PlaydatePanic's unique hand-cranked portable console, has reached and surpassed the milestone of 150,000 games sold through the proprietary store, the Playdate Catalog, for a total of $544,290.12 in net revenue for developers, after taxes and 25% royalties. These numbers are clearly not indicative of Playdate's entire library, as they don't take into account the 800+ games available through the itch.io platform.
The data was shared by the parent company together with an infographic with some interesting numbers to celebrate the second anniversary of the launch of the console. For example, we learn that they have been published in the official store catalogue 181 games sold at an average price of $5.36. Most purchases come from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Japan.
More data from Panic
For those who don't know it, Playdate is a unique device of its kind. It's about a portable console pocket-sized that features a black and white screen and a mechanical crank that can be used to scroll through menus and within supported games. The console comes with “Season One” a collection of 24 games and users can get more by purchasing them on the Playdate Catalog or from itch.io. If you want to know more, here is our review of Playdate.
Previously Panic has that Playdate has reached quota 70,000 units purchased. 38,000 buyers, approximately 53% of the total, made at least one purchase on the catalogue, also downloading the two free games offered by Panic on the store (Reel Steal, Recommendation Dog). The rest who have not purchased a game are still playing the titles included in Season One of Playdate.
“Season One was a big part of introducing Playdate to the world and that there will be games on this device when they buy it,” said Arisa Sudangnoi, head of developer relations at Playdate.
“Now we want to let everyone who loves games know that there is a vibrant community of game developers who are making hundreds of inventive games for the world.
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