On the occasion of the CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Sony recently confirmed that the PS5 had reached a new sales milestone. In the aftermath, it gets even more interesting in this regard: Sony itself has now declared the console’s ongoing shortage of supply to be over.
Have you been wanting to buy a PlayStation 5 for a while? Then you should have encountered difficulties with this project in the past, because Sony’s console has actually been considered notoriously scarce since its appearance. Delivery bottlenecks with chips & Co. have ensured that the PlayStation 5 was sometimes extremely difficult to get. The fact that Sony has now been able to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide is all the more remarkable.
According to Sony, anyone who is still looking for a available console for sale in retail can now breathe a sigh of relief, because the manufacturer himself is now officially declaring that the supply shortage is over in additional statements from CES 2023 in Las Vegas.
Speaking at the Las Vegas tech show, Sony Interactive Entertainment President Jim Ryan said: “PS5 supply has improved towards the end of last year, so I’m happy to report that December has been the biggest month ever in As for PS5 sales, we’ve now sold more than 30 million copies to consumers worldwide.”
This is followed by the crucial passage of the statement: “Anyone who wants to buy a PS5 should now and in the future have a much easier time actually getting one from retailers around the world.” In short: Those who want to strike now should no longer be dependent on the right timing or luck to actually get hold of one of the few available copies.
The PS5 was released in November 2020 – at a time when the global corona pandemic was leading to supply chain problems and scarce raw materials worldwide. The console was therefore difficult to obtain and was sometimes offered at crazy prices well above the recommended retail price.
Hard to believe, but PS5 and Xbox Series X|S have been with us for over two years. Felix looked at the systems and their games to draw an initial conclusion. Has it been worth owning a new console so far?
