If you've been looking to grab an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S at Walmart (in the US), be aware that the company is reportedly moving all of its next-gen console sales online for the foreseeable future.
There's been no official announcement about this (yet), but various customers have reported seeing signs about it at their local Walmart, and an internal letter to staff appears to have leaked on social media as well.
Assuming it's real, the letter states that staff should sell any stock they might have over the next few days, although reports have already suggested that plenty of stores are completely out of stock anyway.
Hopefully Walmart will have some more online sales of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S available soon, but you're going to want to flex those finger muscles if you want to try and beat the bots to the punch!
Any thoughts on this? Let us know down in the comments section below.
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Guess it just means I won't be getting a Series X from Walmart then. Plenty of other stores that I can go to.
@Tasuki guess that means no live a person is going to be getting a console from them period. They seriously only care about sales not who actually gets it :/
Fairly certain just before Thanksgiving, Walmart had some of the new consoles because I saw a line of people in the electronics section. Given the pandemic is still a problem in the U.S., I think this might be a smart move.
@mousieone Once the demand goes too low for scalpers to make any money on real people will be able to get one, problem is by that time everyone who wants one will have one.
The poor high street shops in the UK are suffering all round. Consoles and electronics on line only is the future. Things like clothes, sofas, beds etc we like to try before we buy. But a console, a controller, a toaster, a tv. Just buy on line. Also there is enough reviews of these electronic items on line as well to help the decision.
@Tasuki the issue I have is companies like Walmart don’t really have great online features. Office Depot is the worse, but for high demand items sighs
@IronMan30 it’s not really going to make a dent in the amount of people that go into a Walmart during Covid. Unless they move toliet paper sales to online only, which they should. Because yes that would actually get people out of the store. But consoles? Meh. Thats a small group in comparison. And right now the average consumer is more concerned about finding Cottonelle out in the wild compared to a PS5 or XSX
I refuse to give Wal-Mart money anyways because they are a horrid company.
And here I thought it would the other way around seeing as how both consoles are completely removed from the Wal Mart website.
As long as scalper bots continue to suck up stock faster than people buy, it’s the scalpers setting the Retail Price, not Microsoft. They will be your source of getting them- and they don’t want to make a small profit, they want to rip your butt off!
Hopefully, after the obsessive stress people have of of getting one under the Christmas tree dies out and people simply wait for a real price and not buy from scalpers, interest will die out and prices will regulate.
The scalper bots win then.
I think im skipping this generation after this news not Everyone buys everything online. If Microsoft and Sony allow this i'm done.
At 2:50 I got an email from GameStop saying they will be selling limited bundles of the new Xbox/PS5's at 3:00. I only live about two minutes away so I drove up there real quick and managed to be the first person in line to purchase an Xbox Series X. As soon as I got there about 10 more people came in. I can't believe I managed to get one. They said it might be here within 2-4 business days (I paid an extra 10 dollars to get the premium shipping), although it may not actually be here until after Christmas. Regardless, I'm pretty freaking excited I managed to snag one.
@Gaming365247 It's due to Covid, mainly. I'm sure they will still sell them in stores eventually. But for real, skipping this generation just because you don't want to humble yourself and make a purchase online ... that's kind of silly, but to each their own.
@KelticDevil Thanks to companies like Amazon I now see them as a lesser evil.
@JayJ Amazon is the worst. Although when people complain about companies I believe they are under the impression if they were billionaires they'd continue to be the people they are today. In reality most of us if we got that rich would become just as crappy. Maybe deep down were not so upset these companies get away with what they get away with, but we're more upset we aren't the ones getting away with it while being richer than rich.
@JayJ
Touché. Lol.
@Nerdfather1
Well done. 👍🏻
@Nerdfather1 Nice one, I’m happy a genuine gamer like yourself managed to get one and it’s a very small win over the scalpers. I just really hope I can get one at the end of January 🤞🏻
In Poland there were some in stores in beautiful Series X + Cyberpunk bundles https://www.windowscentral.com/cyberpunk-2077-xbox-series-x-console-bundle-spotted-polish-retailer
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