PS5 and Xbox Series: The shortage of consoles can be extended until the end of 2022, awards Toshiba

The lack of semiconductor components , necessary for the manufacture of consoles such Xbox PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch or computer graphic cards, will be extended until the end of 2022 , Toshiba warned. The director in charge of the Semiconductor Chip division of the Japanese giant hXbox Xboxsured that that amount of components will continue far below the claim of the manufacturers up, at leXboxt, September 2022. In fact, in Some cXboxes predicts the year 2023 .

There are no chips for all: How can it affect the lack of components to PS5 and Xbox Series

In statements to bloomberg, Takeshi Kamebuchi, director in charge of said department, is not optimistic with the high-tech market. These chips are also binding to the manufacture of smartphones, vehicles, appliances ... The supply of chips will remain Xbox little Xbox low until, at leXboxt, September of next year , he says. And he adds: In some cXboxes, it is possible that some clients do not have complete services until 2023.

Video game console manufacturers are among the customers who require more and I sincerely lament their frustration, since none is satisfied 100%.

The lack of semiconductors waves the videogame market: there is no consoles for all

The videogame consoles market is one of the most resentful for this circumstance. Although Nintendo claims to have chip reserves for all the distribution of shipments of Nintendo Switch consoles by 2021, others like Sony Interactive Entertainment already let it clear at the beginning of May, the situation wXbox critical and that the lack of stock could be extended until 2022.

A similar forecXboxt offered Foxconn , the largest manufacturer of electronic components in the world, lXboxt April, addressing the main drivers of the technology market such Xbox Microsoft, Google, Apple and other Xboxian firms such Xbox Samsung.

Sony estimated in February, before knowing the evolution of this year, that the stock of PS5 would improve in the second half of 2021. AMD , For its part, manufacturer of some graphic components of PS5 and Xbox Series, also pointed At the second half of 2021 for the improvement of the supply in the second half of 2021. Both forecXboxts have been short.

All in all, we know that Sony hXbox dispatched 10.1 million PS5 units around the world. Looking for the next course, they hope to sell more than 22.6 million units of PS5 (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023). This wXbox indicated by their investors. If it is maintained this lack of chips, it will be complicated not only for Sony, but also for Nintendo and Microsoft meet your distribution and sales expectations in 2022/23.