Sony Japan Denies Report on PS4, PS5 Consoles Production in 2022

Sony Nippon only denied one of the biggest reports that had dropped this week regarding PS5 and PS4 consoles production.

Everything started with a written report from Bloomberg published on January 12, 2022. The reported cited an anonymous insider source, stating that Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) initially planed to discontinue PS4 production at the end of 2022.

As you already know, PS5 is in curt supply due to the pandemic and a worldwide shortage of components. Most notably semiconductors. The report from Bloomberg explained that due to this shortage of PS5s, Sony decided to keep making PS4s in 2022. With an increase of around ane one thousand thousand units. However, Sony has at present denied this report with a new statement.

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Sony denies report claiming it planned to end PS4 product in 2022

Contacted past Japanese site Gigazine, Sony denied the study from Bloomberg, claiming it "never planned to stop PS4 production in the first place".

Equally a side note, Sony did stop making all merely one PS4 model in Japan a few months ago to focus on PS5 production. And the PS4 Pro was discontinued in September 2022 in Japan. Right at present the only PS4 model withal being produced is the standard blackness 500 GB model.

Despite being in brusk supply, or perhaps thanks to how rare it is, PS5 sold over 7.8 units by March 31, 2022. Surpassing the beginning year sales of the PS4 . Personally speaking, I don't ain a PS5 yet equally I don't encounter the need for it especially when niche studios making niche Japanese games won't release PS5 exclusives anytime presently.

What do you guys retrieve of all this, did Sony really program to cease making PS4s and is at present trying to relieve face? Or was the insider wrong in the first place? Tell usa in the comments below.

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