Sony will make nearly 1 million PS4 consoles as it aims to ease pressure on PS5 supply

New Delhi: To fill the gap created due to the acute shortage of PlayStation 5 or PS5, Sony has decided to produce around one million of the previous generation PS4 consoles as it intends to ease some of the pressure on production. Is. PS5 console’s. This will help fill in the blanks and keep PS enthusiasts within the company’s ecosystem, the media has reported.

Sony PS5 has been facing supply constraints since its global debut in November 2020. According to a report by Bloomberg news agency, the Japanese tech giant told assembly partners in late 2021 that it would continue to make its previous generation machines until this year. However, Sony previously decided to discontinue assembly of the PS4 at the end of 2021, but never publicly announced it.

“It’s one of the best-selling consoles of all time and there’s always a crossover between generations,” Bloomberg quoted the company as saying. Sony’s ambition with the PlayStation 5 (Review) was to make a quick transition to the latest hardware, PlayStation chief Jim Ryan has said.

Sony PS5 had a global launch in November 2020 and is still popular. While India has not been able to match up with the demand for the PS5 in particular as sales started much later, other factors that contributed to the intimidating supply of the PS5 console were also a worldwide shortage of semiconductors. Earlier in December, the PS5 gaming console was available for pre-order.

Various online platforms where the new PS5 was briefly made available were e-commerce platforms Amazon India, Flipkart, Sony Center, Croma, Vijay Sales, Game Loot, Games the Shop, Prepaid Gamer Card and Reliance Digital. Both PS5 and PS5 Digital.

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