{"id":27986,"date":"2023-04-18T21:09:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/playdate-has-now-sold-53000-units-doubling-initial-sales-expectations\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:09:15","slug":"playdate-has-now-sold-53000-units-doubling-initial-sales-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/playdate-has-now-sold-53000-units-doubling-initial-sales-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Playdate has now sold 53,000 units, doubling initial sales expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nCrank-based portable gaming curio Playdate has now sold over 53,000 units &#8211; more than twice the number its creator Panic had originally forecast.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPlaydate was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playdate-is-a-quirky-new-handheld-with-some-great-indie-designers-onboard-and-it-has-a-crank\">initially announced<\/a> back in 2019, promising a unique (and dinkily adorable) spin on portable gaming that would see Panic teaming up with a host of noted indie game designers &#8211; including the likes of Zach Gage and Bennett Foddy &#8211; to produce a curated 24-game &#8220;season&#8221;, as well as offering itch.io sideloading support and, more recently, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playdate-launches-curated-on-device-store-announces-20-price-increase\">on-device store<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt was a pitch that clearly captured peoples&#8217; imaginations; Panic has now revealed the initial 20,000 Playdate units it produced based on its early sales predictions sold out within 20 minutes of the device being made available to purchase via a queue system last April.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playdate-has-now-sold-53000-units-doubling-initial-sales-expectations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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