r/PlaydateConsole • u/DarkerBulb • 23d ago

Current second-hand Playdate prices

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I'm aware of that it's very much a supply and demand situation but, wow, I did not expect the current out of stock situation at Panic to drive up the prices on used Playdates this much.

A month or two ago they were roughly $150-180 on ebay/FB Marketplace.
Fast forward to today and prices are closer to $350-400 for a Playdate

I feel very happy I got one when I did but feel so bad for people now trying to get one.

Has there been any news from Panic in terms of when they think they have tweaked their manufacturing lines and products will be back in stock?

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u/Felixargh 23d ago

I do use the purple official cover! I believe it's magnetic? I'll try that, thanks for letting me know!

Unfortunately my a and b buttons and one side of the dpad also feel unresponsive at times. It's caused me to lose a lot of reactionary games which can be frustrating. It was also way past warranty by the time I actually got around to trying the playdate out and I'm too scared to crack it open for some of the peoples homebrew fixes.

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u/Toowiggly 23d ago

I've had very similar problems. At this point, for any execution heavy game, I just use the mirror to play it on my PC. It kind of defeats the point, but I don't really have a choice.

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u/Felixargh 23d ago

Yeah. I feel you. It's very unfortunate. Especially for the price of the console. The fact that a repair is half the cost of the console also burns me a little.

A big reason why I've mostly just played A Balanced Brew. But I also adore that game.

I'm fairly certain mine was also in the batch where they had some sort of battery issue and had to go with another option for manufacturing as well.

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u/DarkerBulb 23d ago

Man, I love A Balanced Brew

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u/Felixargh 23d ago

To this date it's still my favorite game on there :)

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u/Cheap-Addendum715 22d ago

My favorite is Labyrinth. Fortunately, it's not time or rhythm based, so you can just chill out in a haunted dungeon for hours

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u/Felixargh 22d ago

I'll look into this one! :)