For the CEO of Intel, the shortage of semi

The Dealabs, Hamster Player and other sentries of the Retassortment have a bright future ahead of them. According to the estimates of Pat Gelsinger, CEO of the Intel manufacturer, the shortage of semiconductors responsible, among other things, for the lack of availability of the new generation consoles should continue until 2024.

In an interview with the CNBC site in the aftermath of less good than expected financial results, Pat Gelsinger has reviewed its estimates by explaining that the semiconductor supply shortage will remain tense until 2024, despite the efforts of Intel for Open new production lines in Europe and Asia.

Last October, Pat Gelsinger had previously toured on a return to balance between supply and demand during the year 2023. Six months later, the observation therefore gained pessimism. Accentuated by the health crisis and the high demand for different industries, but also by logistical disturbances, this shortage of components also affects sectors such as smartphones and cars through washing machines.

In our small environment, the shortage has the consequence of randomly redistributing the cards in the landscape of the war of the consoles, the current rule being that the one that makes the most is the one that sells the most. Thus, while the PlayStation 5 lived its first months on the basics of a new speed record (10 million consoles sold in 248 days) and an unprecedented request, the circumstances have changed since without the manufacturer without the manufacturer May do much to remedy it.

Between October 2021 and March 2022, Microsoft confirmed that it "won market share" on its direct competitor, confirming some of the observations that could be made thanks to market study institutes like NPD and GFK. Helped in particular by an Xbox Series S easier to produce and today widely available (when it is not downright on promotion), the Xbox Series has therefore sold better than the PS5 over the last six months, which in The balance of power between Playstation and Xbox is not never seen in America but much more unusual in Europe.

Even if an improvement was felt on the side of Sony in April, the Japanese manufacturer is currently the main loser in this lack of stock, especially since its productions like Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7 do not yet go out PC, which would have made it possible to reach a wider audience and compensate for the slowdown in its console fleet. Yesterday, the Japanese press also questioned the shortage of components and logistical disturbances in China to explain the fact that Nintendo plans to produce "only" 20 million Switch for the 6th year of the console. We know other manufacturers who would be happy with it.