Demand for Xbox Series X | S is greater than the quantity available from stock

So far, if you haven't pre-ordered any of the next generation consoles, your chances of getting one at launch are pretty much nil, but what about for the end of this year? It seems likely that the PlayStation 5 will remain in short supply, but what about the Xbox Series X and S? Well, you probably shouldn't have high hopes either. During an interview on the most recent episode of the podcast Dropped Frames , Xbox boss Phil Spencer exposed the status of the Xbox Series X | S in the coming months.

"All of our units for day one are with retailers, or very close to that. We made all allocations for day one. We know what our inventory will look like, basically, for the rest of the year. We will have more demand than supply and I apologize in advance for that. [...] And I think we will live in this world for a few months - much more demand than we have on offer. in the supply chain, "What can we do to get more inventory?"

Spencer realizes that the Xbox Series X pre-sale situation | S was frustrating for some, even if it was a little more organized than the PS5 pre-order. Overall, Spencer believes that something needs to change ...

"You have these pre-orders and you want it to be a positive event, and you want it to be a positive event for the community, and obviously it's difficult. We sell everything in a few hours and think," Well, what's the use? "We ended up with more frustrated people. I think, as an industry, we will have to rethink this in some ways, because of bots and everything. It's not a good situation. We've been asking questions with all of our retailers, asking" Hey, there are things can we do to make this better?

The amount of anguish I received from people ... who really want to get on Xbox, and that was their opportunity. And we will build, since day one, each week there will be more and more consoles coming. But I don't like having so many people disappointed, so it's something we have to think about. "

We hope that both companies will be able to meet the high demand for their devices. This shows that the consoles are still very much alive.

If you're lucky enough to be able to pre-order the Xbox Series X or S, they'll launch on November 10th.