Sony increases PS5 production for launch, new reports suggest

16 Jul 2020

Steve Wright

Sony will step up PS5 production for launch, new reports from Bloomberg and Nikkei suggest.

The report suggests Sony will aim to produce 9-10 million consoles rather than the original target of 5-6 million (as alleged by another Bloomberg report earlier in the year that cited a high production cost).

The increased production target is as a result of demand driven by those who are required to remain at home in the midst of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

We still don’t have a set release date — or price for the PS5 (nor the Xbox Series X for that matter) — but the consoles are both expected for a “holiday 2020” launch. We’ll keep you informed as we learn more.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.