Stocks of previous gen consoles are in the doldrums, and it is increasingly difficult to buy one of these new consoles, especially in the US Stocks of previous gen consoles at stores like Amazon, Walmart or GameStop are practically non-existent, and the only option gamers looking for one of these consoles have is to resort to the second-hand market … and as you might already assume, there isn’t. of stock in store, its price also begins to increase.
The stock of consoles keeps dropping
When you analyze the situation a bit, it makes sense that the previous generation consoles become hard to find, because although they have not yet reached the end of their lifecycle (and so in theory they are still in the works). manufacturing), it is evident that Sony and Microsoft are focusing their manufacturing efforts on the next generation.
It all has to do with the limited resources available to manufacturers, and while there are no common components between previous and current generation consoles, the difficulties the supply chain faces in acquiring the most basic raw materials. for manufacturing force manufacturers to prioritize resource allocation, and it seems obvious that Sony and Microsoft will prioritize the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S respectively.
There aren’t even any PS4 controllers
It looks like the stock issues are even spreading to console peripherals: PS4 controllers are also either out of stock or about to run out, and while the PS5 DualSense has a good level of stock right now, this controller does not. is compatible with previous generation consoles, which means that users looking for a replacement for their ps4 controller
It seems that being able to enjoy the games of the current generation is becoming more and more difficult, even considering the situation of improvement of high performance graphics cards (and “improving” refers to the fact that there is starting to be stock, although still with absurd prices) Of course, one can always go for cloud games, like Microsoft’s xCloud or PlayStation Now, and in fact it is always curious that there are already people saying on the rooftops that this scarcity situation is precisely the deliberate work of the manufacturers to get cloud gaming services to finish taking off.
