DoNews December 21 news (Liu Wenxuan) Supply chain shortage problem plagues global hardware manufacturers, in addition to the goods are easy to sell out of stock, ordinary consumers may be difficult to directly feel the impact of supply chain shortages, and Microsoft's recent move more directly reflects the impact of this problem.
According to Kotaku news, due to the difficulty of getting together the retail version of the console, Microsoft had to use a batch of Xbox Series X development versions as competition machines in the "Final Battle: Infinity" championship.
The development version of the console used by Microsoft is functionally the same as the retail version, and has also been adjusted to run in normal host mode, which looks slightly different from the retail version, but the actual experience is the same.
Tahir Hasandjekic, head of esports at 343 Industries, also said the global supply chain shortage problem is "real."