The specs inside that thing were laughable, so i really don't see it being expensive to produce, which tells me that they could've dropped the price by a lot.
Diverting resources to the PS5 due to chip shortages perhaps? Was planning on getting a PS4 for cheap by now but apparently that’s not looking very likely.
It looks like the PS4 is still in production. Looking around it appears that the PS4 pro and base models are gone in japan but otherwise there should be some sort of supply. Though looking at gamestop where i live...nada. zilch. not even used PS4s. odd.
The pro and slim were made on a 16nm process as far a i remember. I would think there would be some sort of capacity there still but maybe thats very limited too at the moment.
maybe sony thought they would just flood the market with PS5s instead and planned to kill the PS4 off quickly...but then covid and general chaos.
these things are not a simple case of contacting TSMC and asking for 500,000 or a million chips for the next month. now more than ever there is a very very long lead time. the last thing sony wants is to fire up PS4 production again just to be left with a load of PS4s on shelves in 2023-2024.
Would've been near PS2 numbers by now if they kept going and lowered the price. What would just make them stop?
Why would Sony stop producing PS4? Its literally impossible to get a PS5 so PS4 is basically still their current system. I dont think PS4 production will stop until PS5 is widely available in most all stores. However, I could see PS4 going away in Japan, but even so, Sony always states that they plan a 10 year life cycle for it's consoles. So they definitely won't be thinking of discontinuing PS4 until a couple of years from now.
@davillain-: I never said they should, I said why are they not on shelves anymore. They're not being mass produced at this point or casually being sold in stores.
Edit :revised my op, I can see why it caused confusion.
@TheEroica: you know what's funny. I made a thread a few months ago about whether I should buy a ps5 when my bro took it with him, or if I should just rebuy a ps4 because of how expensive a ps5 was and the crazy amounts of scalping going on. Everyone said get a ps5. I ignored every single one, and bought a ps4 used for $140. Theres a bunch of good ps4 games to play now late in its life, and even if I sell the ps4 an year from now, I'll still be able to get back $100. On top of that, the ps5 will be more available by then, maybe even include 2 games by next black friday, possibly on a discount. It made too much sense to me considering ps5 has no games even worth playing anyway.
It's hard to find any system that isn't a Switch. I hardly see new X1's or ps4s. The second hand market is insane too, I sold my ps4 pro for $350 during the height of the pandemic and bought a PS5 right after.
@TheEroica: I’ve been able to acquire 6 PS5s over the past year, two of which were this month from Walmart so while scalpers are getting them there is opportunities for regular gamers to get one. PS5 plays PS4 games too and in higher quality so it’s definitely worth the upgrade.
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