These two crypto-integrated handhelds are aiming to make Web3 gaming happen—because if it doesn't work the first time, try, try and try again

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The SUiPlay0X1 and Bitboy One on a purple background

Let’s kick off with some terminology: Blockchain.Bitcoin.NFT.Web3 gaming. Provided your eyes haven’t rolled so far into the back of your head you’re still able to read the rest of this article, I have some terrible news for you—two new handhelds are aiming to corner the market once more on blockchain-based gaming, only this time, it’s mobile.

First up we have theSuiPlay0X1, a handheld gaming device with “native Web3 capabilities”, or at least, a pretty render of one (viaArs Technica). Announced proudly as “the world’s first blockchain native handheld games console”, the SuiPlay 0X1 is integrated with the Sui blockchain, a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform.

What that means for potential buyers is handheld “Web3 gaming”, which in basic terms is essentially gaming connected to a blockchain or with somecryptocurrencyintegration. Your in-game assets can be tracked and transferred on a blockchain, and in this case you can set up a crypto wallet tied to your handheld. Bully.

“The mining power of the physical device is very, very weak. It will take years to mine…you’re not going to make real money from it. But it’s for fun.”

And making some real money might be a genuine concern, as the BitBoy One is expected to retail for approximately$500, which means that for a little bit more, you could buy aSteam Deck OLED. It won’t make you any real money either, but at least it’s got the hardware to let you play some games that don’t look like they were first released in 1989.

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Web3 gaming is, at its core, a pretty nebulous concept to begin with, and one that’s been tried many times before,usually with catastrophic results. And amidst horrifying reveals of concepts like a"mechanism to control NFT selling pressure"and sustained internet backlash towards the concept, some companies attempted to back off fromdiscussing the terms involvedentirely.

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Gamers seem to have been not just reluctant to jump on the Web3 gaming bandwagon, but outright hostile towards the concept as a whole. It’s difficult to see how these two handhelds might change perceptions in this regard, unless the aim here is to bring crypto fans into the gaming space that may not have been interested otherwise.

As things stand, I’ll believe in the Web3 gaming future, and indeed, these handhelds, when I see it. For now the SuiPlay0X1 seems to exist purely as a render, and the BitBoy One, while looking closer to a production unit, has the sort of hardware that you’d usually find in a much cheaper emulator device.

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