PS5 Ships 21.7 Million Units as of June 2022

[DonFerrari]

mjk45 said:

PortisheadBiscuit said:

Maybe unlikely, but not impossible. PS5 had much more hype upon launch, comparison with the PS4 is kind of futile 

Anything's possible, but the fact is it no matter the reasons it didn't happen so everything else is supposition.

Even in normal times without covid and supply and logistic constraints there are other factors like manufacturing capacity, and once you reach that capacity, it takes time to bring extra capacity to the market it isn't as simple as turning on the tap.

Just like any other situation with peak stock demand while wanting to meet that demand you also don't want to overreact and  end up overstocked once demands been met, meaning even without covid just because 40 million consoles in 21 months is on the table it doesn't necessarily  mean it's going to happen, rather than prioritising filling the demand above everything else you may instead aim for a steady increase in supply that while not filling 100% of demand in the short term it will hopefully alleviate most of the demand pressures while limiting the peaks and troughs.

Real World it likely would never happen, but Wii and DS likely could have hit that mark if enough inventory was available, but real world constrains prevent it.