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It’s almost February. When is the PS5 shortage going to end??
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I guess we might have some answers when they announce their fiscal results on February 3rd.
Right now it's not clear how production is going vs PS4 because we got no official announcements although it seems like they're basically 1:1 worldwide.
They said they're aiming to ship more PS5s than PS4s during the fiscal year ending March 2021.
First we need to understand if this is still true and then if they're planning to ramp up production quickly in the upcoming months.
But if they're making just 1m PS5s per month shortages will last until the summer months.
Right now it's not clear how production is going vs PS4 because we got no official announcements although it seems like they're basically 1:1 worldwide.
They said they're aiming to ship more PS5s than PS4s during the fiscal year ending March 2021.
First we need to understand if this is still true and then if they're planning to ramp up production quickly in the upcoming months.
But if they're making just 1m PS5s per month shortages will last until the summer months.
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WakeTheWolf
Member
The more PS5s in stock, the more that scalpers will take. There are huge companies that are 'professionally scalping' it isn't going to stop anytime soon.
This is how it always is, but I'm pretty sure covid has a lot to do with it too. There's apparently supply problems due to covid in all things computer related. Shops here are running out of part, laptops, screens are apparently running out too at various sizes. A guy at the store I shop at said it's gotten a lot worse in the last months.
HeresJohnny
Member
I’ve got friends looking for them and they’re gone fast still. At this rate, I’m good waiting for a revision. There’s no downsides — it’ll have a decent library by then, probably cost less, and will hopefully be more reliable. I have a fuckton of PS4 stuff to play in the meantime (I’m just now playing Arkham Knight lol); I can wait 18 months easy enough.
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
Major chains are starting to get allocated stock in daily now so I’d say another month or two before it starts to get easier, by summer you should be able to walk into a store and buy one. Scalpers with large stock will start to sweat in the coming months and eBay prices will go down.
Topher
Gold Member
I agree. nowinstock has been monitoring the stock and best buy has been getting daily stock allocations the past few days. I feel like things are getting better, but probably a few more weeks before buying online won't be a chore. Even further out will be the ability to buy in-store.
Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) Pre-order & In Stock Tracker History - NowInStock.net
ptuck874
Member
it did, but just not that in your face and quad the price, but back then I walked into my gamestop, put a reservation in and lined up at midnight and was out in 15 min. that was a completely different timeline it seems now lol, but anyway, people going to be getting biden bucks here soon, and they will be using that with the scalpers, so yeah, at least until april or may....
Moogle11
Banned
It did. Was hard to find until late March, into April, in the US.
The main difference was it wasn’t a pandemic then and the big box stores mostly just sold stock in store where people could one up in the morning and ask if they got any and they could limit to one per person more easily.
Now with almost all being sold online, it’s easier for scalpers with bots to snatch them up. The random drops are harder for many average folk to jump on too vs. finding out what day their local stores tend to have trucks deliver and waiting in the morning before work etc.
Roufianos
Member
Microsoft are even more inept. Series X has sold a lot less than PS5 despite every unit being snapped up almost instantly. Their production line is even worse.
The npd no longer releases unit sales anyways only dollar sales. Which has made npd a lot more boring but your idea that they made more money off less units sold makes sense due to the price increase. I did think that stores would sell out pretty quickly of any stock they had of the ps5 for the first 3 months but that you would still be able to see one out in the wild every now , unfortunately not the case. I'm still not sure if scalper sales on these reseller market places add to the npd numbers.
Rambotito
Member
The 360 didn't normalize until mid April 2006. PS3 was widely available by the beginning of February of 2007. I would guess that Series X will be on store shelves by Feb/March and the PS5 by June. Where I live the Series S is everywhere but not a single Series X to be found. Playstation 5 might as well not exist, I've only seen it listed once from Sears.
MiguelItUp
Member
Man, at this point who knows. If they weren't being scalped still, I'm sure they would be in better standing.
But I don't know. Over the past few weeks I've seen more online availability than in-store. They really need to push on in-store more.
Waiting makes everyone a winner though. More games, price drops, etc. So, it's kind of a silver lining IMO.
But I don't know. Over the past few weeks I've seen more online availability than in-store. They really need to push on in-store more.
Waiting makes everyone a winner though. More games, price drops, etc. So, it's kind of a silver lining IMO.
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RaySoft
Member
April/may.. By that time the market will be saturated enough for the bot's to run & hide
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Sidney Prescott
Unconfirmed Member
I honestly am considering this myself. I'd love to have a smaller version of the PS5, as much as I like the design. It will likely be a lot more quieter. That is assuming they make a Slim version anyways, but they usually do.
The PS4 is still suiting me fine, and it is unlikely they will stop supporting it for a while. It still has a solid playerbase, especially with the shortages.
VictorVectors
Member
Outside of the joke about the elevators... that's fair.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
that's what i'm doing.
1. all this bullshit will blow over
2. Slim will offer same performance with better efficiency. Pro will obviously give better performance.
3. it will be cheaper. a PS5 here is £450. in 2023 a PS5 will likely be ~£100 cheaper. i can afford a PS5 no problem but hey if i can save a bit of lettuce...
4. by 2023 there will be more than 2 exclusive games worth buying. I ain't missing out on much right now. Only game I'd play is Demon's Souls and that's only cause I never played it on PS3 back in 2009.
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Freeman76
Member
LOL...open your eyes man, MS are doing pretty well with their production, a LOT better than Sony.
Hudo
Member
Yeah, I've been doing that as well. There's no point for me to get a console now, even if they were available.
base
Banned
Got my ps5 since the release and all I would like to say is that you should wait. There's no need to hurry. Apart from Demon's Souls, all other games are pretty shit. I was hoping to get ps5 patches for some ps4 games but there are being released later in 2021. No need to hurry IMO.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
My best friend is so frustrated. He’s been trying almost every drop. After I got mine I even tried a few times for him.
It may not return to normal until the pandemic is largely over. Even car manufacturers have had to scale back production because demands for chips and components are so high.
It may not return to normal until the pandemic is largely over. Even car manufacturers have had to scale back production because demands for chips and components are so high.
DaleinCalgary
Member
I think the best way to help stop scalpers is allocate more to stores for pickup only.
Methos#1975
Member
Man, we are producing more cars now than we were last year at this time. We ramped up instead of scaling back.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
First car sales dropped for a long while. Then suddenly there was a surge of demand, probably because of all of the left over money in people's savings account who were able to continue working through the pandemic, and production ramped up. Then like most everyone else the car manufacturers ran into chip shortages like everyone else. They recently had a pretty good interview with an industry insider on one of the news podcasts I listen to - NPR or NYT, forget which.
Captain Toad
Banned
Do you remember how long the Wii and PS2 shortages lasted?
Captain Toad
Banned
I'll ship you one for 1500 dollars.
Captain Toad
Banned
I don't see how. I can't even hear my PS5 or Series X.
RaySoft
Member
Honestly I'm not sure we'll ever see a Pro version of the PS5. "Slim"? most definitely, but not for at least 3-4 years time. Your best bet is to wait for the small hardware revisions that should hit much sooner. This includes such things as refinement of the mainboard and maybe some even some logic. This is more of a streamline thing were changes are usually unnoticed by the end-user, so externaly there will be no change, but it's a good way of fixing some oversights/bad decisions based on customer data. The PS5 is probably the most forwardly enginered console Sony ever produced. The PS3 needs a mention, but that's only b/c of Cell, but the rest of the hardware couldn't match up. (how could it at the time)
This gen though, the system at it's core, are complemented throughout with borderlining uniformity. There's no obvious "weakest link" this time around.
I'm not saying it's the strongest piece of harware there is, but the power that IS there isn't hampered, by the same std. as before, by the rest of the system.
When all the devs are praising the hardware, this is what they are talking about. We _really_ haven't seen nothing yet of what this powerfull combo will acheive.
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Gamerguy84
Member
Anyone get one of the PS5 drops that has happened at BB twice in the last hour?
DeceptiveAlarm
Gold Member
I got one Thursday from best buy.
Gamerguy84
Member
Nice. BB and Target are probably the best places to get one with Target same day pickup and BB only a week.
I got both mine from BB. I wanted one digi but got disks since it was what was available.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I’m thinking the PS5 will be hard to get for at least another year if not longer. Then it might get slightly easier to acquire and that’s being generous. If the Switch is still kind of challenging to find for some locations, I imagine that the PS5 will be pretty tough to get for quite some time.
rofif
Banned
Hudo
Member
That's what I am planning to do. Right now neither the hardware, nor its pricing (the PS5 is overpriced IMHO) nor the games available for it are convincing me. This might have changed by the time a Slim or Pro comes out. But I hope that everyone who got one now enjoys it!
prinz_valium
Member
In Mai at the earliest
DeceptiveAlarm
Gold Member
Yeah I agree. I had to do store pickup for mine but a friend is somehow getting best buy to deliver to him.
TheBoss1
Member
As long as we can't go in store everywhere to pre-order/buy, this will continue. When paying online was the only viable option for everyone, I immediately saw where this was heading. Bot users are taking full advantage of this situation, mainly caused by COVID. All they have to do is keep buying all the stock, so the only way to get one is through them.
Virt McPolygon
Banned
More like when is the game shortage going to end? I'm tired of using my PS5 just for Plex, Prime Video, and Netflix.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Sony says semiconductor shortage makes increased PS5 production difficult
Record-pace gaming profits face drag from loss-leading PS5's "strategic price points."
arstechnica.com