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It looks like Xbox Series X console shortage are finally coming to an end
- Thread starter Craig of War
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mansoor1980
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this thread has a great future , in before lock
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Sold out on Walmart.
PhaseJump
Banned
On behalf of efficiency oriented shit posters everywhere, I ask how did you find the time to make this keen observation in between your constant cheerleading about the superiority of Playstation consoles in PC gaming threads?
TheGodfather07
Member
if microsoft can get 10m units manufactured a year, that would be enough to satisfy demand. sony's problem is they will need alot more than that. like double the amount. so PS5 will continue being hard to find for a while yet.
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Patrick S.
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I have an Alder Lake PC with an RTX 3080 and two PS5s, but seeing the Xbox Series X available on German All Access is really tempting... I know I don't *need* one, I'm mostly fine with my One X for my back compat needs.... and it would see less use than my PC, but, man.... I really do want one. I need to sleep on this before I do something that will give me a bad case of buyer's remorse... also, my wife would probably kill me after seeing a sixth console in the house lol (2x One X, 2x PS5, Switch)
twilo99
Member
You absolutely need a series x
Patrick S.
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Patrick S.
Banned
I was going to get a Series S to replace my One S, but since I have a few dozen physical Xbox 360 and Xbox One games I care about but don't really want to rebuy, the Series S wasn't really an option.
In the end, I sold my One S for €125 and bought a used One X for €130
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DenchDeckard
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Sony should build more. They don't have infinite demand....just build em Sony lol
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Excuse me ?! I am not cheerleading anything. Why are there always some butthurts about this.On behalf of efficiency oriented shit posters everywhere, I ask how did you find the time to make this keen observation in between your constant cheerleading about the superiority of Playstation consoles in PC gaming threads?
Have you at least been to media markt? Or checked some websites?
I do and this is my observation. Both in physical store near me and on few online retailer websites. Ps5 just does not exist in retail. Can only be hunted down few times a month with HUGE availability back in january.
Xbox one X is usually casually just sitting there every 2 or 3 days.
My friends who wanted an xbox, got one when they wanted. Some ps5 coworkers just got one last week or so.
Sure, Microsoft could be manufacturing way more but we don't know.
And cmon. Why do we need to pretend like ps5 is not selling almost twice the numbers ?
The gap is only starting to lower recently but generally ps5 is more popular.
I am not saying it's better. I am just stating a fact that ps5 is harder to get and sold more consoles...
edit: And I do not consider myself a sony fanboy. I just owned ps4 and now ps5. I was xbox guy before that but they just don't have games that interest me anymore
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DenchDeckard
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The demand for ps5 is higher but there is also this crazy unicorn mentality going on with it. The series X and series s do not drive as a high price with scalpers due to the demand being lower and Microsoft doing a much better job In getting stock into retailers this year.
Scalpers and bots eat up PlayStation stock the second it lands and sit on the stock until it sells at a higher price. This is totally skewing numbers and SCREWING honest customers who deserve the box at retail price. Hopefully with gpu stock freeing up and Xbox stock becoming more available Sony can produce enough units that it doesn't make sense for scalpers and we should then see a lot of the issues be resolved. Who the fuck knows though.
Completely tales from my ass but I think there's some other issue with ps5, like the bom has increased to manufacture or they are having issues with the high frequency clock on the gpu, something is impeding production....costs....booking slots....components...WiFi chips etc....there's always something in constraint. Maybe the ssd chips....something is shit. Lol
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MasterCornholio
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
MS is having the same issues with the xsx. The XSS is the one that was widely available last holiday and I remember reading about how the sales were 50:50 before going into the holiday season. The sales are probably 3:1 now in favor of the XSS.
The bigger chips are simply harder to produce due to the chip shortage. If MS ever shared their XSX numbers, I wouldnt be surprised if they are still around 5-6 million while the XSS is double that at 10 million. The PS5 had sold 20 million last i heard and has limped on since but when compared to the XSX it is still selling way more.
twilo99
Member
I was going to get a Series S to replace my One S, but since I have a few dozen physical Xbox 360 and Xbox One games I care about but don't really want to rebuy, the Series S wasn't really an option.
In the end, I sold my One S for €125 and bought a used One X for €130
Good deal. now sell the one x and get sx
DenchDeckard
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great points, MS were so lucky with the Series S. I am sure there is some foresight and praise deserved for designing that box, but there's no way they could have also seen the chip shortage ahead of time but they have been dealt one hell of a lucky hand this gen and it will ultimately swing a lot in their favour. The series S will do so much for them. I don't think they will ever overtake Sony worldwide in sales but in key markets I think they will be more or less neck and neck, maybe a few million behind. Which will be huge in the grand scheme of things.
Shmunter
Member
Yes, sadly it's the default next gen xbox, with the xsx an early pro model.
ps5 is big and complex (both moreso than xsx), shipping it must suck right now, so I wouldn't be surprised if sony isn't paying for the fastest, plus the big size and complexity eats up manufacturing space and time
Also worth noting ps5 will like be at 11.5 million for this fiscal year , xbox rumblings about better than the xbones best year puts xs at over 10 million
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Yeah, the good news is though that every single game that has released has shown an increased favour for the series X version and it's actually the series S version that is having small cut backs as expected to hit its target. Sometimes losing 60 FPS modes all together so MS and devs are ensuring that the series X is getting the best version possible. It's a win win for MS. Once they get that series S to sub 200 dollars. Holy shit its gonna fly in holiday periods!
Shmunter
Member
I do suppose the ps5 in addition to XsX gives devs a higher baseline to aim for luckily. Let’s hope the tides don’t change in the other direction.
Mister Wolf
Member
You already have an elite level PC. Im in the same boat. No need for a Series X. Microsoft affords us all the same benefits on PC.
twilo99
Member
Do we know how much of the APU allocation for Microsoft went to building the cloud gaming platform? Must be a substantial number that could've helped the supply quite a bit in the past two years.
Makes you wonder how many did they actually order from TSMC because just looking at how many boxes they shipped doesn't give the full picture.
Makes you wonder how many did they actually order from TSMC because just looking at how many boxes they shipped doesn't give the full picture.
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
DarkMage619
$MSFT
It also continues to be ignored that many gaming PCs out there don't even beat the XSS in terms of stats and all Xbox games hit the PC. The idea of the XSS holding back game development was always nonsense. No one says the RTX 3060 held back the RTX 3090. Modern games are incredibly scalable and we can see that in the different versions of games that hit the XSS vs. XSX.
SF Kosmo
Banned
This was legit, I actually went to GameStop and bought a PS5 in person. Could hardly believe it.
I mean I had to show up and line up a half hour before open (and I happened to be in a rural area that day instead of the city, so I could go to a less crowded location), but still, easier than all the times I have tried and failed to snipe one online.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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clarky
Gold Member
Don't do it man, im in a similar spot to you and ive litteraly turned it on twice. I have a 3080 hooked up to a TV and theres simply no use for it in my house. Nice bit of kit like but my pc does everything better.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Either walmart got an infinite drop or something is up, I can't imagine stocks came to Amazon.com and dried up in 1 day but still left on Walmart ?
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Topher
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Walmart must have made a deal with Microsoft. Sams Club (owned by Walmart) also has them in stock. Weird thing is Sams Club is only selling them as a bundle. Sam's Club customers pay a fee to shop there and they are forced to buy a bundle? Just weird.
Xbox - Sam's Club
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In Cold Blood
Banned
Target Australia has Series X in stock.