Play Solana To Launch First Handheld Gaming Console In October

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 system on the Solana blockchain, announced that it’s going to begin delivery its Play Solana Gen 1 (PSG1) system on Oct. 6. 

The system 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 taking part in video games. 

It additionally launched a restricted non-fungible token (NFT) assortment that permits a bunch 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 Mobile, 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 Mobile Stack and a decentralized functions (DApp) retailer tailor-made for Solana ecosystem members. 

The Saga introduction triggered blended reactions from neighborhood members, however finally 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 unique $599 price ticket on the Solana Mobile web site. 

In 2024, Solana Mobile unveiled a second-generation cell phone, saying it could not simply be a “memecoin phone.”

In 2025, the telephone had 150,000 pre-orders, with income estimated to be at $67.5 million. On Aug. 5, Solana Mobile stated it began delivery the Seeker telephone in over 50 international locations. 

Related: Solana gaming studio Mirror World raises $12M in funding

Web3 will get handheld gaming gadgets

Apart from 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 system built-in to the Sui community within the first half of 2025. 

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