Microsoft Uses Dev Kits for Halo Tournament Due to Console Shortages

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Image: 343 Industries



Things are bad with the supply chain when a company has to use developer kits for an event. 343 Industries used Xbox Series X dev kits instead of a standard model at the Halo Championship Series. A rep informed players that they would be using the kits, which were configured to run in retail mode, making them function the same as the standard model.



Heads up open bracket players – you’ll be playing this weekend on Series X development consoles. They’re functionally identical and will be operating in “Retail” mode so it’s the exact same experience, they just look a little different.Why? Global supply chain shortage is real.— Tashi (@Tashi343i) December 15, 2021...

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[Denpepe]

Yeah, a couple weeks ago I got into an E-tailers raffle for a chance to buy a series X, they claim around 50k interested parties and they had 200 consoles so by this time next century they should have caught up.