It’s been more than a year since the PlayStation 5 came out, and it’s still one of the hardest gadgets to find. Sony plans to make up for the limited stock by continuing to produce the PlayStation 4, despite originally planning to discontinue the console at the end of 2021, according to a recent report in Bloomberg. At first glance, this feels like making up for a low supply of cars by building more bicycles. Except … is it really that absurd?
Responses to the report were about what you’d expect—equal parts laughter and scorn. Meanwhile, in the same Bloomberg report, Sony says that continuing PS4 production was the plan all along. Older consoles do traditionally continue selling even after new ones come out. (Though, for comparison, Microsoft has officially discontinued the Xbox One.)
But this situation is a little different. Between the persistent supply chain issues, the…
