One data point: there was no chip shortage at the PS4 launch, but I still waited more than a year to get one because there was little to play on it. While with

One data point: there was no chip shortage at the PS4 launch, but I still waited more than a year to get one because there was little to play on it. While with the PS5 I got one as soon as I could (that still took more than a year since launch, but for chip shortage reasons) because I knew I could simply replace the PS4 with it under the TV and carry on.