Microsoft is halting production of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles, he said. The edge today. It will continue to produce the standard Xbox One S. The news comes after many potential Xbox owners have struggled to find consoles in stores.
“As we move into the future with Xbox Series X, we are taking the natural step of stopping production on Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,” a company spokesperson. saying The edge. “Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured and sold worldwide.”
The Xbox One X launched in 2017, and the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition launched last year, in May.
It is debatable how “natural” this step is. Ending console production is a normal part of the console cycle, but this feels extremely early. For starters, the Xbox Series X is not yet available. Even weirder is the decision to stop producing the more powerful Xbox One X while leaving the low-end Xbox One S on the shelves, but not the low-end All-Digital edition.
Reports of gamers having trouble finding and buying new Xbox One X consoles had been going around for a few weeks. This appears to be the fault of the supply and demand imbalances caused by the global pandemic, which affects both supply lines and video game sales worldwide, as people remain trapped inside. But now, the shortage of Xbox One X in particular could also be attributed in part to the fact that Microsoft doesn’t want to manufacture more.
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While Microsoft hasn’t officially announced anything, reports have long indicated that it too plans to release a cheaper, diskless version of Xbox Series X, which could also be a factor here.
These consoles are not being taken out of stores, so if you want an Xbox One X and see one on the shelf, it’s time to grab it. Otherwise, it seems that Microsoft wants you to wait for the new consoles.
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