We’re in Year 2 of the new generation of consoles from PlayStation and Xbox, and it’s still harder than ever to get your hands on it.
This is due to a number of reasons, including the proliferation of online bots that automatically purchase these consoles, resale markets, etc., but perhaps chief among these reasons is the shortage. chip in progress. These chips are used in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, meaning PlayStation and Xbox cannot produce as quickly as they would like. Unfortunately, after AMD CEO Lisa Su said in October that chip shortages could last until 2022Intel’s CEO has now said he believes it could be around by 2023.
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“The overall semiconductor shortage is quite substantial, and the semiconductor industry was growing at about 5% per year prior to COVID,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said in a recent press conference. “COVID has disrupted the supply chain, making it negative. Demand exploded 20% year-on-year and supply chain disruptions created a huge gap… and explosive demand persisted. ”
Gelsinger continued, adding that it takes time to build capacity to address this gap and the scale of demand. He also said that Intel is building new expansion facilities to help address shortages in Arizona and New Mexico, and he also expects more to come to the United States and Europe.
Of course, this chip shortage has affected the PlayStation and Xbox, as anyone trying to buy a new-generation console knows, but it also affected Nintendo significantly. The Japanese company recently revealed back in November that it’s expected to make 20% less Switch consoles between now and March, set sales expectations back to around 6 million units.
[Source: Nikkei Asia]
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