The Xbox One X Has Officially Been Discontinued

That's what I thought. I'm sure the last Xbox One X's produced were likely to be the Cyberpunk limited edition One X's...
Any new stock arriving to stores is just the remaining stock which was probably made a few months back...

Yes, I have realised this. Xbox One X is sold out in most places. I think that no more units are produced because Xbox One X is expensive to manufacture and all efforts are focused on Series X and a cheaper alternative, either Xbox One S or the hypothetical Series S.

Not really surprising. With the Lockhart rumored to be around the same price as the One X now doesn't make much sense to have it still on the assembly line at this point.

Now they better hurry up and release series x, because I need a second unit for my livingroom!

No surprise here. No real need for the One X when the Series X & S will be our soon.

Just make Series X and a cheaper alternative. To finish Xbox One X and S will make things easier. Just Series X / Series S. I'm thinking of those black tags on the game boxes. Goodbye Xbox One, you were my first Xbox console but you'll still be inside the next one, Series X 😁. This full backwards compatibility is heaven on earth.

Touch wood nothing happens before then, I may be able to afford myself a new Xbox Series S if it exists. This pandemic has allowed me to save some money as I'm only buying essentials (noodles, biscuits, mini trifles, chicken strips.......more crap, and the odd digital game). Hoping I don't need a 4k hdr capable tv as I can't afford them, and even if I could I probably couldn't carry one home.

Well this makes sense to me. We will soon have the Series X, and most probably a budget option in the Series S, Sony dominated this generation so MS will want to move on and start afresh.

If anyone wants an XB1/S/X they will already have one or there are second hand options out there.

At this point it’s silly to manufacture any XB1 consoles.

Good. Cut the past out as quickly as possible.

Im ok with this, Lets put all our focus on next gen.. We already have full backward compatibility on the Series X why would you buy a xbox one x when the Series X can play all Xbox one games..

Like I posted 2 weeks ago something was happening as no stock of Xbox one or one x seem to be replenished for nearly a month
In UK stores and my shop friend said they had no news of new stock arriving.
I still think if the new series x launches in November it is a bit of a gap between now and then, not to have any Xbox one consoles selling at all. Unless they are releasing next gen Xbox earlier.

The rumoured Series S and One X would just be tripping over each other so this makes perfect sense, I'd imagine the S is much cheaper to manufacture these days as well

Can't wait for Lockhart and free online gaming.

@Dezzy70
Xbox One S is still being manufactured.

Makes sense since they will be replacing The one X with something that in most cases performs better and is cheap to manufacture. It would however be extremely difficult to undercut the one S with any system based on the SSD.

So there will be a 3 tier system then.

Low - Xbox One S
Medium - Xbox Series S
High - Xbox Series X

Then when Series X games stop coming to XB1, the setup will probably be:

Low - Xbox Series S
Medium - Xbox Series X
High - A new Xbox model that's part of the "Xbox Series" line

I knew they had stopped manufacturing Xbox One X because it's a sophisticated console. It's sad that the best console ever is gone but it has CPU limitations. Microsoft being so straightforward about everything makes me trust them.

It's quite interesting that they have stopped production of Xbox One S All-Digital Edition but not Xbox One S which is more expensive to manufacture, it seems a consumer-friendly decision.

Good by Xbox I doubt I will be purchasing your series x. I have a x1x, you have mudded the waters like the start of last gen but in a different way.
You should have just made the new Halo series x and used and abused that beasts power properly, true next gen.

@Dezzy70 They should have stopped production of Xbox One S as well and sell Series X for 400. Add xCloud and hypothetical Series S for cheaper gaming.

Wow, another low on PushSquare:

"Xbox boss Phil Spencer has continued his assault on Sony"

Sammy Barker

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/07/xbox_boss_takes_more_shots_at_ps5_exclusives_saying_fans_wont_be_forced_into_next-gen

@Grumblevolcano Do you think we’ll get a mid gen refresh this time around? They’ve already got 2 levels and the Xbox series X is larger than the conventional console form factor.

@BlueOcean yeah there's a bit of an agenda over there at the moment Phil isn't even taking shots, he's just stating what Xbox is doing thats all

@BlueOcean Sony commissions exclusive is for 3 reasons. Because they need new games to support a fledgeling platform. Because they can produce something that better than the competition and to explore new ideas. Microsoft produces new exclusives to keep people subscribe to game pass. Different objectives lead to different behaviours.

There are certainly benefits to the way Sony pays third party developers to produce them exclusive games at the start of each new console generation. Microsoft doing the same thing at the start of the Xbox One generation is what cause games like Titans Fall to be produced it’s kind of sad we won’t get experiences like that from Microsoft this time around.

@carlos82 Honestly, that kind of "journalism" makes me sick. That website has become hostile, toxic and a source of misinformation.

@Ryall However, it takes a long while before Sony does that. PS4 had no new games for a long time, Sony themselves admitted they were overwhelmed by PS4 extraordinary commercial performance without games and that happened because of Nintendo and Microsoft messing up. What first-party games will PS5 have at launch? Spiderman semi-sequel and Astro's Playroom. I'm sure that there will be great exclusives on PS5 but it's going to take a long while, again.

@BlueOcean As expected, it is sad, it's a great console, but it makes sense with thier direction going forwards. I'm glad they are being honest about the whole situation..

@BANJO Yes, it helps people make decisions. When they revealed Xbox Series S they also revealed Xbox One X that launched much later. It made easier for people to decide because they didn't hide the more powerful console.

@Medic_Alert I remember in the early days of the 360/PS3 era and the general attitude of the PS community was the same. They may have actually been a bit more aggressive/angry because the 360, xbl, and xbox 1st party games were doing so well.

But yeah, it feels like they are headed back that way. Which as I've said before, is fitting since the PS4 felt like a modern PS2, and the PS5 is feeling like a new PS3.

@Medic_Alert And they are fed by Sammy and his misinformation and sensationalism.

Interesting they are keeping the One S around... wonder how this will go... 1S is going for, what, as MSRP? $300?

I'm sure price will go down so... crazy thoughts/wishful thinking/destroy the competition:
XBox One S: $200
XBox Series S: $300-$350
XBox Series X: $400-$450

More down to earth (anything higher than this would be bad news for xbox)
XBox One S: $250
XBox Series S: $400
XBox Series X: $500

@BlueOcean not that I'm excusing his tone, since he is honestly right now the main reason i double think looking at the site, but it is a bit of a Jab at Sony, although it was Sony that started it after they got tired of the press asking about BC, free upgrades and continue to support PS4 owners.

@Ryall I'm sure we will get a mid gen refresh, but not in the 1X scale, more like the 1S: slimier, cheaper, maybe few extra features (8k BluRay, to throw something wild out there.) Hell, with prices going down, maybe even a faster SSD.

Mid gen refresh are essential on this industry, they are a chance to implement smaller die sizes that run cooler, are cheaper to make, as well as lower the footprint and price thanks to improved thermals.

The XBox One X was something that microsoft needed, the PS4 Pro was Sony likely realizing it was coming and making sure they would not be left behind (rushing a noisy brick at us.)

I don't think either console sold as well as expected, and MS definitively wont be the one needing a hardware upgrade to compete.

@Tharsman Have you read Sammy's report? Even the quotes are false.

Sony must be absolutely laugh their b*ll*cks of at Microsoft’s decision here. It’s hard to find and one s as well in stock. As Sony continues to sell PS4 and Pro and increase there user and fan base, selling mores games and gaining fans for next gen PS5.

@Dezzy70 I don't think that people buying a PS4 this year are going to buy a PS5 anytime soon. Xbox One S is still being produced and we don't know if Microsoft is releasing a Series S before Series X. People interested in Xbox One X in 2020 should probably wait for Series X anyway and some will if they can't find it.

@BlueOcean decided to google it up before jumping to conclusions, found this article from The Verge covering it:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/16/21326805/xbox-series-x-xbox-one-game-support-backward-compatible-feature-kinect

The quote was not false, the blog post was updated to remove "unlike others".

@Tharsman

"Xbox boss Phil Spencer has continued his assault on Sony and its PlayStation 5 strategy, saying that fans "won't be forced into the next-generation" as Microsoft commits continued support to Xbox One's various permutations. "Unlike others, we believe that your investments in gaming should move with you into the next generation", he cattily continued on the subject of accessories.

It's all getting a bit heated ahead of next week's Xbox showcase, but only one side is consistently talking about the competition. PlayStation, for the most part, appears to be focused on its own approach".

Sammy Barker

Compare those quotes and conclusions with what Microsoft said:

"We want every Xbox player to play all the new games from Xbox Game Studios. That’s why Xbox Game Studios titles we release in the next couple of years—like Halo Infinite—will be available and play great on Xbox Series X and Xbox One. We won’t force you to upgrade to Xbox Series X at launch to play Xbox exclusives".

"Your Xbox One gaming accessories come into the future with you, too. The Xbox Elite Controller and Xbox Adaptive Controller all work on Xbox Series X, so you don’t have to purchase new controllers. (Unlike others) We believe that your investments in gaming should move with you into the next generation".

Do you think that this is a sustained assault on Sony by Phil Spencer? He was not even referring to Sony's exclusivity strategy when he said "Unlike others" but to controllers compatibility. The part where he discusses cross-gen games he doesn't refer to any competitor at all, he's saying that if you have an Xbox One you'll be able to play Series X games for a couple of years. Now look at the poll Sammy posted below his "article":

"What’s your preferred approach to generations?

Brand new hardware should have new games designed exclusively for it

I don’t care as long as the software is decent

Next-gen titles should be designed to run on current-gen consoles, too".

In that poll he is advertising once again the idea that all Series X games will run on Xbox One and he is implying that Microsoft was comparing this strategy to Sony's when he only compared Xbox to the competition when discussing controllers compatibility and he didn't even say Sony and, besides, Nintendo also dropped controller compatibility.

The whole report is 100% misinformation and sensationalism. He distorts what Spencer said and then victimises Sony.

I guesses as much when it was near impossible to buy one a month or two ago, it is a rubbish idea though because the s only comes in white

Yay my console soldiers on.. but my Xbox One S shall be traded in for a Series X.

@Grot And they kept selling PS3 during the current generation until they beat Xbox 360 higher sales last generation.

A few days ago, I said at the end of 2022 but I was wrong 🤭

I thought the X would become the standard for the One but I guess the S is far cheaper to produce and will still get the job done for them in the long term. Plus the XSX will essentially be taking its place.

@zane547
"It's an editors responsibility to get hits for their site. In the media market only way to do that is to sensationalise everything."

Are you suggesting that Fraser is somehow slacking on the job? 😂

@zane547 If distorting statements and writing extremely poor articles that are sensationalist and full of misinformation is doing a great job then yes, Sammy is doing a great job.

The paranoia on this site staggering. What’s next? Pushsquare and Sammy are coming for your guns? Sheesh. The ability to read with an objective open critical mind would do a lot of you some good.

Honestly, what’s the end game for the “Pushsquare anti-Xbox” agenda? They want to kill off one of their own websites so they can reduce their overall revenue? Sheesh.

@BlueOcean

Push Square is a joke. 😂

Even when I did own a PlayStation 3, I hated it over there because of the toxicity & nonsense drummed up by their editors.

@NorrinRadd the end game is they know they incite arguments and hate in their comments, generating lots of clicks and ad impressions. Community health be damned, bashing the competitors and inciting argument makes them money.

@BlueOcean
It just Microsoft like the start of this gen are sending hypocritical messages and usual PR stuff. For god sake Sony and Nintendo just sell the current gen console even after the new gen comes out and say here is the next gen and the next generation games that take very good advantage of our new gen console. It’s so simple and this generation and the new one coming Microsoft have to muddy and PR. They got it so simple and right with the Xbox 360. And guess what they matched sales and games with Sony.
They haven’t this gen by a long way and they won’t close the gap much if at all next gen sales wise.

@NorrinRadd Uh, that's already happened once before; PureXbox was killed off for quite a large part of this generation before it was relaunched. Accusations of PushSquare leaning heavily at times into being an agenda-pushing fansite instead of an objective Playstation news site aren't baseless.

Anyway (general comment follows, no longer addressed to NorrinRadd), as a loosely-attached Xbox consumer, I'd suggest to MS that they take this opportunity to clean up the absolute mess their naming scheme has become. If you were just walking into the following naming history blind, would you be able to make any sense whatsoever out of which were which?

GameConsole
GameConsole Series S
GameConsole Series X
GameConsole One
GameConsole One S
GameConsole One S All Digital Edition
GameConsole One X
GameConsole 360

@Tharsman @KelticDevil True.

@Fath got to admit Xbox has a naming problem...

Side note, I feel the console is doing one hell of a 180, pulled me back into the fold after stopped short of burning all my 360 games 😅

I feel there is a missed opportunity on calling this console the XBox One 80 🤪

@Dezzy70 I don’t know how anyone finds anything about the Xbox one Xbox Series X transition confusing.

Microsoft will do what all third party devs always do: make their games available on both gens for a while. Only difference: unlike previous gens, they will only sell one copy that works in both. As someone that bought Assassins Creed 4 twice, and Breath of the Wild twice, I heavily appreciate that the XBox Series x won’t just be backwards compatible, but also give me the next gen optimized version bundled in.

@Tharsman Exactly! The only difference is that Sony's launch games won't be cross-gen but they could. Spider-Man could be downgraded for PS4. What Microsoft is doing is what third parties and Nintendo did last generation but this time you only pay once. Microsoft even asked Ubisoft and CD Projekt to do the same and they agreed. It's just the same transition in a consumer-friendly way and the only one that opted out is Sony.

@Fath They have stopped producing Xbox One X so now it's just Xbox One S and Series X, until they announce something else. Series X and Xbox One X on the shelves woud even confuse me if I had not slept well . I just hope that Xbox One S disappears before Series S is on the shelves. Sacrifices should be made at this point.

@BlueOcean I kinda am ok with Spider-Man MM being locked in the PS5. They might add some new super fast swinging skill only possible with an SSD, after all.

My frustration is, that is the only first party title (I don’t count Astro’s, no one does.) They could easily fix that by slapping some extra upgrades onto TLOU2 AND GoT and making them available to everyone that has a copy of those games. That instantly tripled the launch title list, and I would scramble to preorder.

But every time they are asked about upgrades, all they say is they will work with third parties to provide anything. They make zero commitment about first party games. This just makes me think come February they will be lining up to sell us TLOU2: Remastered.

@Tharsman they have mandated to third parties any future PS4 releases need to be PS5 ready without remastering I think?

I would then be surprised if they try and re-sell their first party titles under a remastered branding off the back of that, although the vagueness of their wording does in the back of my mind, make me wonder on occasion.

@Jaxx420 no, all they said is any game that published starting last month must also run under a ps5 compatibility mode. Not sure what can possibly break their compatibility mode (it is scary that’s something any dev needs to think about) but maybe it’s like MS potentially saying “we won’t approve any Kinect Only games going forward” (because they would not run under a Series X BC mode.)

I would not be surprised if they try to sell first party remasters. Nothing stopped them from doing cross-buy usage last gen to give PS4 owners access to TLOU remaster, for instance, but instead they sold the thing. And there was already a rumor about them selling a Bloodbourne remaster.

@Tharsman I think gamers will be a lot less forgiving if they do that than they were last time out.

They had, I think, a good reason for doing that last time out. Their focus was capitalising on what was unfortunately a botched Xbox One launch, and aggressively targeted 360 gamers considering jumping ship, so by releasing TLOU remastered for example gave 360 gamers jumping ship, access to that title.

They can't take that strategy this time round, they didn't play catch up with PS4, so the volume of consumers available to target, arguably much thinner no?

As you say though, I wouldn't rule out them trying that tactic again, but I think it would be senseless this time.

Third parties worry me more, are we going to see Final Fantasy X remastered for a third time? who knows.

@Jaxx420 we already got a confirmed GTAV “remaster” for PS5 (and next gen) conformed. There’s a leak around about a PS5 specific version of Skyrim, and one of the launch titles for both consoles is The Observer System Redux... so.... yea, third parties are going for it.

@Tharsman GTA V haha, I forgot about that. I am so torn with that one. If you were a capitalist you'd be applauding them for just how much money that thing has made, get some enhancements in there, a VR mode and milk it dry but as a gamer I think it's a dead horse they should stop beating now.

Skyrim is heading that way too had a lot of re-releases now.

@Jaxx420 GTAV is not that successful, it’s sales are inflated because it’s so far the only way to get a copy of GTA Online. They plan to detach them next gen, so GTAV sales will likely abruptly freeze.

Skyrim actually sells on its own single player merits, though.

@Tharsman I think that GTAV, Skyrim and The Observer remasters have to be purchased again, is that what you mean?

@Jaxx420 The problem is if they do release The Last of Us II Remastered next year, people will complain because Microsoft, Ubisoft and CD Projekt agree with Smart Delivery (free remasters). However, because of the vagueness of their wording and because apparently they don't have any exclusives ready for launch apart from Spider-Man, I can see Sony doing it and probably include some DLC like they did with The Last of Us Remastered. Scary but possible.

@BlueOcean yes, current gen games they will sell as remasters (or re-remasters) under XSX AND PS5.

I might still get The Observer, though. Never heard of it before, and it looked interesting.

@Tharsman fair point the online is what has kept people buying it. I personally never bothered with the online. That place is certainly toxic.

Single player I admit I did rebuy it on PS4 to try a first person GTA. But very much done with that game now - unless they were to add actual significant single player content as they did with GTA IV (which is highly unlikely) I won't be triple-dipping.

@BlueOcean Scary but possible yes, but I hope it doesn't happen. Look at Nintendo at the minute, radio silence beyond a rumour they are about to release a load of Mario remasters and bound to be full price. I think that's a massive mistake.

@BlueOcean I know I’m just holding my purchase of either TLOU2 it GoT. I’m likely to only ever play TLOU2 once, maybe revisit it 5 or 6 years later. I don’t want to play the PS4 version until I known for (near) sure I will play the best version. I’m at least hoping the game runs steady 60fps on a PS5, even if it needs a patch or a new version or whatever.

@Jaxx420 Nintendo is number one milking re-re-re-releases . The problem is when they don't ever remaster!

@Jaxx420 I’m fine with the rumored Mario remaster collection, same i would be if Sony releases a Resistance 4k remaster collection of Microsoft released... what do they have they have not remastered yet? Think they might had covered most of it via Rare and Master Chief collection... oh: same as I was with Gears 1 remaster!

@Tharsman Crackdown 1 and 2 remastered perhaps.

@Tharsman Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine are two of my favourite games and they have never been remastered (Super Mario 64 DS is an expanded yet watered-down version). The problem with Nintendo is that they don't bother remastering or remaking. Look at how much effort has been put into The Master Chief Collection and now look at Super Mario All Stars (Wii release), Wii Virtual Console (50Hz over here), Metroid Prime Trilogy (motion controls and nothing else). The Legend of Zelda remasters have been luckier but sold as new games. I hope that Super Mario games are properly remade/remastered. If they release another collection of roms I'm going to be pissed off.

@Jaxx420 think the first one is already Xbox one x enhanced, would be nice if the second was too, but I would be in if they throw the extra work to use assets from the third game and make the first too look even better.

It’s current gen to next gen remasters that would irk me. remasters of 360/og xbox/ps3/ps2/ps1... all that is ok (but even more so when the original is made BC.)

@Tharsman Look at this, "Clearly the platform holder expects demand for the device to be huge, and that’s reflected by the sky-high social media engagement that it’s been getting all year. With a strong software slate including Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, that enthusiasm is only going to grow".

Thoughts? 🧐 "Strong software slate including Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales"? 🤪

@BlueOcean 🤷‍♂️ They do have a strong software slate. Just not at launch.

@Tharsman Right but it's their article about the increased number of PS5 units for launch.

@BlueOcean I do hope the same is not proven true for XBox, but I do have a feeling MS has been holding onto games they could had released earlier for XBox One so they could just have an impressive Series X launch. Hope I'm right.

@Tharsman Yet it's weird that they have released Grounded beta on Xbox One.

@BlueOcean Multiplayer games need testing, and that's a smaller scale game, all things considered. Looks intriguing but I put it on the same boat as that bug/snack game, as far as market appeal goes anyways. It wont sell consoles.

@Tharsman And they have legs, Minecraft, Fortnite, Sea of Thieves, Human Fall Flat, Rocket League and that kind of games that are constantly played by more or fewer people. I haven't played Grounded yet but it looks fun.

@SuperKMx

I thought you did a great job running the website before. 👍🏻

@BlueOcean yea, such games can have legs, but they tend to launch more organically and spread virally.

There is no way to effectively hold back and launch such a game. You just throw them out there and hope enough influential streamers make it blow up.

[ugh, actually used the word "influential" in logical context... i need a shower]

@BlueOcean

😂 I want whatever drugs or drink they were on when they typed that about the launch lineup. Lol.

@KelticDevil If you thought they would make any negatives about PS5 positives, there you are. Also, they chose Instagram's PS5 logo memes as an example of "sky-high social media engagement". 🤣

@BlueOcean

Sony could literally have a PS4 explode in someone’s living room burning down the whole house and Push Square would find a way to blame the person instead & praise Sony for not burning down the entire neighborhood. 😂

@BlueOcean

Oh and get ready for the article that reads....

“PlayStation exclusive, BugsNax” (or whatever it is called) gets a 10 rating because it revolutionizes the bug game genre....”

Meanwhile, they will fun of Grounded on Xbox and blame Xbox for ruining Obsidian. Lol. 😂

@KelticDevil No sense of logic or common sense to be found. If you gave them game news without Sony or Microsoft context, they wouldn't know what to do because objectivity is not contemplated and they need to design the "news" depending on the platform.

@BlueOcean did you honestly expect another type of journalism from nl or ps? . Px will join that dumpster fire within the year, I'm sure. Ant's a nice guy, but I'm certain he's aiming for a position at the Mirror.

@NEStalgia Yes, I have realised that 😥. NL has become lowest-quality focused on advertising and fluff but PS is a combination of that, sensationalism and misinformation.

@BlueOcean
Every comment section I see you I think to myself "wait for it, he's going to start talking about Sony". Sure as hell, you done it again 😂