Although the output of 1 million units is not reduced much, it will cause the supply of PS5 to become more tight in the next year. The originally planned 16 million units will ensure that Sony can achieve its sales target while also having additional inventory in the second year.
It is said that Sony has encountered difficulties in logistics and component supply. At present, there is a shortage of chips all over the world. Bloomberg reported that component supply has been unable to arrive on time, and vaccine problems in various regions have also caused production and operations to become more complicated.
Sony forecasts PS5 sales of 22.6 million units for the fiscal year beginning in April next year, but its production partners believe that it is difficult to achieve this goal.
In addition to Sony, earlier this monthNintendoIt also announced that due to the shortage of chips, it will lower the sales forecast of Switch for this fiscal year by 1.5 million units. At the same time, today we also reported that the new handheld Steam Deck handheld/handheld computer from V agency was also delayed for 2 months due to similar reasons.