Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < / P > < p > on November 11. According to foreign media reports, according to informed sources, Sony has reduced its annual production expectation of ps5 in fiscal year 2022 due to parts shortage and logistics constraints < p > Sony's previous goal was to assemble 16 million ps5 game consoles in the fiscal year ending March 2022, so as to achieve the expected sales target and seize the opportunity for production in the next year. But people familiar with the matter said that the company has now reduced its target production to about 15 million units, which will make it more difficult to achieve its sales target of 14.8 million units by next March < p > Sony executives said in a conference call at the end of October that the logistics constraints and parts shortage faced by the company had become more serious, and the sales of ps5 in the third quarter was slightly lower than expected. SONY has also warned novel coronavirus pneumonia that it may affect its parts supply. In July this year, the ps5 became the fastest Sony game console with a sales volume of 10 million units, but since then, the sales speed has always lagged behind its predecessor PS4 < p > since its release last year, the ps5 has been difficult to buy throughout the launch period, mainly because Sony is difficult to provide a sufficient number of game consoles worldwide. In developing countries where Sony suppliers have production bases, vaccination is uneven, which makes the supply of chips and parts unpredictable. People familiar with the matter said that Sony's assembly partners keep in touch with parts manufacturers every day to confirm that the delivery can arrive on schedule, but the supply is not always guaranteed < p > parts in short supply include insignificant but essential components, such as power management chips. From Toshiba, which provides such power chips, to chip manufacturers such as TSMC, have warned that production is unlikely to return to normal even in 2022 < p > Sony is not the only company trying to solve the problem of supply shortage. Its competitor Nintendo also lowered the annual sales forecast of switch game console series by 1.5 million in early November, while valve, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, cited global supply chain problems, The debut of its steam deck portable game console was postponed from December to February next year < p > game developers and game console fans are increasingly dissatisfied with Sony's limited inventory. An unnamed executive said that a top Japanese game publisher found that players who bought PS games in the past are gradually turning to PC games. According to the data of market tracking agency Famitsu, so far, ps5 games have not had much impact on the sales ranking in Japan, which is mainly dominated by Nintendo's switch game < p > Sony's manufacturing partners predict that the supply of ps5 will remain tight even by 2022. They also said that it is still very challenging to produce enough game consoles to achieve the company's sales target of 22.6 million units in the next fiscal year. (small) < / P > < p >