PS55 to go on pre-orders on Tuesday in India

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Sony PlayStation 5 is set to go on pre-orders from Tuesday (February 22) in India. The console will be available for pre-booking at 12 noon at all the retail stores like ShopatSC, Amazon, and GamesTheStop.According to GizmoChina, customers can book two of the available variants -- the PS5 Standard Disc Edition for Rs 49,990 and PS5 Digital Edition for Rs 39,990.This is the second PS5 pre-booking in the year 2022.According to multiple media reports, the stock of Sony PlayStation 5 will continue to be very limited due to chip shortage. Sony has been struggling to maintain the supply of the PS5 consoles.Sony recently said it shipped just 3.9 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the festive quarter of 2021.As per the report, 17.3 million units in total have been shipped as of December 31, nearly three million fewer than the PlayStation 4 had managed at the equivalence point after its release.The gaming division's revenue was down 8 per cent year on year (YoY) to 813.3 billion yen ($7.09 billion), but operating profit rose 12.1 per cent to 92.9 billion yen ($810 million).Sony's crucial image sensor division had a good quarter, with sales increasing 22 per cent year on year to 57.8 billion ($504 million).
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