It is reported that Sony withdrew the discontinuation of 'PS4' due to the shortage of 'PS5'
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Sony Tackles PlayStation 5 Shortage by Making More PS4 Consoles --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-12/sony-tackles-playstation-5-shortage-by-making-more-ps4-consoles
The supply shortage of PS5 continues due to the shortage of semiconductors occurring on a global scale. Sony announced in its fourth quarter 2020 financial results announced at the end of April 2021 that it had sold 7.8 million PS5 units by March 31, 2021, which exceeded the first year sales of PS4. Announced a plan to sell more than 14.8 million units, which exceeds the PS4's second year performance. However, the PS5 supply shortage has not been resolved, and in May 2021, Sony's Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki said, 'The PS5 supply shortage may continue into 2022.' We are announcing the outlook.
Sony predicts PS5 supply shortage will continue into 2022-GIGAZINE
Sony plans to continue producing the PS4, which was originally scheduled to be discontinued at the end of 2021, and ship about 1 million units in order to respond to the shortage of PS5 supply, according to a person who said on condition of anonymity. Yes, it is known that this number will be adjusted according to demand. The PS4, launched in 2013, uses semiconductors that aren't as sophisticated as the PS5, so it's easy to manufacture, and Bloomberg says it has the advantage of being an alternative that fits the customer's budget.
A Sony spokeswoman told Bloomberg that 'PS4 is one of the best-selling game consoles to date, and there are no plans to discontinue production,' and PS4 had no plans to discontinue production in the first place. That seems to be Sony's stance. In addition, a person concerned said, 'The increase in orders due to the production of PS4 will provide a margin when negotiating with partner companies.'
The technique of continuing production of older generation products due to production stagnation can also be seen in the fact that NVIDIA plans to reproduce the old GPUs 'GeForce RTX 2060' and 'GeForce GTX 1050 Ti'. The shortage of game consoles is also affected by the 'Xbox Series X / S' etc., and these products with high demand are 'dramatically difficult to purchase' due to problems such as resale. I have been pointed out.
Buying a PS5 is getting dramatically harder-GIGAZINE
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