HOW LONG WILL SHORTAGES LAST?
Shortages of products for the PS5 and Xbox Series X are likely to be a problem throughout the first half of the year, warns Lisa Su, CEO of AMC, the American chip-maker.
“It’s fair to say that the overall demand exceeded our planning and we had some supply constraints.”
UK-based retailers including Game, Argos, John Lewis, Amazon, Currys, Smyths and Very have been overwhelmed with demand.
The Times reported recently that few customers could have predicted a global shortage of consoles.
This was made worse by “price-gouging tactics, with computer bots deployed by dealers to buy limited stock for quick profits”.
