The Solana ecosystem is taking a leap into {hardware} with the forthcoming launch of its first handheld gaming console.
Play Solana, a mission devoted to constructing a Web3 gaming gadget on the Solana blockchain, introduced that it’ll begin transport its Play Solana Gen 1 (PSG1) gadget on Oct. 6.
The gadget comes with gaming-ready specs, together with an octa-core ARM processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity and a contact LCD show. It additionally features a built-in {hardware} pockets and fingerprint authentication, permitting customers to retailer crypto property whereas enjoying video games.
It additionally launched a restricted non-fungible token (NFT) assortment that permits a gaggle of two,000 holders to have early entry and different ecosystem perks.
Solana dives deeper into bodily merchandise
The launch comes because the Solana ecosystem continues to push deeper into consumer-facing merchandise, following earlier experiments such because the Saga smartphone.
In 2022, Solana Cellular, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, launched Saga, an Android-based, blockchain-focused smartphone.
It gave customers entry to native Web3 instruments like a Seed Vault, the Solana Cellular Stack and a decentralized purposes (DApp) retailer tailor-made for Solana ecosystem individuals.
The Saga introduction triggered combined reactions from group members, however in the end noticed a profitable launch in 2023, inflicting a frenzy amongst customers.
In 2023, the product fetched as much as $5,000 on eBay because the telephone got here with a free airdrop of the BONK memecoin. The telephone had an authentic $599 price ticket on the Solana Cellular web site.
In 2024, Solana Cellular unveiled a second-generation cell phone, saying it could not simply be a “memecoin telephone.”
In 2025, the telephone had 150,000 pre-orders, with income estimated to be at $67.5 million. On Aug. 5, Solana Cellular stated it began transport the Seeker telephone in over 50 nations.
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Web3 will get handheld gaming gadgets
Other than Play Solana’s PSG1, blockchain community Sui additionally dived into bodily Web3 gaming gadgets.
In 2024, Sui blockchain creator Mysten Labs stated it could ship SuiPlay0X1, a handheld gaming gadget built-in to the Sui community within the first half of 2025.
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