1.0Fanbytehttps://www.fanbyte.comAndrea Shearonhttps://www.fanbyte.com/author/andrea_shearon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.fanbyte.com/games/news/xbox-series-x-microsoft-supply-chain-shortage/">The Global Everything Shortage Sucks, and Even Microsoft Can’t Find a Series X for its Halo Tournament</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.fanbyte.com/games/news/xbox-series-x-microsoft-supply-chain-shortage/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“The Global Everything Shortage Sucks, and Even Microsoft Can’t Find a Series X for its Halo Tournament” — Fanbyte" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.fanbyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Halo_Infinite_Xbox_Tournament.jpg1440800I can’t find an Xbox Series X, but neither can Microsoft. Thanks to the global supply chain shortage, literally everything is a nightmare to find, and the struggle even sent Microsoft scrambling to find Xbox Series X consoles for the Halo Championship Series held yesterday. The console maker apparently does not have an infinite supply of its systems on standby. As spotted by Kotaku, Microsoft and 343 Industries Esports and Viewership Lead Tahir Hasandjekic tweeted that the Halo kickoff tournament would have to resort to using Series X dev kits for some players. While Hasandjekic noted those developer models “look a little different,” they’re still fundamentally the same experience—so no […]