The news about PS5 is about to get even grimmer if you intend to find a PS5 resupply in the second half of 2021, according to tech industry analysts and our PS5 resupply Twitter tracker Matt Swider. Matt Sends Instant Alerts Every Time Retailers In The US Restock Next-Gen Sony Console – if you follow their Twitter account and activate notifications. However, walk into almost any Walmart and you will see a sign that says “Attention Customers: These indemand items are not said in stores”, listing the disc of PS5, PS5 Digital, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series X.
Other US retailers like Target, Best Buy, and GameStop have given us similar statements and have had fewer PS5 consoles online in recent weeks. Our exclusive report has included top retailers telling us that ‘April and May look bleak’. They were right, and it is about to get worse as demand for the PS5 increases, not decreasing as some consumers expect.
Buy PS5 now? Follow our PS5 resupply Twitter tracker Matt Swider for notifications and live updates. It is the fastest way to get real-time updates.Warning: Do not buy from Twitter users, they are all scams. Shop only at stores Matt directs you to. No one is enthusiastically selling a PS5 console for $ 550.
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The must-have PS5 games are starting to come out
The PS5 launch games weren’t exactly system vendors. For example, Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5, a free animated sequel, is also available on PS4 and you will be out of luck if you buy the game for the previous console; Sony’s free update to PS5 graphics means that the PS4 version is versatile for eventual console updates. Demon’s Souls, exclusive to PS5 and even more graphically impressive, is a remake of a game that is now over ten years old. Sony got off to a good start, but not a great start at launch.
Six months later, we are now seeing true PS5 exclusive games and heavy hitters. The second half of April gave us Resident Evil Village and Returnal. Heading into next month, the Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart release date is June 11 and it seems like a must. Deathloop, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and God of War 2: Ragnarok, all releasing this year, will make the PS5 even more in demand in the second half of 2021.
As soon as we get our first glimpse of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 5, hopefully during the Summer Game Fest involving PlayStation and slated for E3 2021, we hope that even more people will suddenly want a PS5 console.
PS5 will see a demand similar to that of Nintendo Switch
Over the past four Christmas seasons, especially around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we’ve seen the Nintendo Switch instantly sell out every time there’s a restock … a console that’s now over four years old and you’d think everyone already is. have made . But the demand for new consoles is steadily increasing at this time of year.
In October 2021, we will be surprised that you can find a PS5 in stock. According to responses to Matt Swider on Twitter, some people have given up for now with the expectation of being able to buy the PlayStation 5 later this year. What these folks don’t know is that a whole bunch of new consumers will want the console just before Christmas. In other words, good luck trying to compete with that increased demand.
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PS5 supply won’t recover until 2022
Sony admits it can’t ramp up PlayStation 5 production fast enough and analysts we’ve spoken to agree that the shortage won’t abate until 2022.
“Honestly, I don’t see this shortage improving until next year,” Anshel Sag, senior analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, told TechRadar. “A big component of this console shortage is the fact that the CPU and GPU for these consoles are manufactured on the same process node as AMD’s fast-growing CPU and GPU businesses for PCs.”
It’s not just Sony vying for these precious components either, according to Sag. “With Qualcomm and Apple occupying vast swaths of 5nm, there is not much capacity left for big jumps in demand, even with process node optimizations.”
“Capacity is not easy to scale and the best thing that can happen to the industry is that the demand for PCs is cooling a bit now that everyone who needed a PC to work remotely has one. “Demand is increasing in the PC gaming segment, which is still red hot and suffers from the worst GPU shortage I think I’ve seen in my 15+ year career.”
In other words, if you see the PS5 console in stock via PS5 restocking Twitter tracker Matt Swider, get it while you can.
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