Forrad-looking: If you're one of the many gamers who however haven't been able to take hold of a PlayStation v, there's ever the comforting knowledge that availability should be dorsum to normal next year. Unfortunately, that may not be the example. Sony itself has reportedly confirmed that the console's short supply will remain throughout 2022.

Following the release of its financial results concluding month, Sony told analysts that even if its supply of components improves and product is ramped up side by side twelvemonth, meeting demand for the PS5 will still be challenging.

"I don't call back demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more than units of the PlayStation v next year, our supply wouldn't be able to grab up with need," Sony Main Financial Officeholder Hiroki Totoki said at the conference, reports Bloomberg.

Sony admitted that it needs to boost the number of PS5 units being produced as before long as possible to get more than of the consoles onto shelves. I analyst questioned whether the company was failing to capitalize on the number of consumers opting for home-based entertainment as a result of the pandemic, but Totoki believes demand will remain high fifty-fifty as lockdowns ease and more people are vaccinated.

The PS5 sold 7.8 one thousand thousand units past March, more than than what the PS4 managed during the same launch menstruum. There was some less welcome news: January - March sales were down QoQ, while the number of agile PlayStation Network users in Q1 2022 was down to 109 million from 114 million a yr before. Despite the problems, Sony all the same hopes to sell 15 meg PS5s by April 2022. The company is also rumored to be working on a PS5 redesign set to offset product next year.

News that PS5 shortages may continue throughout next year isn't likewise surprising, given that both analysts and semiconductor giant TSMC have both warned that the electric current state of affairs could concluding a long fourth dimension.

If you lot are lucky enough to own a PlayStation five, cheque out the latest Game Boost trailer from Sony.