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One of the most intriguing aspects of Panic’s Playdate – besides its nice crank – is the unique game delivery method which will bring 24 free games to the device. Panic plans to release one season of games (season one), two games at a time each week. In a new FAQ released on Wednesday, Panic explains a bit more about how it will work and reveals that due to limited build capacity, not everyone will be playing new games at the same time.
All Playdates will download new games every week on “New Game Day” as long as they are connected to Wi-Fi, starting with the first two games when you connect your device. The catch is that not everyone will connect their Playdate to the internet on day one due to the limited number of pre-orders. This means that rather than being in sync with the entire Playdate population (which Panic’s original ‘season of games’ pitch implied), gamers will instead receive games at roughly the same rate as the people in their pre-order batch. Panic explains that this slight adjustment is due to the level of manufacturing and distribution possible during the pandemic:
Our initial dream was a fully synchronized season for each owner, but that has proven to be really, really hard to do with the reality of manufacturing (the factory can only do so many per week!)!)
If Panic decides to make a season two of games, he says he should be able to fulfill his original plan as a lot of people will already own Playdates. The company also makes it clear that while Playdate automatically downloads the games, you don’t have to commit to them. You can delete and redownload games at any time if you need to make room on your device for other home titles.
You can see our take on the Playdate in our practice here and a look at the games Panic has lined up for Season 1 on his Playdate site.
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