Quite unexpected situation that the video game industry is experiencing, if not unique. In the opening year of a new generation of consoles, the sector has seen how a pandemic that it is changing everything in different parts of the world also affects how it works. We have all heard by both active and passive that the coronavirus can affect the next-gen, but at Microsoft they remain at the foot of the barrel and stand firm with the intention that Xbox Series X goes on sale at Christmas 2020
The last XSX news blitz, the same that has served to know what Minecraft will look like in the next-gen, or even to know the full technical characteristics of the new Xbox, has served to verify that the Redmond people are continuing with their initial launch plans. All content published by the company insists again and again that Xbox Series X will arrive in the coming Christmas, without fear that the Coronavirus could affect its production these months.
If the situation returns to normal in the next two months, it is totally credible that there will be no problem for those from Redmond with the premiere of their new console. However, several analysts have already stressed on more than one occasion that, if the COVID-19 problem were to spread, the production plants could have problems and the supply for the new consoles could be scarce. That is to say, either the release of Xbox Series X and PS5 would have to be delayed, or they would have to be more expensive to exit to weather the initial storm.
