Japanese players quickly snapped up the first batch of new generation consoles Xbox series x and Xbox series s immediately after the pre-orders open on the evening of September 24th.
According to journalist and writer Alex Aniel, first the flagship model went to Amazon it ended in about twenty minutes. It was followed by the budget.
Japan’s largest electronics retailer Yodobashi both versions Xbox Series were sold out shortly after opening pre-orders around the same time.
Japanese correspondent GameMAG.ru Alexey Ugava adds that Japanese resellers have already placed their pre-orders at inflated prices. They ask for order for Xbox Series S $ 650, and for Xbox Series X – up to $ 1,000…
Despite the fact that in the home region Sony and Nintendo the Xbox brand has historically not enjoyed great popularity, there is a multi-thousand layer of hardcore Japanese fans of Microsoft, actively supporting the products of the American company. Therefore, there is nothing surprising in today’s story with pre-orders.
How many new consoles Microsoft and its partners have already been able to sell in Japan is unknown.
Xbox One debuted in Japan with sales of 25 thousand copies, and over its entire life cycle has found about 120 thousand buyers on the market.
The most popular Xbox console in Japan remains by a wide margin Xbox 360 – its sales for a generation exceeded 1.6 million… This system even bypassed Playstation 3 and Wii in the weekly Japanese charts, and for a number of major exclusive hits for her, local gamers lined up in front of stores in long lines.
According to Phil Spencer, Japan remains an extremely important market for Microsoft.
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