You cannot purchase a PlayStation this Holiday season

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Zippy6 said:

Darwinianevolution said:

I wonder if it would have been wise for Sony and MS to have delayed their 9th gen releases. A 2021-2022 release may not have helped with the next gen's numbers, but it wouldn't have killed the PS4/XBOne sales. And besides, most things are still releasing on both current and last gen, so there wouldn't be that much of a software issue.

The Switch has really won the lottery ticket by being based on somewhat aged hardware. I imagine Nintendo is going to continue the Switch's lifespan for as long as this chip drought remains.

I think mobile hardware in general has an advantage too, so Switch also has that going for it as well as the 16nm process thing. It has a much smaller chip than any of the other consoles meaning a lot easier to procure what they need to make it. Nintendo really is in the best position a console maker could be at this time.

I don't think the 9th gen consoles should have been delayed but they're going to have to weather the storm of this holiday season and hope by next holiday season they can get a lot more supply. Jan-Oct 2022 they should have really no issues posting good numbers because they're not expected to be posting close to 1m a week.

Tbh I don’t think Sony or Microsoft saw this major chip shortage last beyond a year. Otherwise I assume they would have delayed the products. Also Microsoft would have done anything to be ahead, I think they pushed Sony’s hand a bit on launching and announcing the ps5. Microsoft announced their platform well before Sony announced theirs.