PS5’s Holiday Stock Won’t Be Impacted by RAM Shortages

Memory shortages aren’t going to impact PS5 stock at least until the holiday season of 2026.

The shortages and rising costs of memory have the entire community worried about how these changes will affect prices. AMD has already begun raising GPU prices, NVIDIA has discontinued GPUs, and Nintendo stated it will “carefully evaluate” the situation. Now, Sony has revealed their strategy for the PS5.

PS5 Stock Safe For Holiday 2026 as Sony Secures Required RAM

According to a post by Genki_JPN on X (formerly Twitter), Sony’s CFO Lin Tao recently discussed the issues related to PS5 stock and memory shortages. Tao announced that the minimum amount of memory needed to maintain PS5 stock levels until the end of the holiday season in 2026 has been secured. She also shared strategies to tackle the RAM shortage.

Tao mentioned that negotiations with suppliers will continue. To minimize the impact of rising RAM costs, they are considering two strategies. First, they will prioritize monetizing their current install base. Second, they plan to further expand their revenue from software and network services.

PlayStation has indicated that PS5 sales are declining in the latter half of its life cycle; however, software revenue from the PlayStation Store has reached a record high, largely due to major third-party franchises and new hit releases.

In other news, memory and storage shortages have also led Valve to reassess the pricing of the Steam Machine. Additionally, PlayStation 5 has sold better than Switch 2 during the 2025 holiday season. What are your thoughts on PS5 stock not being impacted by RAM shortages until the end of the holiday season 2026? Leave your thoughts down in the comments, and join the official Insider Gaming Discord server.

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