Getting a PS5 more than a year after its launch is still an impossible mission so Sony has decided that the best thing, to try to alleviate demand, is to continue manufacturing the previous generation of PlayStation for a few more months.

The company, according to

Bloomberg

, expected to start cutting PS4 console production late last year to give more prominence to its new machine, which is much more powerful and advanced.

However, semiconductor shortages and logistics issues stemming from the pandemic

have ruined these plans

.

The company will now maintain production of PS4 consoles at the usual rate, one million units more than originally planned, throughout the year 2022.

Due to the age of the machine (it was launched almost nine years ago, although the current, slimmer model arrived in 2016),

the components to make the PS4 are much easier to come by

.

The manufacturing process is also simpler and during the early years of a new generation of consoles, developers generally tend to release games that are compatible with older ones as well, so most players will be able to play most titles. planned for 2022.

But the decision

is a serious blow to the industry

and puts Sony in a difficult situation. The only version of the PS4 that Sony continues to make is the slimmer less powerful than the PS4 Pro that it has also sold for the past five years. For many players this alternative is less appealing.

Since its launch at the end of 2020, Sony has sold more than 13.4 million PS5s, but they are also

all it has been able to make

.

The two versions of the machine (with and without disk drive) are sold out in most territories and the new units arrive with a dropper.

The PS4 has been one of the most popular video game consoles in history, with more than 116 million units distributed worldwide in its almost 10 years of life.

Only the Playstation 2, the Nintendo DS, and the GameBoy have surpassed those numbers.

In addition to the frustration of potential customers, this shortage has led to the emergence of a lucrative PS5 resale market in which these machines can reach double their recommended retail price, which is 399 or 499 euros depending on the model chosen one.

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