NTDOY - Game console hunters have bigger Black Friday challenge: Finding a PlayStation or Xbox in stock

Black Friday is just a few days away, but those hoping for can't-miss deals on the year's newest next-generation game consoles have the bigger problem of whether they can get one this year at all. The earliest preorders of the Xbox Series X and S (MSFT) and the PlayStation 5 (SNE) may have gotten lucky and received units - but since the launches, gamers have been running into "out of stock" notifications on almost every site they try. That's not a new phenomenon in the heated world of console debuts, and as much as it has to do with sizzling demand from customers, there also may be a deliberate component - with makers feeding short supply to limit monetary losses on early console sales, ease supply chain pressures and create demand via "buzz" for the new products. That's not to mention any issues pulling off a massive manufacturing operation in a

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Game console hunters have bigger Black Friday challenge: Finding a PlayStation or Xbox in stock