PS5 shortage could continue until 2022
This week, the financial times reports that PS5 shortage, due to issues with a global lack of supply in semiconductors, could last through 2021 and into 2022.
The PS5 has been notoriously hard to find. The product page on Amazon generally shows the product as unavailable. And when inventory shows up, on Amazon or on other retailers, it sells out within minutes. Although Sony claim they have sold millions of the gaming device in November and December, a global shortage in semiconductors is impacting their supply chains.
The semiconductors issue is not only impacting Sony, but also Microsoft’s new XBox console of course, as well as every industry that relies semiconductors, from car companies to smartphone manufacturers. The Economist explains that shortages in semiconductors are not rare, but that this one is magnified by the Covid pandemic. Not only does the virus impact supply chains, the rise in people working from home has apparently increased demand for personal computers and data center servers.
The “stay at home” policies in place in many countries of the world have also boosted the need for home entertainment, including gaming consoles, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are visibly struggling to meet this increase in demand.
Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony entertainment, has stated that the PS5’s supply chain is improving every month, and so should inventory of the console at retailers throughout the year. He stated to the Financial Times:
It will get better every month throughout 2021. The pace of the improvement in the supply chain will gather throughout the course of the year, so by the time we get to the second half of [2021], you’re going to be seeing really decent numbers indeed.
But for Ben Bajarin, an analyst at Creative Strategies (a market research firm specialized in Silicon Valley and Tech companies), the slowdown in semiconductors will continue in 2021, and possibly into 2022. Which means the PS5 could remain hard to get until next year. He says:
“For them to catch up, demand has to slow down. I don’t see any end in sight.”
Are you one of the lucky owners of a PS5? Are you expecting to get one in 2021?
its just a strategy to keep the price high
That’s awful
First
Looks like you were first, the first one to lose.
Eh, the frenzied demand for PS5 is falling off sharply though, so, it won’t be bad for much longer, in terms of PS5. Most of these worthless bags of meat have been trying to sell them for like $30-$40 over MSRP these days on local ads. They’re getting harder to make a buck off of.
Well in my country you can find a ps5 easily however the lowest price is 830$ which is too much
My answer is no because this isn’t going to crash even if I did. And because I am not wasting anyone’s 300 dollars it’s $500 or $800 for that system. So like I said before and I said again PS5 pro I will get in 2023. So you guys better do the same thing I’m doing cuz if you buy it and it breaks down don’t come crying to me the only computer engineer who knows stuff.
…. you horrible grammar totally makes you sound like a competent engineer. Hahahaha
I was using google voice to text R-tard
And did you work on that as well??
Why can we just focus on the topic geez
my strategy is to be patient, when a new console appears it is known to have technical defects, only after the second revision appears it is wise to buy a ps5 console, and better and cheaper, until then we play on ps4 until the smoke comes out of them, BE WISE, and don’t buy at ps5 overpriced without a guarantee from sharks
nice. More time for me to sell with profit.