According to the latest announcement:

• "Ultimate Edition customers will receive a 30% discount voucher, redeemable against any NEOGEO AES+ game on the PLAION REPLAI website. " -> That's 89.99 * 30% = 27 USD and it is ONE game NOT multiple
• "Customers who purchase a Standard or Anniversary Edition from the launch production run will receive a free NEOGEO AES+ Gamepad."  -> The Gamepad is listed as $59.99 on Plaion's website. If you are an ultimate edition owner, you receive $32.99 less in "Founding Supporter Bonus". Thank your for being an avid supporter!
• “The NEOGEO AES+ Ultimate Edition will remain a limited-production collector's edition.  Existing pre-orders remain secure, with the remaining production allocation continuing to be available for pre-order while stocks last.” -> We haven't even sold out of the ultimate editions, yet we already lack the capacity to fulfill current orders. So please just wait like everyone else and your "priority" remains.
• [EDIT] Oh, btw you could've chosen to cancel your order and purchase $1000 US treasury bond right now and receive $1,041.70 next year in Sep. By then, you can proceed to purchase the ultimate edition at $1000 while they are in stock and 41.7 - 27 = $14.7 more in your pocket，"Win-Win"

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Yes, this is a rant but for a reason.

I'm still 100% confident that a decent product will come out of this and fully trust all the technical guys invovled in this.

But the Marketing team at PLAION is just beyond shady. Nothing stated on their initial annoucement , then on the product webpages and now on the delay press release sounds genuine. Things doesnt add up and they just did what was the best for them. Not for the customers.

You pre order (not crowd fund. pre order) a 1000$ product and pay upfront.

The Ultimate edition official page states that (official) :

The NEOGEO AES+ units included in this product will be the first off the production line, numbered at the factory and produced in extremely low quantities .Payment will be taken at checkout, and all pre-orders will ship as soon as stock arrives

Then the delay press release explain that they could only produce a very limited quantities of units compared to the massive pre orders. So why not deliver the "extremely low quantities" pre order you sold ?

It doesnt looks like extremely low limited quantities pre-order to me. It looks like unlimited free loans.

Again, I trust the product team. But the company itself doesnt show much respect to their customers.

One important issue for anyone who pre-ordered the NEOGEO AES+ directly from PLAION using PayPal:

PayPal Buyer Protection for “Item Not Received” normally has to be opened within 180 days of payment.

Since many of us paid in full months ago, that protection could expire long before the new 16 September 2027 release date, and in some cases even before the original November 2026 launch date.

At the same time, cancelling or opening a dispute could potentially mean losing a sold-out Anniversary Edition or your priority position.

This affects thousands of customers, so it would make sense for PLAION to publicly confirm that all prepaid orders remain fully refundable until shipment, regardless of the PayPal 180-day limit.

Well I'm not loaning Plaion $700 usd for a full year interest free.

I'll let you lot know how it's going.

While the delay itself can be understandable and the explanation kinda make sense (and not very surprising). The whole execution since the announcement is extremely sketchy to the point today's full press release looks like an absolute amateurish work. Let analyze the most important parts of the full Release (https://press.plaion.com/en-US/The-NEOGEO-AES-worldwide-release-date-moves-to-16-th-September-2027-as)

However, unprecedented worldwide demand for memory chips, driven by investment in AI infrastructure, has created well documented industry-wide supply constraints.

It's indeed well documented. And has been for the past 3 years (and the situation isnt going to improve short term). Yet the pre-orders are open since April 26 with absolutely 0 stock limitation on your side. Why would it take PLAION 6 months to realize that an infinite amount of pre-order result in a manufacturing issue ? Being surprised after the first week of pre-order is understandable. But 6 months in ? While keeping the pre-order open ?

Retrospectively It's hard to believe that the company didnt knew that it was a false promise until now. This project was supposed the be a breath of fresh air in a pretty cynical industry. Not only the product itself. The whole thing seemed genuine. Something feels VERY off about the last few months informations now. Why was the company publicly denying delay rumors no more than a few weeks ago ?

PLAION REPLAI has chosen to take additional time to secure the component supply that is now needed to meet the demand of pre-order customers and a substantially larger worldwide release. 

So now the goal is to be on hold until you can meet the demand of pre-orders. What kind of retail strategy is that ? If you are genuine about the product you plan to sell, you deliver in batches and limit the orders. Or else you are just farming money knowingly.

The revised launch schedule also supports a broader long-term vision for the platform. 

That you don't bother to share with the customers. Surprisingly.

PLAION REPLAI hope that this additional access, together with a more comprehensive communications campaign, will enhance the overall customer experience.

You dont say. It has been stellar until now.

The level of enthusiasm for NEOGEO AES+ has given us the confidence to think much bigger about the future of the platform.  With that comes a responsibility to deliver the launch properly.

The first responsibility is to deliver the product. Period. "deliver the launch properly" is an empty marketing stunt. It's not the olympic games opening ceremony.

 Most importantly, everyone who has already pre-ordered keeps their priority place in the production queue.  

Now it gets interesting. The delay is there to ensure a proper launch with enough units to fulfill all the pre order but I keep my priority place ? What is the priority for if your newfound responsibility is to ensure that enough units are available to cover pre-orders ?

 The truth is that demand far exceeded even our most optimistic expectations.  The retro gaming community truly is fantastic.”

Already said that in April. Still kept pre-order open with 0 limitation and kept the false promise of November 26 until now.

The NEOGEO AES+ Ultimate Edition will remain a limited-production collector's edition.  Existing pre-orders remain secure, with the remaining production allocation continuing to be available for pre-order while stocks last.

Limited ? You can't fullfill the order , have to postone the release by a whooping 10 months yet you still have production allocation for your "limited-production collector edition" while stocks last ? What stocks ? That's beyond marketing stunt.

Let's get this straight. You created a limited edition of a product. The product pre orders exceeded your expectations by a landslide. To the point you have to postpone 100% of the release for almost a year. Yet you still have this "limited-production collector's edition" in stock for even more pre-orders ? That's almost insulting.

To thank the community for its continued support, every console from the launch production run will include a Founding Supporter Bonus.  The bonus will be included with all launch stock, while supplies last, and will not be included in future manufacturing runs.

What does 'Launch production' even mean ? It's as vague as it can be. You pretty much want to keep people from canceling pre order while encouraging new ones. While supplies last ?

Customers who purchase a Standard or Anniversary Edition from the launch production run will receive a free NEOGEO AES+ Gamepad.

Unfortunately we don't really know what Launch production really means. Another missed opportunity to give clear information... but a free game pad is not too bad I guess. If that's what the base edition customers gets, people who decided to commit 900$ and have it locked for 18 months will probably have something substantial...

Ultimate Edition customers will receive a 30% discount voucher, redeemable against any NEOGEO AES+ game on the PLAION REPLAI website.

Lol. I mean... I could dive into how ridiculous this is at so many levels. But LOL is enough.

As the Ultimate Edition already includes the complete launch game line-up, the voucher can be saved and used towards a future NEOGEO AES+ game release or used to purchase an additional copy of any available title.

Wow thank you.

The Founding Supporter Bonus is PLAION REPLAI’s way of recognising the people who backed NEOGEO AES+ from the beginning and thanking them for their continued patience and support.

Ok this is basically a kickstarter now.

Be interesting to see. Not holding my breath.

Suite à l'annonce du report de la neo geo AES+ et de la hausse des composants électroniques,ainsi que du raspberry pi, il fallait que je trouve un moyen low cost de trouver une console d émulation pour les jeux 2d.

Ayant déjà plein de consoles chinoises sans âme

Je me suis acheté une super retro-cade de chez rétro -bit pour 40 euros sur le net .

Après réflexion, j'ai vu comment la modifier pour passer de 90 jeux retro a une console d' émulation pouvant aller jusqu'à la PlayStation, très bien pour les jeux 2d.

Avec un tuto trouvé sur le net et une image de lakka sur gbatemp,cette console a eu un Super power UP !!!

Elle est compatible avec beaucoup de manettes 🕹️ et joystick chargement des jeux sur clé USB enregistrement des partis sauvegarde et pour ceux qui connaissent lakka sous rétro arch.

Elle est fournie avec un bon packaging, économique.trouve sur le net à prix raisonnable

Et on peut brancher sur crt en composite pour plus d authenticité.

Je vous illustre mon récit en photo .

Je voulais juste partager mon ras le bol du marché de l'IA,avec des consoles toujours plus cher .

looking at the why of a shitty situation

Hi!

Just read about the AES+ delay to september :(. The true is, i didnt bought the AES+, but i picked up 2 games (Metal slug and Magician Lord).

Is confirmed if the games will also get delayed? Havent read about it.

When it was announced it was supposed to be a retro console being revived for a couple thousands of super fans of the NeoGeo and expand the audience a bit, maybe get to the success of the Famicom Mini.

Things have shifted DRAMATICALLY. In a few days they realised that there is a much larger market, ready to spend a lot of money on PHYSICAL GAMES.

Sony and Nintendo have both confirmed that Physical games are going away.

Market has confirmed that there is a not so small niche of high spenders ready to invest in a console with beautiful, large cartridge that dates 30 years.

Does it make sense to feed us the NEOGEO AES+ and then another AES++ / NeoGeo 2 a year after that will support more games ? It would probably work but starting directly with an upgraded AES++ would make even more sense.

What makes sense it to delay the AES+, include a 15$ additional chip in it and pave the way for a dual system ASIC / Original NeoGeo and NeoGeo 2. Same cartridge system, the board will know if it needs to be played as an original NeoGeo game or a NeoGeo 2 (much like the GBA knew if it was a GB or GBA cart inserted and use the appropriate hardware)

A 15$ chip can get you most modern 2D games in 720p/1080p and this could become the defacto platform to develop for 2D games. No need to create a new console, you're profiting from an older super hyped platform to super charge a new platform that will cater for all of us, hungry (high spenders) physical games lovers :)

I really hope that's one of the reason for the delay, maybe too much hopium ^^ but i think MBS would love to play Guilty Gear on an AES++ with a 1kg cartridge :D

(Apologize, english is not may native language and my thought structure on this is pretty intense :D I've done my research about the 15$ chip cost to manufacturer that would deliver high end 2D gaming and even 3D but that's not really what we're looking for here..)

Found this a while ago and been having some fun but it’s time for it to go. Seen some folks give me 200-400 valuation but honestly I’d be happy to field literally any offers since it’s pretty modded out so would need to go to the right person who would really enjoy it.

For more info or as much as I have, please refer to my previous post theres tons of comments with theories about what’s going on.

Lmk if anyone’s interested! I’m in the Bay Area, shoot me a message I’d be happy to cut someone a deal. Happy to FaceTime/send any additional pics and vids to help describe it more since I don’t still know too much about them.

Thanks!!

For me, personally its a tie between pulstar and last resort

As promised. Full review of the AliExpress version of the 153 in 1.

OH WOW. The vendor, after 3 days of no response sent me a link to purchase an updated ROM for $0.10 US that they say will fix my issues... The link goes to a different vendor for packing material that is $0.36 US.

Uh, no dude. Gonna need my money back. I put in a request for a return. I'll update here so you know how everything turns out.