The console wars have always been heated, but it looks like Microsoft’s Xbox may be throwing us a curve ball. We’ve come to expect hardware updates by each brand every few years since the early days of Nintendo versus Sega. And much like Sega, Microsoft appears to be changing its hardware strategy and focusing more on multi-platform software.

Given that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5050 only officially emerged from the shadows less than a week ago, it’s only fitting that the first one to show up at retail is MSI’s Shadow 2X OC variant. And it’s not surprising that the card is already available to preorder. What IS mildly surprising, however, is that the listed release date on Amazon indicates