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Report: Sony will use the PS4 to fill the PS5 supply gap:
With the PlayStation 5 still hard to find at retail amid worldwide semiconductor shortages, Sony has canceled plans to discontinue the PS4, extending the system's life through 2022.
That's according to a Bloomberg News report citing "people familiar with the matter" who say that Sony told assembly partners that it had planned to discontinue the PS4 at the end of 2021. Instead, the company now plans this year to produce a million units of the older console, which uses less-advanced chips that are easier to source. Sony could adjust that number based on demand.
For context, the PS4 sold 1.7 million units in the first nine months of 2021, according to financial reports, compared to 8.9 million PS5 units in that same time.
Sony, for its part, denied that it had previously considered stopping PS4 production. "It is one of the best-selling consoles ever, and there is always crossover between generations," the company told Bloomberg. Indeed, the PS3 continued to be produced in Japan until 2017, over three years after the introduction of the PS4. And the PS2 was still in production at the end of 2012, missing an overlap with the PS4 production by just one year. In general, popular consoles can continue to sell for years after their successors launch.
At the risk of starting a console war, do any console users want to tell us why they chose their console and what makes it better than any another? Is it something that other family members use or is it just for you to relax with?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 16 2022, @02:43PM (2 children)
It's basically useless. I got it because my friends had them, and once I got it they all immediately had kids. I used it as a media player for a while running Kodi, but the Raspberry Pi is just better at the task and uses less energy and takes up vastly less space. I've had it for five years and spent maybe 20 hours total actually playing games on it (mostly World of Tanks, a little Injustice 2). I'm just a PC gamer and modern consoles just don't feel right.
At least I got it used so it wasn't too expensive. I use my old NES more. Amusingly, my NES games are also worth more (I have a mint Mega Man with all the original packaging and papers plus a few less valuable games in similar condition).
(Score: 2) by EJ on Sunday January 16 2022, @03:19PM (1 child)
I don't even play my NES anymore. I...(I mean a GUY I know)...dumped all of my...(I mean HIS)...cartridges to ROMs to play on PC emulators. Not me. Him. Totally him.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 16 2022, @05:44PM
That would be legal so you would not need to be cagey. Most people don't bother dumping and just pirate the ROMs.