While anyone reading this will know that it has been difficult to find a PS5 lately, many other markets are also experiencing shortages, thanks to a global ‘crisis’ affecting the supply of semiconductor chips, and all that it uses. And it’s a very of good.
As The guardian report, while the supply of chips needs to improve now that we’re a few months away from the worst Covid shutdowns and distribution disruptions, things have actually become worse due to changes in the market (we bought a lot more computers and TVs and consoles while sitting at home) and a large amount of new products using it, which further harms the supply chain.
The lack of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X is just the tip of the iceberg. Major phone launches from companies such as Apple and Samsung have been postponed, new graphics cards are still hard to find and around the world carmakers are increasing production or stacking unfinished cars in parking lots while waiting for the necessary chips. their software systems.
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“Chips are everything,” said technical analyst Neil Campling The guardian. ‘Here’s a perfect storm of supply and demand factors. But basically there is a new level of demand that cannot be sustained, everyone is in a crisis and it is getting worse. ”
We reported last month that President Biden was looking at ‘overview of the causes’ behind this, but it’s hard to see what good it can do; we know the reason for that, and it’s simple is that the supply of the chips is not enough to meet the demand, and maybe not for some time, causing things like shortages on graphics card and an inflated resale market in the foreseeable future future will only worsen until production can increase (or at least just catch up).