PS5 and Xbox Series X | S are protagonists of a new generation and with several new elements, but in one respect this stands out as particularly strange: the lack of console available on the market, a persistent problem but one that may finally be close to one solution. A similar situation has never been seen before, with consoles that are nowhere to be found two years after their launch and the phenomenon of touting is now endemic on the market. On the other hand, the causes are known: from the Covid pandemic to the raw materials crisis, which has upset the entire technology industry, the new generation has found itself overwhelmed by the production problems that have conditioned its spread so far. , however, counterbalanced – and in a certain sense aggravated – by the considerable demand from users, which has further exacerbated the problem of availability.
From all this we have seen bizarre situations emerge that have become practically the standards of the current market, especially as regards PS5 but to a lesser extent also Xbox Series X (not Series S, now available in a rather stable way on the market): overpriced consoles that go however snapped up, touts who dominate production by imposing their conditions, retailer chains that force users to buy PS5 along with packs of products of dubious usefulness and attractiveness to further inflate the price. However, we could perhaps be close to seeing a progressive disappearance of all these problems, given the recent increase in shipments and the availability of new consoles, which would have led Sony, according to some sources, to enormously increase sales forecasts for the next fiscal year. .
The thing concerns in particular PS5, the one that has recorded the greatest problems of availability in recent months but which, according to data released by some market analysts, has undergone a 400% increase in terms of shipments to the USA starting from September .
The data is in line with other encouraging signs in this sense, given that the console has begun to be available on a more regular basis also in other markets such as the United Kingdom, although these positive changes are still difficult to see in Italy. Probably, a secondary market such as ours will subsequently receive this increase in supplies, initially reserved mainly for the USA and UK, so the positive effects will come later, but are still expected for the next few months.
In short, it is still early to sing victory, but there is no doubt that the trend is positive and that this increase in production and availability will end up making itself felt in Italy, where PS5 could soon become available in a normal way even in stores, perhaps without surcharges or forced bundles. Beyond the possibility of purchase and the economic factor, another positive element of this greater diffusion should also concern the technological transition towards the new generation: with this difficulty in meshing from a numerical point of view, the user base on PS5 and Xbox Series X | S has remained relatively small, forcing developers to still take into consideration the previous consoles. A greater diffusion of the new consoles, given the demand, should result in their adoption much faster and wider, which should ultimately lead to a clear detachment from the old machines and therefore (perhaps) also to a more substantial and evident evolution of the video games from a technological point of view.
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