Microsoft Discontinues All Xbox One Consoles Production

Microsoft has stopped manufacturing all Xbox One consoles.

The software giant originally discontinued the Xbox One X and digitalXbox One S ahead of theXbox Series X launch, then quietly stopped manufacturing the Xbox One S at the end of 2020, leaving retailers to sell out their remaining stock.

“To focus on production of Xbox Series X / S, we stopped production for all Xbox One consoles by the end of 2020,” saysCindy Walker, senior director of Xbox console product marketing, in a statement to The Verge.

Microsoft’s confirmation comes just as aBloomberg reportsuggested Sony had planned to end PS4 production at the end of 2021, but that the company will now manufacture around a million PS4 consoles in 2022. Sony has confirmed PS4 production is still ongoing, amid struggles by both Microsoft and Sony to meet the demand for their latest Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles.

Microsoft seems able to meet demand for the $299 Xbox Series S, though. At the time of publishing, the Xbox Series S is in stock at both Amazon in the UK and Best Buy in the US.

Speaking just after the launch of the Xbox Series X / S in 2020, Xbox chiefPhil Spencer toldThe Vergethat the company had built more Xbox Series X consoles than Series S, but that ultimately the lower price point of the Series S would win out.

“We can actually build more of the Series S [chips] in the same [chip] die space as we can the Series X,” said Spencer. That’s a key reason for why we’re seeing steady Xbox Series S stock, alongside Microsoft’s decision to quietly discontinue the Xbox One S in favor of its next-gen consoles.