Early figures seem to be showing high demand for the Xbox Series X|S in the UK, with an early report suggesting the console has hit 155,000 sold during launch day alone.
According to a recent report (thanks, VGC), various publishers have revealed initial figures for the consoles, which show strong results for Microsoft in the UK - the Xbox's second highest grossing country outside of the US.
The 155,000 sold on launch day beat the previous record by 5,000, which was originally held during the first two days after the Xbox One was released back in 2013. That said, as the report states, it's likely the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S would have sold even better had there been more stock available.
As Xbox head Phil Spencer pointed out a few days after the consoles' launch, the release has marked the largest in Xbox history, however, he is keen to stay away from sharing console sales and instead focus on player numbers.
With that in mind, Spencer later pointed out in an interview over the weekend that the company "need[s] more consoles" as "demand is just so high."
Did you manage to pick up an Xbox Series X|S at launch, or are you still waiting? Let us know in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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I've had mine for nearly a week now. Loving the hell out of it! The only thing I don't like is the Xbox app on Android. Let me buy games via the app 😑 Microsoft Store via browser is not the most intuitive to use, to say the least.
Need to remove mine from the numbers. ðŸ˜
@gollumb82 yes please they really need to fix the app. I used to use it daily!
Not a shock.
During the 360 days, they dominated here in the UK.
Agreed, I miss buying games in the app! I noticed when it went missing back in July or so....I was waiting for a fix, but it seems it's not intended to be fixed.
Loving the console though. it has its hiccups. Had a weird issue where it was dropping audio every few seconds. Then noticed that the controller wasn't turning the console on, I had to hit the button on the box.....a true reboot fixed it but.....Windows....
Just 5000 more than the xbox one which was deemed a failure and ended up with poor sales, hopefully it was just down to stock problems
@UltimateOtaku91 they already said it was https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/11/xbox_head_apologises_for_series_x_shortage_demand_just_so_high
They only had 5k more than last time because if you were judging from last time you’d send a little more right? Not double :/
@mousieone yeah but I'd thought they would allocate way more than 5000 more that the xbox one though, or maybe they gave the USA more extra stock over the UK
@UltimateOtaku91 or they simply couldn’t manufacture enough. It sounds like the demand was a lot higher than anticipated.
@K1LLEGAL @gollumb82
I agree! The app blows now. I have no idea what they were thinking?
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