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AMD CEO says firm is shipping millions of chips for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 consoles

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Advanced Micro Devices chief executive Rory Read confirmed today that the company is shipping millions of its chips for next-generation game consoles that are launching in November.

The comment during AMD’s earnings call suggests — but does not definitively prove — that the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One will be available in plentiful supplies at launch. The PS4 launches on Nov. 15 in the U.S., while the Xbox One debuts on Nov. 22 in 13 markets, including the U.S. That reduces the risk that the consoles will be in extremely short supply during the holiday selling season.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.