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Sony has reportedly told analysts that it expects PlayStation 5 consoles to be in short supply until next year.

“I don’t think demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more units of the PlayStation 5 next year, our supply wouldn’t be able to catch up with demand,” CFO Hiroki Totoki said at an analyst briefing last week, according to Bloomberg.

Previously, the CFO had said during an investor call following its latest results (transcribed by VGC) that it was “unlikely” it would completely resolve supply issues in the immediate term.

Totoki said Sony was currently considering various solutions to help it cope with the global shortage of hardware components, including potentially altering hardware designs or sourcing secondary suppliers.

“As I said earlier, we’re aiming for more sales volume than the PS4 [during year 2]. But can we drastically increase the supply? No, that’s not likely,” he said.

“The shortage of semiconductors is one factor, but there are other factors that will impact on the production volume. So, at present, we’d like to aim at [beating] second year sales of 14.8 million, which was the second year of PS4.”
Sony reportedly told analysts PS5 shortages will continue until next year