SUIPlay0x1: The Handheld Gaming Renaissance Empowering Players to Own Their Games

It has been mere months since Mystenlabs unveiled their new web3-enabled Suiplay0x1 gaming console, and the promise of earning crypto rewards and NFT's from blockchain gaming has already caught the attention of thousands, who have pre-ordered the device.

Mystenlabs, the creators of the SUI Token, unveiled their new web3-enabled Suiplay0x1 gaming console earlier this year. Thousands of people have already pre-ordered the device, enticed by the prospect of earning crypto rewards and NFTs from blockchain gaming.

As the world of gaming becomes less consumer-friendly, gamers are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with rampant corporate greed. Blockchain gaming, on the other hand, intends to return the power to the players by allowing them to own their games and earn crypto and NFTs while playing.

Handheld gaming devices are currently experiencing a renaissance, with the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch leading the market in recent years. The SUIPlay 0x1 now enters the competition, combining web2 and web3 gaming to allow users to play not only blockchain games (which are mostly banned on traditional gaming platforms like Steam) but also mainstream AAA games from Steam and the Epic game store.

This begs the question: do consumers want crypto and blockchain gaming? The average FIFA player or Call of Duty enjoyer will likely have never heard of blockchain gaming, or be interested in its potential NFT and crypto benefits. However, for the specific few that fall into the niche, the future promised by Mystenlab's latest foray into the world of handheld consoles could completely change their gaming experience.

Mystenlabs is not the first company to create crypto-powered hardware. Fierce competitors Solana have been chipping away at the crypto hardware industry for some years now, and their history is important to study when predicting the future of the SUIPlay.

Solana released the Solana Saga mobile phone in May of 2023, a device with web3 capability, airdrops, a secure blockchain, dApps, and a seed vault, with the ultimate goal to make using web3 “delightful, easy and simple”. However, upon release, the $999 price tag attached to the device paired with poor ratings from big reviewers like MKBHD, and the generally unimpressive specs of the phone lead to an underwhelming performance in sales, initially making the device a financial and critical flop, forcing the phone to drop its price by $400.

Luckily for Solana however, the Saga saw a second wind in sales after its price drop, as eagle-eyed crypto investors realised the potential of the device to turn them a profit on the meme coin exchange. Included with the device were airdrops from various meme coins, one in particular, “Bonk”, saw a huge increase in value, meaning consumers globally were itching to turn a profit by buying a phone which not only paid for itself but made you a considerable amount of money.

The device was so popular that it was often found on sale on the web for $2000 (double the original asking price). This set the precedent for every Crypto-based piece of hardware that followed, such as the Degen phone and Solanas’s next entry into the world of phones with their Solana Seeker (set to release later this year).

The inception of the Solana Saga presented proved unequivocally a gap in the crypto-based psychical-products market, which has allowed a slew of new creations such as Solanas “Play Solana”, the “Bit Boy”, and now in ギリス 2025 arguably the most enticing of them all, the SUIPlay.

So what makes the SUIPlay so enticing? Until this point, Blockchain gaming has been a largely problematic affair. It’s no secret that blockchain games are mostly unheard of, and the ones who's whispers have made it into the mainstream are difficult to get your hands on (due to the mainstream gaming distributors banning them) and often riddled with performance issues, boring gameplay and tanking in-game economy's.

Excitingly, it would appear that the SUIPlay wants to change that.

The SUIPlay 0x1 puts blockchain gaming and Web3 hand in hand with traditional gaming and standard web2 capabilities, giving users the option to delve into both worlds at the touch of a button. With no issues downloading and playing blockchain games, and finally, a device that can play them natively, developers will have the tools at their disposal to fix bugs and enhance their games to the quality gamers deserve and have come to expect from mainstream releases.

Even more alluring are the recently announced tech specs and the cost of the device. At $599 it sits right in the middle of its competitors the Steam Deck ($549) and the ASUS ROG Ally ($650), making it a decent option for the average person without breaking the bank. The hardware inside the device also stands up to scrutiny with their competition aswell, with the SUIPlay having more processing power than the Steam Deck, but boasting a considerably less impressive screen.

So impressive specs and an affordable price point, it is down to the game developers to make interesting products, and it appears that the future might be promising for blockchain games, with the games “darktimes” and “