Microsoft Had to Use Xbox Series X Developer Kits for Halo Infinite Tournament

Microsoft is also facing a shortage of consoles in the market. The giant had to use development kits for the Halo Infinite tournament.

The shortage of computer chips has consequences in many, many industries, and even in some that you are not even aware of. This is especially noticeable in the automotive industry, which leads to extremely long delivery times for new cars, and in computer components, where graphics cards and processors are hard to come by. In fact, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are still very rare today. And Microsoft actually has expenses too.

Microsoft is also facing a shortage of consoles in the market.

Even Microsoft is suffering from an Xbox shortage. It is a fact. Kotaku explains that Microsoft had to use the Xbox Series X dev kits to host the very first major Halo Infinite tournament, the Halo Championship Series ‘Raleigh Major’, this weekend. To sum up the situation, Redmond has not been able to find enough consoles in the market for the tournament – “the global shortage in the supply chain is real,”said Tahir Hasanjekic, director of esports at 343 Industries.

The giant had to use development kits for the Halo Infinite tournament

According to Tahir Hasanjekic, these development kits are “functionally identical”to commercial consoles and were meant to work that way. While they don’t look the same as consoles, there was no difference to the systems they have at home.

The irony is beautiful, but it highlights the acute shortage of consoles that has plagued the world for over a year since the Xbox Series X was released. It’s still very hard to buy a machine today, due to the ongoing scalper rage and chip shortage, and Microsoft doesn’t necessarily have privileged access. to their own products. That being said, the American giant probably doesn’t want the use of developer kits to become a habit. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft is making sure that future Halo Championship Series tournaments will only be able to use the Xbox Series Xs in their consumer version, if only for the Microsoft and Xbox image.