Playdate video game system delayed until 2022 by battery failure


Panic has endured a bumpy road with Playdate, coping with supply chain issues, pandemic-related obstacles and now a major manufacturing failure. — Screengrab from YouTube

No Playdates for the holidays.

Portland tech company Panic said Thursday that delivery of its Playdate handheld video game system has been delayed until next year after it discovered faulty batteries in many of the first batch off the production line.

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