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- Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S preorders began on September 22nd, but many people had trouble securing the new consoles as everyone rushed to preorder at once.
- Xbox Series X and Series S preorders are now sold out at every major retailer, and we don't know when or if Microsoft will make more preorders available.
- Microsoft says that more consoles will be available at launch on November 10th.
In a year when home entertainment has been one of the few refuges from a pandemic, it should come as no surprise that new game consoles would sell out in record time. Over the past week, preorders for the PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S have all begun, and while Sony and Microsoft had different strategies, the results were similar: Chaos and confusion reigned as consumers struggled to secure the consoles.
Admittedly, Sony's plan to let retailers have free rein and start offering preorders just hours after the price and release date were announced was the more perplexing of the two, and resulted in Sony offering an apology on its PlayStation Twitter account. But based on multiple reports and my own Twitter timeline, Microsoft's organized plan of setting up a specific time for preorders to begin was similarly problematic as everyone rushed to preorder at once.
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Xbox Series X and Series S preorders were just as chaotic as PS5 preorders originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 10:31:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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