Rumor: Sony Could Be Shipping 30 Million PS5 Consoles Next Year

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Sony is reportedly projecting to ship around 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles within the next year. This shows that Sony may be optimistic that its supply issues may drastically improve in the 2023 Fiscal Year.

As the world has adjusted to working through the COVID-19 pandemic, industries that were severely affected by the shutdown and either increases or decreases in demands have begun to stabilize. This stability has started to see companies finally catching up to demands for products that have been difficult to find throughout 2021. Nearly 2 years after launch, the PlayStation 5 is still hard to come by in stores, and if a PS5 manages to get on a shelf at a retailer, it's treated as a triumphant event. If reports are correct, there could be more regular sightings of PS5s on shelves moving forward.

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Tom Henderson, a prominent gaming industry insider, published a report on his website, Insider Gaming, that says Sony is aiming to ship 30 Million PS5 consoles between now and March 2024. Out of the projected 30 million, Insider Games says Sony believes it would sell 18 million units during that same time. Reports recently released say that Sony's shipment of PS5s has dramatically increased by nearly 400% since this same time last year.

Sony seems confident that the issues that have plagued the availability of PS5 are nearing an end. While it hasn't been officially announced yet, Sony is expected to begin selling a detachable disc drive for the PS5, but that will not go into production until the middle of next year. Until then, Sony will be producing the disc-PS5 and the Digital PS5, then it is expected that Sony could phase out the disc-PS5s and only sell the Digital