It’s still incredibly difficult to get your hands on a PS5 right now. While buyers are still struggling to find a system, it appears that Sony is doing its part to try to alleviate at least some of the refueling problems plaguing retailers.
In fact, there may be a resurgence in PS5 shares in the coming months, if a new report is believed.
The report alleges that Sony is planning to ship between 16.8 million and 18 million units in 2021, which will be possible after an increase in the supply flow of the units. Digitimes claims that Sony initially sold 3.4 million PlayStation 5 units in its first month of availability.
That number is about to increase significantly in the future, thanks to the more abundant availability of the components needed to put a PS5 into production. This means that PS5 refueling may be coming in full force, hopefully putting an end to the need to buy money changer systems or chase stock alerts.
Digitimes says that AMD, which contributes custom 7 nm CPUs for the PS5, has secured additional capacity from the TSMC semiconductor foundry to increase production. This should help increase monthly service production by 40 to 50%, which translates to a whopping 1.4-1.5 million units in 2021. This is one million more than the production numbers for 2020, which will undoubtedly help to suppress the demand for PS5s at least in one bit.
The CPUs are based on AMD’s Ryzen Zen 2 architecture, with GPU Radeon RDNA2. Both China Tongfu Microelectronics and Taiwan’s Silicon Precision Industries will divide manufacturing tasks into a 70/30 division. Sony is planning to allocate more PS5s to Asian territories after January 2021 thanks to these additional components, which will undoubtedly help to alleviate the frustration that buyers are feeling around the world at being unable to enter the next generation console.
Previous reports indicated that Sony was planning to sell 10 million PS5 units before March 2021, so the 3.4 million number is valid. Previously, Sony had planned only about 5 and 6 million units sold by March, but it changed course as demand increased.
With additional components going to put more PS5 units on the shelves and in the hands of customers, it appears that more users will finally be able to experience the system first hand. In our review of the PS5, we rewarded the PS5 with 4.5 stars, calling it “the future of console games”.
“If you can choose a PS5 now, know that you will have a true state-of-the-art experience complete with advanced touch, beautiful graphics and almost zero friction between you and the games you want to play.”
If Digitimes’ sources are correct, feelings like “getting” a PS5 could be a thing of the past soon.