While anyone reading this knows that it has been difficult to find a PS5 lately, many other markets are also experiencing shortages, thanks to a global “crisis” that affects the supply of semiconductor chips for, well, anything that uses them. And this is a much of things.
How The Guardian report, although the chip supply is expected to be improving now that we are months away from some of Covid’s worst blockages and distribution disruptions, things have actually gotten worse worst because of changes in the market (we bought a lot more computers, TVs and consoles while we were at home) and a large flow of new products that use them, putting even more pressure on the supply chain.
The scarcity of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X is just the tip of the iceberg. Major phone launches from companies like Apple and Samsung have been postponed, new graphics cards are still hard to find, and car manufacturers around the world are slowing production or stacking unfinished cars in parking lots while waiting for the necessary chips to power their software systems. .
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“Chips are everything,” said technology analyst Neil Campling The Guardian. “There is a perfect storm of supply and demand factors going on here. But, basically, there is a new level of demand that cannot be met, everyone is in crisis and is getting worse ”.
We reported last month that President Biden I was looking to “review the causes” behind it, but it is difficult to see what it could bring about; we to meet the reason, and is simply that the chip supply is not enough to meet demand, and it may not be for a long time, which will only make things worse like the scarcity of video cards and an inflated resale market in the near future , even production can increase (or at least just recover).