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British news site The Sun reported<\/a> that Sony commissioned a number of 747 flights to transport thousands of PS5<\/strong> systems to the UK to keep up with Christmas demand for the popular machine. This is just the latest move in Sony’s struggles to get the PS5 into the hands of eager gamers.<\/p>\n

The Sun’s source also had some insights into what Sony is thinking with these moves: “A phenomenal operation has been under way to stock UK shelves of PS5s for Christmas.”<\/p>\n

“Sony just wants to keep fans happy after a slew of issues with its new kit, and this is an unprecedented air-lift.”<\/p>\n

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British news site The Sun reported that Sony commissioned a number of 747 flights to transport thousands of PS5 systems to the UK to keep up with Christmas demand for the popular machine. This is just the latest move in Sony’s struggles to get the PS5 into the hands of eager gamers. The Sun’s source also had some insights into what Sony is thinking with these moves: “A phenomenal operation has been under way to stock UK shelves of PS5s for Christmas.” “Sony just wants to keep fans happy after a slew of issues with its new kit, and this is an unprecedented air-lift.” Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":399863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[52,44,45,46,99,4616],"class_list":["post-399862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-playstation","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"\nSony airlifting PS5 systems to meet Christmas demand in the UK | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British news site The Sun reported that Sony commissioned a number of 747 flights to transport thousands of PS5 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