Quick Thinking from Sony Should Shield PS5 from RAM Shortages for Now

As per credible hardware informant Moore’s Law Is Dead, some swift actions from Sony are likely to avert the PS5 from facing forthcoming RAM shortages.

The YouTuber asserts that the Japanese corporation secured a substantial amount of GDDR6 RAM while costs were low, thereby defending it from potential shortages.

Microsoft, it seems, was not as astute, and has reportedly begun to inform partners that additional Xbox Series X|S price increases are imminent. The console is already the priciest on the market, and the Redmond company has yet to provide any promotions for Black Friday.

To summarize, OpenAI has finalized profitable long-term memory agreements with firms like Samsung and SK Hynix, which will allow it to acquire up to an estimated 40% of the global DRAM supply.

This implies that all other tech producers – ranging from consoles to vehicles to smartphones – are competing for the remaining 60%, and panic purchasing has significantly inflated the prices.

However, Sony anticipated this scenario, and reportedly accumulated the necessary components while costs were still reasonable. This positions it to be insulated from any future price hikes in the near term, and it may even have the option to lower the PS5’s price this Black Friday.

This does not suggest that the console will be safeguarded indefinitely: if prices do not eventually decrease, then PlayStation could still face the impact of the elevated costs in the future. But for the moment, it appears to be secure.

This isn’t the first instance this generation where Sony has been proactive and adapted its strategy to accommodate possible scenarios: it also accumulated a substantial inventory of PS5 units in the US once tariffs began to be proposed, thus shielding it from price hikes longer than its rivals.

Regrettably, the company ultimately had to modify the pricing of the platform. It has since made adjustments to the memory capacity of the console in Europe to avoid having to raise prices further, as production costs continue to rise.