While anyone reading this will know that PS5 has been hard to find lately, a shortage of other markets is also suffering from a shortage, thanks to a global “crisis” that is affect the supply of semiconductor chips to, well, anything that uses them. And that a lot of material.
Mar The Keeper report, while the supply of chips should be getting better now that we are months away from some of Covid ‘s worst locks and circulating turmoil, things have certainly gotten better worse due to market changes (we have been buying a lot more computers and TVs and consoles while locked at home) and a huge influx of new products being used, putting more pressure on the supply chain.
The lack of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X is just at the top of the iceberg. Major phone deals from companies like Apple and Samsung have been postponed, new graphics cards are hard to find and worldwide car manufacturers are either scaling back production or accumulating non-cars. end up in parking lots while waiting for the cracks that need the power of their software systems.
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“Chips are everything,” said tech analyst Neil Campling The Keeper. “There is a perfect storm of supply and demand factors going on here. But basically, there’s a new demand that can’t keep up, everyone’s in a crisis and it’s getting worse. ”
We reported last month that President Biden looks at the “review of the causes” behind this, but it is difficult to see how well that could be done; us know the reason, and simply the supply of chipsets is not enough to meet the demand, and may not be for a long time, which is just going to make things like graphics card shortage and resale market more tight. worse in the future as expected production may increase (or at least just catch up).