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When the PlayStation 5 launches this holiday season, it can be hard to find.
Production issues with the main PlayStation 5 chip are reportedly to blame for the console’s shortage at launch, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Sony is said to have revised down its production forecast by 4 million units, from 15 million to 11 million PlayStation 5 consoles produced by March 2021, at the end of the Japanese electronics giant’s fiscal year.
The console first debuted in mid-June, and in late August Sony announced “a limited number of PS5 consoles available for pre-order.” The company instituted a lottery system for customers interested in reserving the console – enter your PlayStation Network ID on this page and hope for the best.
“We will invite some of our current consumers to be one of the first to pre-order a PlayStation,” the company said. Using “previous interests and activities of PlayStation”, the company will determine who can pre-order the PlayStation 5.
Sony has yet to announce the release date or price of its next-gen console, but the company is streaming a “PlayStation 5 Showcase” event on September 16 where more details of the launch are expected to be revealed.
It comes in two versions: there is a standard PlayStation 5, with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive and a digital edition without a disc drive.
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In terms of design, the two consoles are very similar.
As seen above, the digital edition is symmetrical, while the standard edition has a bump where the disk drive is located.
It is not clear what the price difference between the two versions will be, but the functional difference is obvious: the digital model cannot read discs, while the standard model can. In practice, that means that the digital version can only play downloaded games.
Sony representatives did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
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