Microsoft quietly discontinued all Xbox One consoles over a year ago

(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One is dead. At least, that nary models are successful accumulation anymore.

Prior to the motorboat of the Xbox Series X and Series S, the institution said that it would proceed to manufacture Xbox One S consoles, though would discontinue the Xbox One X and One S All-Digital Edition. However, it has been revealed that the Xbox One S fell by the wayside too.

Speaking to The Verge, the elder manager of Xbox merchandise marketing, Cindy Walker, said that it softly ceased each last-gen accumulation much than a twelvemonth ago: "To absorption connected accumulation of Xbox Series X/S, we stopped accumulation for each Xbox One consoles by the extremity of 2020," she explained.

Any Xbox One S machines you mightiness person seen sold online oregon successful stores were from remaining stock.

That's besides wherefore determination were fewer console deals disposable during the Black Friday income past year. Both Xbox and PlayStation usually connection decent discounts connected their existent oregon last-gen consoles connected Black Friday, but some focused connected games and immoderate accessories alternatively successful 2021.

PlayStation, connected the different hand, is continuing to manufacture PS4 consoles this twelvemonth to marque up for immoderate lack of PlayStation 5 stock.

Writing by Rik Henderson.