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[Craig of War]

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Very happy with gaming PC. If I didn't have one, I'd probably bite for Series X since PS5 are still being whored out for north of $1000 in my region.

If you're scalper and you're reading this. With all due respect, Fuck You.

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

Oh wow. I can buy one right now on Amazon. Would totally buy one if I didn't decide to go and buy a new video card during the shortages. Kind of thinking about just skipping consoles this entire generation.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I bought another lol.

 

[Rockman33]

I bought another lol.

That makes 2 of us

 

[R6Rider]

I grabbed one on Amazon. Was surprised to see it available.

 

[lh032]

hopefully this happens to PS5 as well.

People are still queuing up for PS5 preorder in my country facepalm.

 

[elliot5]

Almost as much sold in a day as SWOLED in a month and currently #1 on the list is pretty impressive. And not out of stock either. March npd gonna be going to the moon

 

[kingfey]

Now I can trade in my ps4 and xbox one s, for xsx.
Been this for a long time.

edit: Its still out of stock for me, here at gamestop.

 

[adamsapple]

Xbox Series X on Amazon had a MASSIVE drop today and it is still in stock. In half a day it sold almost equal to what the Switch OLED sold all month.

Damn. The thirst is real.

So is MS's production ramp up it seems.

Good shit all around and hopefully more people get a chance to buy one at retail and not pay scalpers anything.

 

[Mattyp]

Almost as much sold in a day as SWOLED in a month and currently #1 on the list is pretty impressive. And not out of stock either. March npd gonna be going to the moon

They either stockpiled a freightship full or finally able to ramp up production with their chip plant.

Hopefully stock levels continue to hold and scalpers get fucked on.

 

[elliot5]

They either stockpiled a freightship full or finally able to ramp up production with their chip plant.

Hopefully stock levels continue to hold and scalpers get fucked on.

If you’re paying scalpers for a series x these past 3 weeks you done messed up.

 

[ManaByte]

hopefully this happens to PS5 as well.

People are still queuing up for PS5 preorder in my country facepalm.

Won’t happen until Sony starts producing the consoles outside of China/Foxconn. The reason you’re seeing Xboxes available is because MS has a plant in Mexico (and has had it since the OG Xbox), so they can build them here and bypass the supply chain congestion on China.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Nice, I'd like to see how far Xbox can go without constraints. They've really worked on all fronts from hardware to games to relationships to gamepass to ID@ programs. Honestly the software updates and general quality combined with value for money has me loving Xbox. Apart from Halo 2/3 online this is the best Xbox has ever been and I'm looking forward to what is coming over the next 1-3 years.

 

[Swift_Star]

It’s aprils fool, people.

 

[Elginer]

Just ordered one. Selling my One X (which is in my bedroom) tomorrow and replacing the Series S that’s in the living room to the bedroom with the series X doing big dick energy work alongside the PS5 in the living room.

 

[nikolino840]

Are the refurbished ones that i've read last week?

 

[adamsapple]

It’s aprils fool, people.

 

[elliot5]

Are the refurbished ones that i've read last week?

Huh? These are new ones if you’re asking if these are refurbished units

 

[Captain Toad]

Won’t happen until Sony starts producing the consoles outside of China/Foxconn. The reason you’re seeing Xboxes available is because MS has a plant in Mexico (and has had it since the OG Xbox), so they can build them here and bypass the supply chain congestion on China.

You realize PS5 has sold a lot more consoles than Series S|X, right? Which means they've produced more.

 

[Topher]

Good to hear. Hopefully PS5 stock will increase soon as well.

 

[adamsapple]

Good to hear. Hopefully PS5 stock will increase soon as well.

Supposedly tomorrow best buy and gamestops are getting in store stock via Wario (tweet was made way before midnight so probably not an Aprils Fools thing).

 

[SlimySnake]

yeah i had one almost ordered the other week. it was available for a good 5 hours on walmart.com.

 

[Dr Bass]

yeah i had one almost ordered the other week. it was available for a good 5 hours on walmart.com.

XSX has been in stock for weeks at Walmart.com. It’s in stock right now. “5 hours” is completely inaccurate.

 

[Rykan]

I wonder if the shortage is actually coming to an end or if MS is just allocating a larger amount of their stock to North America. It appears to be as sold out as usual in other places I look.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

As long as these are new units and not refurbished ones, we're good .

I'm actually pretty interested how they've managed to increase production this soon, did they just put in a shit ton of wafer orders? Did the pay more than usual for them?

Anyway I hope the supply for it is finally stabilizing and will be regularly available, hoping PS5's supply also starts to stabilize and be regularly available at least by the start of Summer.

 

[prinz_valium]

Let's wait and see how April and May pan out.

 

[Justin9mm]

Not in Australia

 

[supernova8]

Not in Australia

not in Japan either. Still at 100,000 yen silly scalper prices on Amazon.

 

[THE DUCK]

I think it helps that pc gpu's are freeing up, some of those buyers were purchasing consoles as they had no other viable option.
Should help ps5 stock too.

 

[reksveks]

Amazon 2022
#10 NSW OLED White
#18 Series S
#21 NSW Neon
#63 Series X
#71 NSW Animal Crossing
#90 PS5

Amazon March 2022
#11 NSW OLED White
#13 Series X
#15 NSW Neon
#24 Series S
#56 PS5 DE
#82 Series S Fortnite Bundle

Amazon March 2022 - Week Starting March 28
#2 Series X
#4 PS5 DE
#9 NSW OLED White
#19 NSW Neon
#27 Series S
#94 NSW Animal Crossing

Before yesterdays update, no Series X at all in the any of the charts (credit to welfare at IBF)

 

[ArtHands]

guess I'm too late. Can't buy it on Amazon

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Good shit

 

[adamsapple]

Amazon 2022
#10 NSW OLED White
#18 Series S
#21 NSW Neon
#63 Series X
#71 NSW Animal Crossing
#90 PS5

Amazon March 2022
#11 NSW OLED White
#13 Series X
#15 NSW Neon
#24 Series S
#56 PS5 DE
#82 Series S Fortnite Bundle

Amazon March 2022 - Week Starting March 28
#2 Series X
#4 PS5 DE
#9 NSW OLED White
#19 NSW Neon
#27 Series S
#94 NSW Animal Crossing

Before yesterdays update, no Series X at all in the any of the charts (credit to welfare at IBF)

Showing as #1 seller in video games on Amazon.com right now.

March/April NPD gonna be interesting. Maybe its too late to factor fully into March now.

guess I'm too late. Can't buy it on Amazon

I just refreshed the page, it was showing available to all a few minutes ago, now it shows only for Prime members.

Looks like they're running out and saving some stock for Prime subscribers now.

 

[ArtHands]

Showing as #1 seller in video games on Amazon.com right now.

March/April NPD gonna be interesting. Maybe its too late to factor fully into March now.





I just refreshed the page, it was showing available to all a few minutes ago, now it shows only for Prime members.

Looks like they're running out and saving some stock for Prime subscribers now.

I am a prime member but I see no buy button right now. Will check in few hours time

 

[DenchDeckard]

Microsoft swinging that giga chad energy to secure production with TSMC.

 

[reksveks]

Showing as #1 seller in video games on Amazon.com right now.

yeah, that's like an hourly chart but will be interesting to see if this level of supply is constant or not.

can't buy in Amazon UK without going through a reseller.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I wonder how much of this is more localised supply/manufacturing chain vs xCloud doesn't need Series X blades being pumped into it anymore. I'd hazard a guess Xbox Series X consoles could have sold 10-25% more since launch without hardware going to server blades instead. It's just a wild guess but I recall reading that for over a year they were basically pushing the high end chips into server blades instead of retail console stock.

 

[Bryank75]

TSMC says demand for smartphones, PCs starting to slow

Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns

asia.nikkei.com

Dunno why Sony are so bad with stock still.... they should be capitalizing on this already.

 

[reksveks]

TSMC says demand for smartphones, PCs starting to slow

Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns

asia.nikkei.com

Dunno why Sony are so bad with stock still.... they should be capitalizing on this already.

Liu also warned that the cost of components and materials are rising sharply, pushing up production costs for tech and chip companies.

"Such pressure could eventually be passed on to consumers," Liu said on the sidelines of an industry event where he was speaking in his capacity as chair of the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association.

Conspiracy theorist here (talking about me)

 

[adamsapple]

I am a prime member but I see no buy button right now. Will check in few hours time

Just asked a relative with prime to login and check, they're saying they see the option to buy it (in the US).

I wonder how much of this is more localised supply/manufacturing chain vs xCloud doesn't need Series X blades being pumped into it anymore. I'd hazard a guess Xbox Series X consoles could have sold 10-25% more since launch without hardware going to server blades instead. It's just a wild guess but I recall reading that for over a year they were basically pushing the high end chips into server blades instead of retail console stock.

Good point, last year was probably the height of scarcity anyway and MS was also updating Xcloud with SXs, hopefully now that is done, it means all console production is focused on retail and improves more with time.

TSMC says demand for smartphones, PCs starting to slow

Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns

asia.nikkei.com

Dunno why Sony are so bad with stock still.... they should be capitalizing on this already.

Maybe they're holding back stock to have a big mid-year blow out to coincide with Spartacus ?

 

[Bryank75]

Just asked a relative with prime to login and check, they're saying they see the option to buy it (in the US).



Good point, last year was probably the height of scarcity anyway and MS was also updating Xcloud with SXs, hopefully now that is done, it means all console production is focused on retail and improves more with time.





Maybe they're holding back stock to have a big mid-year blow out to coincide with Spartacus ?

Sounds like Jim Ryan.... hold on to growth for the next fiscal year.... yeah, I think that is a good theory!

 

[Yamisan]

Had no issues on christmas day just going to gamestop.com and ordering one.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

So what's the running theory? Microsoft spending some of their endless money to outbid everyone on wafers? Or something else?

 

[iamvin22]

So what's the running theory? Microsoft spending some of their endless money to outbid everyone on wafers? Or something else?

Simple. No one wants it. I can go to any target here in the bay area and grab an x/s easy. They all have insane stock of the s. They even have the series x frig sitting around.

 

[ArtHands]

Just asked a relative with prime to login and check, they're saying they see the option to buy it (in the US).



Good point, last year was probably the height of scarcity anyway and MS was also updating Xcloud with SXs, hopefully now that is done, it means all console production is focused on retail and improves more with time.





Maybe they're holding back stock to have a big mid-year blow out to coincide with Spartacus ?

I don't live in the US but I usually buy from Amazon US to ship to my country. I guess it doesn't ship outside of US then.

 

[Ozriel]

Maybe they're holding back stock to have a big mid-year blow out to coincide with Spartacus ?

Any such stock would have been released to coincide with Horizon FW and GT7.

 

[Barakov]

Just ordered one. Fully next gen ready now.

 

[kevm3]

I can see Microsoft having ramped up production to get more of these Series X in the hands of gamers and take advantage of the PS5 being sold out everywhere. I see a series x in stock right now and am tempted to get it lol but 'next gen' kind of sucks with all this cross gen stuff

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I can see Microsoft having ramped up production to get more of these Series X in the hands of gamers and take advantage of the PS5 being sold out everywhere. I see a series x in stock right now and am tempted to get it lol but 'next gen' kind of sucks with all this cross gen stuff

If you're stuck on last gen, do yourself a favor and get one. The one minute loading time torment and the stuttery 30 fps mess must end.