Sony has lowered its production expectations for the PlayStation 5 by four million units and now expects to produce about 11 million units by the end of March, according to a new Bloomberg report. Bloomberg previously reported that Sony planned to increase production to about 10 million units by the end of December, but now says the company is stuck in production problems.
The PS5’s system – non-chip, its core processing component designed with AMD, is considered to be a special issue with yields as low as 50 percent at one stage, meaning that half of the parts produced are unfit for shipping. According to Bloomberg, the figure is improving, while yields “have not yet reached a stable level.”
The revised figure is still better than Sony which was said to be planning for the PS5 launch. By this April, Sony expected to produce five to six million consoles by the end of March, less than what was done in 2013 at the PS4 launch. The Covid-19 epidemic, however, caused the company to intensify its forecast as the gaming industry grew in popularity.
Sony is hosting a PSNline PS5 event on Wednesday where it is expected to announce the final price and release date for the console, which come in two variants: one with a disk drive and one without. Until that price information is confirmed, it will be difficult to predict whether Sony will have enough supply to meet demand.
