For Those Who Want Xbox Series X, You Can Now Take a Sigh of Relief
There’s been a chip shortage for the big consoles: Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. But it seems there’s been a change in the wind for the Xbox Series X.
While it had been assumed it would take until the end of 2022, or even early 2023 to make any of the consoles (much less Xbox Series X) more accessible to the public, there has been a sudden surprising availability in the console. This is a pleasant surprise, considering that people have to contest against bots and scalpers ever since the pre-order for the latest Xbox console.
The less expensive version, the Series S, has been easier to get a hold of, but again, the Series X was what people wanted– as since the global situation arose, there have been far more people at home, and a higher demand for gaming in general.
So it seems that Microsoft has somehow been able to meet the demand- though how has yet to be released. Either they have been making the much-needed chips themselves or managed to buy a large supply, which had been depleted over the past two years.
This is an assumption, not a fact, as there has been no word on the global chip storage becoming better, or worse. And too, there has been no word on PlayStations 5 being easier to find- as in the recent months there has been word that they may be sold one place or another, only to find out that they’ve either been sold out, or there is nothing to sell.
There has been no word on the Nintendo Switch either, which has been going through the same situation.
But perhaps we will hear something officially soon, from either the consoles or the chip production soon. We will have to see!