Sony is apparently facing issues with production of its PlayStation 5 gaming console. Reportedly, the company has been making lower units of the console due to shortage of components.
According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese tech giant has internally lowered its production plans for the current financial year. Initially, the brand had projected to manufacture 16 million units of its popular PS5 between April 2021 and March 2022. But now, that figure has dropped to around 15 million units. Notably, this is also close to Sony’s previous public projection that revealed that it would sell 14.8 million units of the PS5 console in this financial year.
In other words, the drop in production is indicative of the severe shortage of components as of right now. The previous 16 million production units would have enabled the company to meet its target for 2021, while also allowing it to have additional stock for the next year. But due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors and other components, it seems that Sony is struggling with the production. The report added that shipments of components are irregular and are mostly late. Furthermore, the varying levels of vaccinations have made operations of production lines even more complicated.
Sony has estimated that it would sell 22.6 million units of its PS5 console before the financial year of 2022 ends, although, its manufacturing partners reportedly believe that this goal might be difficult to meet considering the ongoing supply constraints. So, it seems that getting your hands on a PlayStation 5 console has just become even more harder.
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