{"id":7713,"date":"2021-12-17T23:03:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T04:30:30","slug":"20211217-7713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211217-7713\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Halo Infinite eSports event to be held using Xbox Series X Dev Kits due to supply chain shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211217-186336\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2021-12-17 18:23 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Microsoft&#8217;s Tahir Hasandjekic, the eSports Lead for the <em>Halo<\/em> franchise, announced that this weekend\u2019s tournament will be held using Xbox Series X development consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a year since the launch of the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, but they are still hard to come by, mainly due to the global shortage of semiconductors. And the lack of an ample supply of game consoles seems to be affecting the competitive scene as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HCS Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021 -  The First-Ever Halo Infinite LAN!\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jjl1HtbGhvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s Halo Championship Series is scheduled to be held in Raleigh, North Carolina from December 17 PST. The event will be the first major tournament to use their latest title, <em>Halo Infinite<\/em>, and will gather the best <em>Halo<\/em> teams in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the company\u2019s flagship console for the event would have been a great opportunity to promote the console itself, but according to Hasandjekic, who is in charge of the event, open bracket players will be using the Xbox Series X development consoles instead. \u201cWhy? Global supply chain shortage is real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heads up open bracket players &#8211; you&#39;ll be playing this weekend on Series X development consoles. They&#39;re functionally identical and will be operating in &quot;Retail&quot; mode so it&#39;s the exact same experience, they just look a little different.<br><br>Why? Global supply chain shortage is real.<\/p>&mdash; Tashi (@Tashi343i) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tashi343i\/status\/1471183177620373511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s somewhat surprising that even Microsoft themselves doesn\u2019t have enough units available for events like these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, the Xbox Series X development kit is more akin to the Xbox Series S in the sense that it is mounted horizontally. It is a bit larger in size and has a display on the front that shows various information, as well as buttons, making it different from the final product. This is something that gamers don&#8217;t get a chance to see very often, so it may turn out to be a rare experience for the participants.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"605\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-600x284.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-380x180.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-696x329.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-1068x505.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211217-186336-001-889x420.jpg 889w\" \/><figcaption>An Xbox Series X dev kit spotted at EGX London this October. Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/xboxone\/comments\/q4q44h\/spotted_a_dev_kit_at_egx_london_today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">darth_antonio<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As for the console shortage that caused this situation, Xbox head Phil Spencer said in September of this year that it\u2019ll continue through 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/gaming-leaders-strauss-zelnick-of-take-two-xboxs-phil-spencer-join-thegrill-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wrap<\/a>). Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, also said in September that the semiconductor shortage would not ease up until the second half of 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/27\/amd-ceo-lisa-su-says-chip-shortage-likely-to-end-next-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNBC<\/a>). AMD is the company that supplies CPUs\/GPUs for the Xbox Series X|S (and PS5). It&#8217;ll still take some time before these next-gen consoles will be readily available to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s Halo Infinite eSports event to be held using Xbox Series X Dev Kits due to supply chain shortage. 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