Two reliable sites claim that Sony has changed its plans.

Previously, we wrote based on Bloomberg’s sources that Sony will limit the manufacturing of the PlayStation 5 for this year’s Holiday season launch. A few months have passed, and now, we have the second edition of the console in the pipeline as well (PlayStation 5 Digital Edition without a Blu-ray drive). Now, Nikkei, citing „sources familiar with the matter,” says that the initial idea of manufacturing six million units has been scrapped in favour of manufacture around 9 million units.

In April, Bloomberg said that the PlayStation 5’s manufacturing was about to have about 5-6 million units by March 2021. Now, they came with a new report, saying that the production orders have increased the outlook to about 10 million units by the end of this year, and the reason behind is that the coronavirus global pandemic has increased the demand. (Sony possibly saw the number of pre-orders and have cranked up the plans to comply with the demands.)

Bloomberg’s new, English article includes new details. They believe Sony may still be unable to put enough units on store shelves during the Holiday season due to shipping constraints. They also previously advised suppliers that the company would require 10 million units of the DualSense controller (so about 1.5 per console, if we go with the six million figure), but is now increasing that number to match the console’s new production outlook (to possibly 15 million then).

The mass production of PlayStation 5 began in June, and Sony expects to assemble five million units by the end of September, followed by another five million between October and December (the final quarter of the year). The console will launch this Holiday season, but the pricing is still yet to be announced.

Source: Gematsu

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