Microsoft has stopped manufacturing all Xbox One consoles. The software program large initially discontinued the Xbox One X and digital Xbox One S forward of the Xbox Collection X launch, then quietly stopped manufacturing the Xbox One S on the finish of 2020, leaving retailers to promote out their remaining inventory.
“To concentrate on manufacturing of Xbox Collection X / S, we stopped manufacturing for all Xbox One consoles by the top of 2020,” says Cindy Walker, senior director of Xbox console product advertising, in an announcement to The Verge.
Microsoft’s affirmation comes simply as a Bloomberg report urged Sony had deliberate to finish PS4 manufacturing on the finish of 2021, however that the corporate will now manufacture round one million PS4 consoles in 2022. Sony has confirmed PS4 production is still ongoing, amid struggles by each Microsoft and Sony to satisfy demand for his or her newest Xbox Collection X and PS5 consoles.
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Microsoft appears in a position to meet demand for the $299 Xbox Collection S, although. On the time of publishing, the Xbox Collection S is in inventory at each Amazon in the UK and Best Buy in the US. Talking simply after the launch of the Xbox Collection X / S in 2020, Xbox chief Phil Spencer told The Verge that the corporate had constructed extra Xbox Collection X consoles than Collection S, however that in the end the cheaper price level of the Collection S would win out.
“We are able to truly construct extra of the Collection S [chips] in the identical [chip] die area as we will the Collection X,” mentioned Spencer. That’s a key motive for why we’re seeing regular Xbox Collection S inventory, alongside Microsoft’s resolution to quietly discontinue the Xbox One S in favor of its next-gen consoles.