Friday, July 9th 2021
Last-gen Consoles from Sony, Microsoft Also Facing Stock Issues in the US
As pressure mounts over Sony and Microsoft's (in)ability to deliver their current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series S|X consoles at a fast enough pace to satisfy demand, it seems that users now have yet another reason to throw their gamer hands up in the air in frustration. Stocks of new PS4 / PS4 Pro and Xbox One S|X have been increasingly harder to come by in recent times, and especially in the US, stock of the last-gen consoles on Amazon, Target, Walmart and GameStop is virtually non-existent. The only choice prospective gamers have is to find a second-hand last-gen console - and pricing on those seems to be (predictably) going up.
When one looks at it, it does make sense that last-gen consoles are also becoming hard to find, despite the fact that they haven't been discontinued yet. It all pertains to the finite resources at manufacturers' disposal. Even if there are no common components between last and current-gen consoles, the difficulties faced by the supply chain in procuring even raw materials for fabrication means that manufacturers have to prioritize resource allocation - and it seems obvious that both Sony and Microsoft would prioritize current-gen consoles over the alternative. The stock issues even extend to peripherals - controllers for Sony's PS4 are also out of stock, and while the PS5's Dual Sense sees healthy stock levels, that controller has no backwards compatibility, meaning that users looking for a replacement or additional PS4 controller have to make do with either used ones or third-party alternatives. As for Xbox controllers, fear not - they're in stock, for both current and last-gen systems.
Current-gen gaming is hard enough to achieve nowadays, even considering the improving situation in high-performance graphics cards - and "improving" here refers to street pricing that's still some 50% above MSRP - on average. Of course, one can always opt to dip their toes in cloud gaming - Microsoft's xCloud is now open to all prospective users, presenting an alternative to the hardware shortages we've been facing.
Source:
Kotaku
When one looks at it, it does make sense that last-gen consoles are also becoming hard to find, despite the fact that they haven't been discontinued yet. It all pertains to the finite resources at manufacturers' disposal. Even if there are no common components between last and current-gen consoles, the difficulties faced by the supply chain in procuring even raw materials for fabrication means that manufacturers have to prioritize resource allocation - and it seems obvious that both Sony and Microsoft would prioritize current-gen consoles over the alternative. The stock issues even extend to peripherals - controllers for Sony's PS4 are also out of stock, and while the PS5's Dual Sense sees healthy stock levels, that controller has no backwards compatibility, meaning that users looking for a replacement or additional PS4 controller have to make do with either used ones or third-party alternatives. As for Xbox controllers, fear not - they're in stock, for both current and last-gen systems.
40 Comments on Last-gen Consoles from Sony, Microsoft Also Facing Stock Issues in the US
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Dev Mode app installation is not available on PS5, (but since those are even harder to find, it wouldnt matter)
wccftech.com/cryptocurrency-miners-caught-with-3800-playstation-4-consoles-after-ukrainian-police-uncover-the-mining-operation/
videocardz.com/newz/ukrainian-law-enforcement-close-mining-farm-with-3800-playstation-4-consoles
But I am sure it's not miners fault, oh no. /s :nutkick:
the Xbox one is even more impossible: can you say ddr3?
I'm just not seeing these things as a root cause for such a universal old console availability issue/.
but for Series with gddr6 , its only a matter of time, for any familiar with UWP and Windows store
EtherMining/comments/jt64f3
how is a RX 6700 XT for $500 not going to be profitable mining eth??
Even if it did come out this comment sums up why no one would do it at scale:Time is money.
you pay one developer a max of 10k to port, and then buy as many systems as you can - most app porting is pretty painless for pros (especially if you are already starting writ win 64)
Regardless, if they truly were mining with them, their power draw was insane. Which is why they weren't paying for power. Which is why they got caught. Which is why most miners would never consider this.
Full circle back to original point. You can mine on anything profitably if you steal electricity, but that's far from a market impacting number of miners trying that... and those that are certainly are still trying to keep the numbers down so they don't get caught. Or they get caught.
None of that makes consoles appealing. LHR cards are more appealing than that.
'Not ideal' is a far cry from 'it can't be done.' and claiming 'not used for mining. Ukraine just doesn't know how to tell the difference.'
I started crewing on racing sailing boats, it didn't cost me anything. But I made sure to take those sailing courses first. I bought a boat but sold it weeks ago. Next boat will be in a few years, don't have time for that.
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