The two game console giants, Microsoft and Sony, have evolved into a new generation, but due to the shortage of parts, players who want to follow the upgrade are hard to find. There are reports that Sony will continue to produce the previous generation PS4 console emergency, but what about Microsoft? It turns out that their Xbox One console has long been discontinued.
We already know in 2020 that the Xbox One X and Xbox One S digital versions arediscontinued, but it turns out that the Xbox One S was discontinued that same year.According to Xbox senior director Cindy Walker in response The Verge The inquiry mentioned that in order to focus on the production of the Xbox One Series X/S, they have discontinued all Xbox One series consoles at the end of 2020.
This bold approach also seems to be working, becauseNew York TimesIn this week’s report, Xbox head Phil Spencer was quoted as saying that their Xbox Series X and Series S sales have surpassed the performance of older models in the same period, but unfortunately there is no exact number.And Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmadestimate, the Xbox Series X/S has shipped more than 12 million units.
On the other hand, Sony continues the production of PS5 and PS4 dual-generation consoles.Although it was pointed out that they had planned to stop the production of PS4 in 2021, but under the long-term shortage of PS5 (but also sold 13.4 million units), their latest Bloomberg The information revealed is that PS4 will continue to be produced at least in 2022, and it is said that the production target will also reach 1 million units to meet the demand.