate website and pre-order it. However, you won’t get the Panic console until next year. The company had only ordered 20,000 copies and they all found buyers.
It seems that gamers’ interest in the little machine is real, though a stock can be considered quite shy at first. Panic indicated that this first oven had passed in less than 20 minutes. Not everything went perfectly, some had an address error, others noticed the terrible “sold out” message. Since then everything has been back to normal. Or almost, scalpers who have already shown their intentions a famous online auction siteby giving the playdate a sal. Keep in mind that the crank machine costs $ 179 and allows you to enjoy 24 independent games to download during the first season.
