Demand has to be high.
Just by the social media reactions and polls I have seen after the S/X pricing, the Ps5 is easily the most hype. Wednesday should be pretty crazy
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Sony to use air freight (60 flights) for PS5 to meet demand for the entire Q4
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Demand has to be high.
Just by the social media reactions and polls I have seen after the S/X pricing, the Ps5 is easily the most hype. Wednesday should be pretty crazy
Demand is very high. Manufacturing started back in June, so I doubt the consoles are coming in hot.
I vaguely remember reading about it. Then again I also remember reading about it for the PS3 and possibly even the PS2, so might be common for Sony to do this during the launch of their new consoles.
MS is an odd case because they need to set aside some #s to be dedicated for Xcloud blades. So they're not really up to meeting demand as much as Sony when they have a service to sell.
In a future generation maybe they can coordinate offloading the units mid-air to drones for direct delivery.
Sony Interactive Entertainment does have a huge bank, so it won't make a huge dent, but their fourth quarter might not be in the black.
I will be very impressed if Sony can meet the launch demand of PS5. People are very thirsty for the new gen.
Only if Msoft feels they need it to supplement normal supply freight. Depends on predicted demand, and how many consoles they've made for launch quarter. Likely not as many as Sony needs to make for PS5, due to Xbox not being as popular in EU or JP.
I believe xcloud is running on One S architecture for atleast another year. Not sure if that's a problem right now.
I want to live in that timeline. You just walk on a plane and almost every seat is taken by a PS5 box buckled up and ready to go.
It doesn't necessarily has to be so expensive in these times. If Sony is partnering with Delta, it might mean that Delta also need these kind of deals, because there are not many flights and some airlines are going bankrupt.
Also, If Sony is making sure that there is supply, it means that the price won't be high.
Also, If Sony is making sure that there is supply, it means that the price won't be high.
"Air freight is faster than sea, but more expensive."
Everything we've heard about the PS5 makes it seem it won't be $400.
Everything we've heard about the PS5 makes it seem it won't be $400.
Yea this isn't new. They did this for the PS4, but I'm sure it's needed now simply because of the COVID situation
Reading this and now I'm wondering if it's for an earlier than planned release.
Freight flights still cost a TON. Cost of flight freight vs sea freight can be 5-10x the cost of going the sea route
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Doesn't have anything to do with the price of the console. PS4 and Switch used air freight too and they were 399 and 299 respectively.
Well they've certainly made a lot of money during the PS4 era, especially the last five years where they were making money on consoles sold and not just digital and physical game/ subscription sales. But with this new gen, I think at least the first year or two will be very loss-driven in order to build up a solid base of PS5 players to get back to their PS4-era profits, or as close to it as they can.
Certainly looks like PS5 costs more to make than PS4 did in 2013.
With everything I read on the internet, it's important to mention it's sarcasm. Someone somewhere will have said this seriously.
Fair point, but at the same time this kind of additional cost makes the loss a bit harder to swallow at launch. I guess it's worth the loss if you can secure a big platform lead.
This is wrong, they aren't doing the Xcloud blades until next year. They said those updates would be done in 2021.
You cant fill a plane from floor to ceiling. Even planes have weight restrictions.
