Sony will continue to produce the PlayStation 4 console, which hit the market more than eight years ago, throughout 2022. Sony has reportedly renewed orders from various vendors and manufacturers so that it can continue to market the old console, after the company originally planned to slow down Production will significantly or even cease altogether at the end of 2021.
This is because, according to the same sources in the production chain, is to alleviate somewhat the pressure created on the company to supply the more expensive and advanced PlayStation 5 console. Since its launch in November 2020 until today, Sony has not even been able to meet demand for a short time, with most markets still requiring customers to wait long months for delivery – if at all they have the option to order the console.
The continued production of the PlayStation 4 console will allow Sony to offer customers a cheap and mostly available alternative. It seems that the company does not currently have an estimate of when the shortage, created due to the crisis in the chip industry and the difficulty in obtaining components required for the production of the more advanced console, may end. Another source of stress is the extraordinary demand for PlayStation 5, which was created in part due to the closures and isolations required in various countries during the Corona eruptions.
Luckily for Sony, its main competitor, Microsoft, is also having difficulty delivering its Series X console to stores in Europe and the United States. There are stock problems in Israel as well, many consumers choose to pay beyond the recommended official price and purchase the PlayStation 5 from a parallel import.