The Pla🐼yStation 5 could be quite a bit harder to get a hold of at launch, as reports suggest Sony plans to make as many as 1.5 million fewer units compared to the PlayStation 4.
The world might feel pretty chaotic and unpredictable right now, but Sony appears to have a handle on things. At least that's the image it is trying to project. The launch of its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5 is slated to take place before the end of 2020, but m๊any were expecting a delay to be announced.
On the contrary, Sony continues to hammer home that everything is going ahead as planned. That includes its reluctance to confirm how much the console will cost at launch. There are a number of potential reasons for this. One is that Sony is waiting for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft to reveal the price of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X and will react in kind.
One of the other reasons comes courtesy of a new report from Bloomberg. It reports that the PS5's price point might be higher than some gamers are expecting, but a hurdle Sony expected to encounter. A shortage of components for the next-gen console has increased the cost of manufacture, and will, in turn, lead to Sony having𝕴 to charge more for it at launch.
The aforementioned report also reveals that due to Sony expecting the higher price point to deter some potential customers, it will manufacture a lower than expected number of PS5's at launch. The report claims Sony has told its assembly partners it plans on making somewhere between five and six million consoles by the end of March 2021. In comparison, it manufactured 7.5 million 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4s for its 2013 launch period.
Because it will likely need to charge more than ♉expected for the PS5, Sony is expecting demand to be lower than it was for the PS4 at launch. Its sales may also be affected by the pandemic. Whether it's over or society is just coming out of quarantine, many people will not h🎐ave as much spare change to spend on a new console right away.
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