The Solana Ecosystem is taking a jumping on the hardware with the upcoming launch of its first handheld gaming console.
Play Solana, a project dedicated to developing a web3 gaming device on Solana’s blockchain, announced This will start shipping the device of Solana Gen 1 (PSG1) on October 6.
The device has specs ready to play, including an Octa-core arm processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth connections and a touch LCD display. It also includes a built-in hardware wallet and fingerprint validation, which allows users to store crypto assets while playing games.
It also launched a limited collection that is not disturbed by the token (NFT) that allows a group of 2,000 holders to have early access and other perks ecosystems.
Solana dives deeper into physical products
The launch is coming as Solana’s ecosystem continues to push deeper into consumer -facing products, following previous experiments such as Saga smartphone.
In 2022, Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, introduced sagaAn Android based, smartphone -focused blockchain.
It provided users accessing native web3 tools such as a seed vault, Solana Mobile Stack and A Decentralized application (DAPP) Stores are fined for participants of Solana’s ecosystem.
Saga’s introduction to the mix -mixing reactions from community members, but eventually saw a successful launch in 2023, causing a frenzy to users.
In 2023, the product got up to $ 5,000 On eBay as the phone arrives with a free airdrop of Bonk Memecoin. The phone has an original $ 599 price tag on the Solana Mobile website.
In 2024, Solana Mobile Released a second -generation mobile phonesaying that this is not just a “memecoin phone.”
In 2025 the phone had 150,000 pre-order, with income Estimated at $ 67.5 million. On August 5, Solana Mobile said this Started shipping of phone looking for in more than 50 countries.
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Web3 gets handheld gaming devices
In addition to playing PSG1 by Solana, the Blockchain Network also SUI dive into physical web3 gaming devices.
In 2024, SUI blockchain creator Mysten Labs said it would deliver Suiplay0x1, a handheld gaming device integrated into the SUI Network in the first half of 2025.
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