PS5 Will Meet Shipment Target as Sony Secures Chips Amid Semiconductor Shortage

Amazing news.
Hopefully this will end cross-gen period and hardware of PS5 will be utilized to full extent.

Cool!

Hopefully everyone gets one in time for horizon forbidden west after Christmas.

@Blacksmith1985
I hope so, but doubt it very much. The differential is still far too large and even top end PCs often don’t have the throughput to run games making use of the next gen console balances

Yeah, if I could buy one in my country (Cyprus), that'd be great. I think we got a shipment when the console launched, though we weren't allowed to pre-order, and then nothing anywhere.

Jim Ryan must be extremely pleased with these results. Sony is running a very smart business and I hope it continues to get bigger. Congrats!

I will say one thing in the UK they get loads more consoles for sale and better shipments each week than the Series X. Also with the series x Microsoft sometime only sell them on the game pass 2 year deal forcing you to get one that way.
I will be honest I’m surprised a trillion dollar company Microsoft cannot get more consoles made, poor purchasing of chips and supply chain assembly I guess.
Sony have done an amazing job getting stock to the UK.

Profit on the disc edition already? Can't imagine we'll be seeing a major revision for a while then, no need to cut costs given that the digital edition guarantees a lucrative revenue stream

Good news, but I am holding off on any large spending items for the remainder of the year. COVID is already starting to cause issues again and throwing $500 at one item right now just isn't a good idea for me. I'll hold until early Spring to see how this turns out. I almost lost my job last year and I worry we could be headed into another lockdown etc that will cause issues. I hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

@PSoneboi to play devil's advocate, having the PS5 has made lockdowns much more bearable for me 😉

That's surprising they're turning a profit on hardware already. Also more interesting when factoring in rumors they wanted to charge more for the console originally, and all the nickel and diming elsewhere in their ecosystem. I thought the subsidy was much deeper than it apparently is. Very interesting. Also says a lot about where the electronics industry as a whole is as prices have been generally rising (pre-chip shortage) while costs to mfr have clearly been making steeper drops than I thought. Margin is off the charts it would seem.

@Dezzy70 It makes some sense, really. Sony's a hardware company and their entire business operations have always revolved around electronics manufacture. MS is a software company that's always struggled with any kind of consistent manufacturing capacity since they don't really make all that much hardware (Surface is quite popular, but it's hardly a vast mass-market sales item.) Under normal conditions they can just buy their way through what they need, but it makes sense Sony could better navigate a disruptive period of parts supply better than MS. If for no other reason, better relationships with people at vendors who can get things done, due to doing al to more business with them in general.

@theheadofabroom Oh I can agree and see that being the case for many. I still have my PS4 so it will be okay for me for a while.

Time to update that It Prints Money pic with Jim Ryan laughing.

I’m in a very annoying boat personally.. the semi conductor shortage keeps idling my Ford plant here in KY (USA).. I also can’t get my hands on a PS5 during all this down time BECAUSE of the shortage.. I am living in a sad conundrum

@WolfyTn

Better times are ahead. Hope you can get your plant to full production soon. Fingers crossed.

@UnlimitedSevens thanks man me too.. would honestly rather have a PS5 for a little while during down time before I go back though lol that place is brutal in the summer - especially with mask requirements

I would like to know how many of the 10million are actually in the hands of end users. My local computer shop has 3 of these in the windows for £700+ each and ebay and Amazon is rife with high prices.

@The_New_Butler
Yes I did here about the sever blade replacement.
Well let’s hope stock picks up soon
I guess I just expect to much sometimes as I see their money being all powerful to buy chip stock and get more UK supply.
But hats off to Sony for doing a dam good job for the UK.
I mean last month July they nearly outsold switch and series consoles combined in the UK, that takes some good stock issuing organisation.

@The_New_Butler @Dezzy70 Probably helps that all that Microsoft server farm upgrading was also the upgrades for PSN/Now, too considering they're hosting both platforms

That is good news. They can basically sell as many as they can make at this point.

Still Wont be able to buy one unless you continuously refresh retailers webpages all day everyday or you have money to burn & are willing to pay ridiculously inflated prices

Nice, I hope the stock situations improve and everyone that want it can get it soon 😃

@Dezzy70 I would it accept any console that forces me to get any subscription.

@Vyns For me personally if these kind of retailers get robbed then i would have a big smile on my face.

@Slippship NGVR honestly sounds like a dream, Sony going all in on VR

Anyone know how many units have been sold in the UK? It seems like they are doing a poor job here in Japan, around 60k units a month recently, with most going to scalpers.