Plaion Replai announced Substantially delayed Every Neo Geo AES+the long-awaited console that is supposed to recreate the historic SNK console with complete fidelity to the original, announced new release date and communicate the situation that pre-orderers find themselves in.
Neo Geo AES+ will no longer be available in November as previously announced, but in September 16, 2027delayed by nearly a year, and if nothing else, Plaion should be able to speed up production of the machine.
According to the publisher, this issue is actually related to Booking quantity The volumes collected so far and the difficulty of assembling the machines under the current circumstances will force the company to massively review and significantly increase production plans, leading to significant delays.
There will be a bonus for everyone
Plaion ensures that this issue does not affect pre-orders already placed:le Existing reservations remain valid and priority reserved And there should be no change in the price of the product, only the release date, which is actually a significant change for those who have been waiting to get their hands on the console since November.
Plaion Replai recognizes that this is a significant delay and sincerely apologizes to all those who have been eagerly waiting to receive their Neo Geo AES+. The company says it is extremely grateful for the patience and support shown by the community.
In fact, as we can see, the console immediately proved to be a huge success and Plaion had to immediately increase production and sales expectations, but it will obviously take more time to achieve the desired results.
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In fact, the known number of requests has been added to the higher than expected number of requests Issues related to hardware component procurement In this time of crisis for the technology industry, especially those related to artificial intelligence infrastructure.
However, the revised release calendar supports the console’s wider long-term vision: Plaion reports that it is in talks with other licensees in addition to the ten launch games already announced Bringing more games to the platformthereby expanding the console’s lineup.
Ben Jones, commercial director of PLAION REPLAI, said: “This is not the news we hoped to release, but the response from the gaming community has been incredible. The enthusiasm for NEOGEO AES+ gives us the confidence to think about the future of the platform. With that comes the responsibility to ensure the right launch.”
“We evaluated every option to meet our original timeline. Ultimately, we concluded that launching a product with severely limited availability would not be fair to our community. Taking more time would allow us to procure more memory wafers while scaling up our production.”
Jones confirmed that anyone who has already pre-ordered will retain priority in the production queue and that the announced prices will not change. Everyone gets a founder bonus.
As for pre-orders for the Gamelife chain, according to reports from the company’s social channels, all pre-orders are still valid and will also be received as rewards Controller Gamepad Wireless Neo Geo AES+ in omaggio.
