The fact that the PS5 came onto the market in November 2020 in the midst of a pandemic has a major impact on its availability: on the one hand, several production facilities were closed during the lockdown, so that significantly fewer copies of the game console could be produced. On the other hand, the demand for entertainment products was enormous.
PS5 constantly sold out since launch
Accordingly, the latest PlayStation is almost permanently out of stock. According to Business Insider’s “PlayStation 5 Ticker”, if a retailer had a few pieces on offer, it was sold out after just a few seconds in the last few months.
But this seems to be changing now: in mid-June it took several hours at Amazon UK for the PS5 to be sold out again. And at the end of the month there was also a PS5 drop on Amazon, with stock lasting a full 30 minutes.
More PS5 will be produced again
As an explanation for this development, hardware analyst Brad Lynch points to a report by the Taiwanese news site DigiTimes, according to which Asian factories are seeing an increase in the production of high-tech devices – apparently including the PS5. Stocks should be replenished by the end of the year or early next year, so that more customers can get hold of a copy of the latest PlayStation again.
Digitimes reports that the easing of chip and component shortages will boost shipments of Sony’s PlayStation 5 (PS5) gaming consoles in the second half of 2022 and 2023
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Business Insider also cites the savings behavior of customers during inflation as a reason for the longer availability of PS5 stocks.
The PS5 should be available again normally in 2024
Of course, Sony isn’t just planning to stock up again in the short term. A financial presentation from the first half of 2022 states that the availability of the PlayStation 5 is a “top priority”. The PS5 should be available in stores again normally from 2024.
Despite this positive development, Microsoft’s Xbox Series X remains strong competition for Sony. With reference to the DigiTimes article, the gaming information portal PLAY3.DE reports that not only are more PS5 copies being produced in Asian factories, but that production of the Xbox Series X is also being boosted.
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