Sony says it’s still making new PS4s, but most stores aren’t selling them

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Sony says it is still making new PS4s, despite the fact that many of us are trying to find a new-generation gaming console like the Xbox Series X / S or the PS5 or trying to find worthwhile gaming experiences once we have them. According to the report, an internal plan had projected an end to the production of the system in 2021, but the ongoing shortages will cause the company to build about a million PS4s in 2022.

Sony will sell you a PS4 Slim for $300 if you really need one.

The PS4 is one of the best-selling consoles ever, and there is always a new generation of consoles, according to a quote from Sony. It feels like the PS4 should still be around, since there are still new games coming out, and it's not like you can find a PS5 just sitting on store shelves.

We couldn't find many new PS4 consoles online. A check of Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and Target showed that all of them were out of stock on new systems, and they didn't have a listing for the PS4 consoles. Only one store had a hint of a new system, but only in-store, and all the other stores claimed not to have any. Sony will sell you a PS4 Slim for the same $299.99 price it has been for the last year. The site notes that consoles are limited to 1 per household, due to high demand.

The Xbox One lineup is the same as Microsoft's. We haven't seen an official update since, but it appears that Microsoft discontinued the Xbox One X and Xbox One S Digital Edition before the launch of the Xbox Series consoles. We couldn't quite click the button to put the bundle in our shopping cart because the Microsoft Store page was still offering it.

For now, the only easily obtainable gaming system that you can get brand new is the Xbox Series S, but Microsoft didn't respond to a question about the manufacturing status of older systems. Depending on which model you are looking for, various versions of the Nintendo Switch can be found on retail websites.

There are signs that the situation is improving for the PS5 and X. Retail drops come on a more regular basis. The prices of resells on sites like StockX have continued to fall. The recent peak for sale prices for the PS5 was in early November at $811. The stockX sale prices for the Xbox Series X have dropped from $797 on November 4th to the $570–$580 range recently.