PlayStation 5: The console went completely sold-out in Japan

As reported by Sony Interactive Entertainment, in Japan all copies of PlayStation 5 produced for the launch are gone sold-out, a result that could have been expected given the enormous success of pre-orders in recent weeks, which have finished in a very short time all over the world. The console will be available starting next Thursday November 12 in the lands of the Rising Sun, so with these data the Japanese multinational wanted to confirm to all fans that unless they have made a pre-order they will not be able to buy PlayStation 5 in stores.

Due to the great interest and the many orders from users, the systems available at launch are completely sold-out. Also due to the persistent condition of the Coronavirus, to avoid crowding and spreading the disease even more, we will not hold live events and we will not sell PlayStation 5 in stores on launch day.

Sony he then proceeded to apologize for any inconvenience and urged all those who made the pre-orders to contact the various retailers, to find out how the booked product will be delivered. According to recent data disclosed by Jim Ryan, PlayStation 5 sold in the states in just 12 hours the same amount of units sold at the launch of the PlayStation 4 in the first 12 weeks, so it was reasonable to expect that the stores would have no units available to the sale even for users who have not been able to book it.

According to the financial director of SIE, Hiroki totoki, his company expects to sell about 7.6 million units by the end of this fiscal year next March 2021, thus overwhelming the number of consoles sold at the launch of the current generation. According to this prediction, PlayStation 5 sales could also surpass the 100 million mark much earlier compared to PlayStation 4, which in just over seven years has reached an impressive number of approximately 113 million copies. Totoki admits that this is a big challenge, but that his company is ready to do what it can to surpass the great success achieved with the current generation.