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Posted by trunks1022 on Dec-14-2004 18:17:

console shortages

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57381

Continued shortages of PlayStation 2 hardware at retail have led Sony to take the drastic step of hiring cargo planes to fly consoles directly into affected territories in North America and Europe, according to the firm.

Huge Antonov AN24 aircraft have been chartered to bring shipments of the new slimline PS2 from factories in China to airports in the UK and the United States, with each plane carrying around 40,000 consoles.

According to quotes published by news agency Reuters, Sony Computer Entertainment America claims that this situation has been ongoing "for some time", with the firm reportedly hoping to be meeting demand for the console by Christmas.

Here in the UK, the situation is even graver than in the USA, with Sony's own mistake in underestimating the demand for the "PStwo" redesigned console being compounded by a delay to a large shipment of hardware last month.

That delay was caused when an oil tanker became stuck in the Suez Canal in early November, holding up more than 100 ships in the first extended closure of the canal in almost 40 years.

However, despite Sony's efforts to improve the stock situation, a number of analysts are concerned that the lack of hardware will negatively impact the growth of the industry as a whole in one of the most important periods of the year.

NPD sales figures for the US videogame industry in November, released yesterday, showed only a 2 per cent overall rise in revenues - coming on the heels of a 23 per cent gain in September, and a 15 per cent gain in October.

Posted by sleepydragon on Dec-14-2004 23:04:

lol yeah ive heard about this theres a shortage of those smaller versions of the ps in england

Posted by Marcus007 on Dec-22-2004 23:47:

The smaller PS2's are so pimp.

^^ proud owner of one.

Posted by Numb3rJuan on Dec-26-2004 05:28:

Hell yeahhh those things are cool. I love it. I went over my friends house and i saw his ps2, the original one, and man its like vcr compared the new slim one.

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Dec-26-2004 19:08:

I'll take my original PS2 with 160gb hard drive, network adapter and HD Loader over the new slim PS2 anyday. Can't use the hard drive with the new PS2.

Posted by Numb3rJuan on Dec-27-2004 01:10:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
I'll take my original PS2 with 160gb hard drive, network adapter and HD Loader over the new slim PS2 anyday. Can't use the hard drive with the new PS2.

The purpose of the new PS2 are targeted for the non-hardcore gamers.

Posted by Quantized on Dec-27-2004 22:02:

yeh i had to reserve the new ps2 because of low stock. i only bought it cos my old one broke though. Was shocked at how small it was - not much bigger than your average dvd box