Jim Ryan spoke about the availability of the Playstation 5 at CES 2023, and announced some good news; the console will no longer be out of stock this year.
[Mis à jour le 5 janvier 2023 à 17h46] The Playstation 5 will have had two complicated first years of existence. Sony’s newest console was indeed released in winter 2020, which, to jog your memory, puts us right in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. But the production problems and the asceticism of potential buyers of the console will end in 2023 according to the words of Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the video game branch of the Japanese giant. In his words:
“Those who want to get a PS5 should have less trouble finding one from retailers around the world starting today”
Although this statement does not guarantee the immediate availability of a Playstation 5 in all sales areas in your region, it does guarantee unprecedented optimism for a market in agony since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus. Indeed, the effects of the health crisis, and in particular the closure or slowdown of semiconductor production lines in Southeast Asia, have led to a serious slowdown in the production of various products requiring electronic chips. From cars to graphics cards and game consoles, a whole section of the high-tech industry has suffered in recent years, particularly the home console market.
Indeed, we must not forget that to a limited supply, we had to add since 2020 an extremely strong demand, the new generation consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X) presenting impressive technical characteristics for their price range. Add to that the undeniable popularity of the Playstation with the French and for two years you had lunar situations, where you had to jump at the slightest email or Twitter notification on the few copies put online and disappeared in just a handful of minutes, or open your wallet to buy a PS5 at double its resale price. Jim Ryan’s announcement is therefore a positive sign for buyers and for the gaming industry, which will be able to move up a gear on the development of titles exclusive to the new generation of consoles.