News hardware PS5: to compensate for the difficulties of the shortage, Sony wants to produce more PS4
It will not have escaped anyone’s notice: it has been difficult to get hold of the PlayStation 5 since its release in November 2020. A situation that is difficult to manage for Sony, which is trying to multiply the solutions to compensate … until sometimes taking illogical decisions on paper.
Summary
- More PS4 … for more PS5?
- A decision justified by the catalog
More PS4 … for more PS5?
In the midst of a generational transition, Sony might review its strategy in the coming months. It is Bloomberg, according to sources familiar with the matter, who specifies the plans of the manufacturer PlayStation. The Japanese giant had planned to stop production of the PlayStation 4 at the end of last year, to focus on the PlayStation 5. But that was without counting the health crisis, which put an unforeseen strain on the production of semiconductors essential to the manufacture of the new generation console.. And that’s without counting the increasing demand which exploded following the confinements. Obstacles that see Sony reconsider the PS4: its production cost is lower than that of the PS5 (which the Japanese brand sells at a loss). Such a justified decision vis-à-vis Sony suppliers: sources familiar with the matter believe that increasing production allows a large margin of negotiation with them.
A decision justified by the catalog
If such choices turn out to be true, there are many arguments to support it. For now, the PlayStation 5 exclusive catalog remains meager: Demon’s Souls, Astro’s Playroom, Returnal or Ratchet& Clank : Rift Apart are among the meager list of games to be found only on the next-gen console. Many highly anticipated games this year, such as Horizon : Forbidden West Where God of War : Ragnarok, also have a PlayStation 4 version. What justifies for many people the purchase of this console, less expensive, but having nevertheless the capacities to make turn these future hits. Without counting Elden Ring, ForSpoken Where Hogwarts Legacy, non-exclusive Sony games planned on PS5 but also on PS4. Games still developed on PlayStation 4, which are selling points for the console. Producing more for Sony would therefore allow them to partially compensate for the financial difficulties linked to the shortage of PS5s.
Source : Bloomberg
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