This past weekend, PS5 pandemonium broke out in Japan's electronics retail stores.

At the Yodobashi Camera store in Akihabara, Tokyo, people were wading through crowds, defying social distance, to get their hands on a PS5 console; where to buy a PS5 is clearly a global issue.

According to Push Square, Yodobashi Camera's Akihabara store does not require buyers to use black credit cards to prevent duffers from buying up the hardware. However, the store did hand out numbered tickets to those in line on a first-come, first-served basis. Obviously, that did not work.

At this point, the PS5's launch in Japan was the smallest PlayStation game console, aside from the PSP. And it was not for lack of demand.

Sony seems to be prioritizing other markets over its own, much to the frustration of Japanese gamers. Bloomberg reports that Sony is shifting its focus to the U.S. market because the Japanese market is smaller than the rest of the world.

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan responded to Edge Magazine that the comments were "inaccurate" and that "the Japanese game development community has not been as excited as it is now for years."

The manufacturing gap caused by the Covid-19 pandemic simply cannot meet demand; AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company will remain "tight" for the foreseeable future because it cannot make enough chips.

AMD's inability to produce components could extend to other areas of the supply chain that have been hampered by the pandemic. The trade war between the U.S. and China is not making things any easier.

In short, it will likely be a while before PS5 inventory reaches a level where retailers can't sell out in an instant. Of course, there is always the option of finding a place to buy an Xbox Series X instead.