Both Microsoft and Sony have had to deal with the problems stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The launch of the next generation consoles has not been interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic, but that does not mean that there were no problems while they prepared their arrival in stores. Both PS5 and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have been released with little stock, so the few units that have reached the market have been sold quickly and avidly by the fans. Jim Ryan, CEO of PlayStation, shared in an interview with TASS the limitations they had to face when they were making preparations, to the point that they had to use cameras for some of the processes.
I would not repeat a launch like that
“I think my two feelings are happiness, as things seem to be going well, and secondly relief. We have done it in that strange and frankly difficult year. From everything I’ve learned this year is, first, that I would not do a major console launch again in the midst of a global pandemic; I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else either. ” According to Ryan, it has been “complicated”, and not only because of the production challenges, which has prevented them from attending factories in Asia, but also because of all the previous preparations. “Before production started we were forced to prepare the manufacturing process remotely with cameras.”
Jim Ryan has been present in several interviews, where he has defended the new price of the exclusive PS5 games. He has also commented that in his opinion the console’s SSD has enough space.
PlayStation 5 went on sale on November 12 in the United States, Japan and Mexico, while in Spain and the rest of Europe it has been sold from November 19. First-time buyers can access titles such as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls or Sackboy: A Big Adventure.
