Final month, I informed you ways a brand new startup is making an attempt to construct an Android of PC gaming by selecting up the place the Steam Deck left off. It’s an intriguing concept from an organization with an terrible lot to show.
The SuiPlay0X1 comes from Mysten Labs, one in all Playtron’s seed buyers, and proper now, it’s a handful of idea renders round the concept that players may need a handheld (and sport retailer) that cryptographically ties some video games to Mysten’s Sui cryptocurrency and blockchain. That method, you may purchase and personal video games on the blockchain. Mysten’s additionally promising crypto-incentives and rewards while you purchase and play.
In response to interviews at Decrypt and VentureBeat, the SuiPlay0X1 will natively combine Sui into its PlaytronOS — and Mysten claims to have “quite a few sport companions who’re planning on launching video games on the Sui blockchain,” writes VB’s Dean Takahashi. Mysten’s concentrating on a 2025 launch date and a retail value of $500.
If good Sui-enabled Web3 video games don’t materialize, properly, PlaytronOS has entry to Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer, too, and $500 might be a aggressive value for a superb handheld by as we speak’s requirements.
However we’ve acquired no purpose to suppose that this is able to be a superb handheld but, as these aren’t {hardware} firms, they usually haven’t revealed a single spec — they’re not even positive what sort of chip it is going to comprise. Right here’s a passage from VentureBeat:
The structure of the gadget is to be decided. It is likely to be primarily based on Superior Micro Units know-how. However there are different system-on-chip distributors that Playtron is working with.
Playtron CEO Kirt McMaster tells me the corporate’s presently in search of a producer to construct the machines and to count on a follow-up announcement “in about three months” with specs and preorder alternatives.
I’m not going to say the V phrase but, however it feels a little early for Mysten to vow this handheld “will likely be available in shops worldwide in 2025.” Cool mild bar, although.