PS5 is in short supply, and Sony told the assembly company to continue to produce PS4

In response to the shortage of PS5 supplies, Sony has informed assembly companies that it will continue to produce PS4s this year, with a quantity of about 1 million units.

Bloomberg reported on the 12th that according to a number of related sources, in order to cope with the shortage of PS5 supply, Sony decided to continue to produce the PS4 that was sold in 2013 this year. According to sources, Sony has notified assembly companies at the end of 2021 that it will continue to produce PS4 this year, with an output of about 1 million units this year to make up for the shortage of PS5 supply. According to a number of people with connections, Sony originally planned to end PS4 production by the end of last year.

As of the end of September 2021, the cumulative sales volume of PS4 exceeded 116 million units worldwide.

Yahoo Finance's offer shows that as of 13:45 on the 12th, Sony shares rose 1.04% to 14,555 yen.

Foreign media recently reported that due to the shortage of chips, the risk of normalization of production and logistics restrictions in the future has increased, so Sony will cut the PS5 production target this year (April 2021 to March 2022) from more than 16 million units to about 15 million units.