Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the PS5 shortage? You will probably answer no, since this machine is still not found in shops and getting one on merchant sites requires a little self-sacrifice, and above all a lot of luck. That being said, sony is doing everything so that you can put a PS5 under the tree this year, especially in the United States, where the state of stocks has seen an impressive jump.
2023, the beginning of the calm?
Lots of reports of improved PS5 supply in the past few months, but no data until now. Import data into the US confirms that Sony Interactive (PlayStation) shipments in Sept were +400% YoY. Yes you read that right. Some of that will go into inventory for GoW launch for sure. #PS5 pic.twitter.com/SvC6xTPQxs
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) October 11, 2022
David Gibson, a financial analyst at MST Financial, has released the PS5 inventory data through last September. It can be seen from the graph above that the number of Sony Interactive products delivered to the USA (we are talking about deliveries, with data calculating the weight of the goods) increased drastically, by more than 400% compared to the same period last year.
You must know that this data does not only take into account the PS5but inevitably, there are many in the lot, with Gibson which specifies that Sony could prepare for the release of God of War Ragnarokwhich should easily sell next-gen consoles (even if it also releases on PS4).
At the same time, Tom Henderson reports on its Insider Gaming site that Sony is looking to sell 30 million PS5s in the next fiscal year (April 2023 to March 2024)compared to 18 million for the current year. Production of the new PS5 model, with the detachable disc drive, would start in April 2023and would significantly help Sony reduce production costs.
We still don’t know what the situation is in Europe, but we obviously hope that it will be easier to find a PS5 before Christmas, just to satisfy all those who want this console.