By It’s no secret that Playstation 5 is a console that is hard to find and since that day was launched. Without a sign that the lack of console will be better in the near future, Sony seems to have decided to continue with the production of PS4 longer than initially anticipated. It presents several different goals, but the most important thing is to keep players in the PlayStation ecosystem when we wait for the PS5 stock level to normalize.
Of course, when the new generation began, we did not expect companies like Sony and Microsoft immediately turned off their previous gen consoles. Usually, they will continue to produce older consoles for several years after the launch of their new generation machines, let sales shrink naturally because more people move to the new platform.
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Sony initially planned to stop the PlayStation 4 at the end of 2021. However, with the PS5 console is still difficult to find, Sony has decided to continue to produce PS4 to 2022, according to sources with knowledge of the problem. Sony’s real thinking here is better for people to buy PS4 when they can’t get PS5 rather than buying without Playstation at all.
While these sources say that Sony initially planned to end PS4 production at the end of 2021, Sony’s official story was slightly different. In a statement to Bloomberg, a Playstation spokesman said that Sony actually did not plan to stop producing PS4 at the end of last year, added, “This is one of the best-selling consoles ever and there is always a crossover between generations.”
Continuing with PS4 production can help Sony with several different ways. As we have mentioned, giving people something to buy better than giving them anything, even if those people prefer Playstation 5. Frozen to the patient’s gamer market has never been a bad idea.
Beyond that, however, continuing PS4 production can help Sony maintain good relationships with manufacturing partners. At a time where everything, including the capacity of production lines, is difficult to obtain, Sony’s plan to continue to produce PS4 only because having access to these cheap parts can make its manufacturing partner fun. It can be proven to be a good step when lack of convenience and Sony begins to increase production at the same time with other people in the consumer electronics room.
However, in the end, it’s not like Sony has many choices here. It is safe to assume that Sony produces PS5 as soon as possible, so if there is a production capacity remaining, it might also produce more playstation 4S. All added, these sources say that Sony is ready to produce as many as one million PS4 this year and is ready to change the amount on request, so even though the console might be on the way out, it hasn’t died.