
More and more Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles are starting to appear at retail, meaning it's thankfully a lot easier to secure one than it was when the consoles first launched. If you're wanting to get your hands on one, you're in the right place.
Below, we've rounded up all the links you'll need for a wide range of top retailers who regularly stock both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S systems. Stores can sometimes sell out pretty quickly when new stock arrives, but using our handy guide, we're sure you'll find a suitable option.
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Where To Buy Xbox Series X
Xbox Series X consoles come in two sizes – the standard 1TB, and a newer 2TB. Thanks to the latest additions to the Xbox family that launched in October 2024, we've never had more choice when it comes to choosing our ideal size and design.
Here are your buying options:
Where To Buy Xbox Series S
If you'd rather save a bit of cash and go for the digital-only Xbox Series S, you have plenty of options. This system is more affordable than the Xbox Series X thanks to its smaller storage size and the fact that it lacks a disc drive, making it an ideal option for anyone who prefers to play games via Xbox Game Pass, rather than picking up physical games.
There are plenty of options to choose from:
Xbox Series X|S Retail Price – How Much Do They Cost?
The official price for the standard 1TB Xbox Series X is £479/$499, while the 512GB Xbox Series S sells for £249/$299.
Newer upgraded models will cost a little more – you can see all current prices in our product round-ups above.
Microsoft's Xbox All Access scheme offers another way to pay – more details can be found below.
What Is Xbox All Access?
Xbox All Access allows you to pick up a brand new Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S by paying monthly, with no upfront cost. The package also includes 24 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, meaning you'll have two years' worth of new games to play without putting in any extra effort.
The scheme can only be found at specific retailers, but can prove to be a great option if you can't afford to drop the full amount for a console on day one – so long as you're happy to be subscribed to Game Pass for 24 months!
Where To Buy The Best Xbox Accessories
If you manage to get your hands on an Xbox using one of the handy links above, you'll likely want to get the most out of your new console with some accessories. Whether you're looking for games, controllers, headsets or more, we have you covered with our comprehensive Xbox Buyer's Guide:
Make sure to let us know if you've secured a shiny new Xbox Series X|S in the comments below!
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20 minutes to go for the UK. I'm prioritising amazon as I don't expect the website to break.
Well this is a bit more organised, no waking up to find not only are pre orders are available today but most have already sold out.
Already have the PS5 secured so I'm thinking Series S to go along with it, I really want to play The Medium
Fu!k that was stressful. Ordered Series X.
Amazon: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-RRT-00007-Series-X/dp/B08H93GKNJ
I decided last nite to cancel my PS5 and jump to SX for the start of this gen. I got one direct from MS UK. Load of errors bringing up the final confirm order page but its done, and with game pass and Cyberpunk £510 is all I need to spend to get my gaming on this Holiday season!! Wooh Wooh
Just managed to get one from the Microsoft Store, the site is on the verge of crashing though! Best of luck to everyone.
Got one on amazon Series X
@FraserG Indeed! Added mine to the basket on Xbox store but couldn't checkout. Thankfully Amazon's infrastructure is a little more robust!
Just nabbed a second one from Amazon, That's my Eldest Sons birthday sorted. Just hope I don't get a message in the next 10 minutes saying he got a pre-order...
https://www.game.co.uk/en/m/xbox-series-x-2831406
Game in stock still
Amazon.de in Germany not working yet. Page fails to load.
Phew! Just got one from Amazon, thanks to themightyant’s link! Thanks so much - I was starting to panic as nothing else was working for me! Was going to go for the S, but grabbed the X!
Amazon UK sold out, MS still taking order it seems
Both GAME and Smyths Toys not playing ball
It fills me with hope seeing some of you guys get orders through minutes apart. 7 hours and a half till preorders open here, crossing my fingers!
Got my Xbox Series X preorder completed on Amazon.de. 😎
Got one at bol.com (Dutch), after I got the confirmation the pre-orders were all sold out. So, I'm very lucky.
@Tharsman - much easier than PS5! I couldn’t get one of those for love nor money! Think I made the better choice in the end!
Series S secured on the Microsoft website, Amazon, Game and Argos were a mess to deal with
@Medic_Alert Same here, I got mine from the MS store. So happy! Game stuck me in a queue to just log in. Smyths toys crashed.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/6799030
Argos in stock
@FraserG I've never been so nervous about a console pre-order before. At least we won't have to go through this again for a while.
Just got my Pre-Order from Argos i was stuick in the Game queue then it crashed.
@Medic_Alert Had the same issue with amazon, its nuts.
Could not find the product page on Amazon until I used @themightyant link. Thanks for sharing !
Well, I finally scored a post launch shipping date Series X from EB Games after all. Supposed to still arrive in 2020, but I still got one... my first Xbox. Yay.
Got mine from Argos. It crashed for me twice but I persisted and it feels good 😎
Will think about getting one after xmas.
Smyths still down. GAME is over an hour wait in the queue.
Amazon for me, though I wanted Microsoft store. Lets see if it arrives on time!
Got mine on Amazon, was going for PS5/XSS but made an 11th hour decision at 8am so PS5/XSX for me now.
Some how after 20 minutes of trying all the sites.
Argos got me a series x.
Keep trying as it is a bit random.
@Medic_Alert I found one for Series X but not S but I never got anywhere near a basket
The S is now available on amazon UK but you cant buy if you snagged an X already.
Got a Series X for myself and a Series S for the bairn from the Microsoft website. It was a bit finicky to start with but eventually played ball.
Also managed to get a Series X for my brother from Currys, but that was an hour queue to log in.
Amazon never even showed the console until it sold out, and Game was still over an hour wait to log in at half past eight.
@Jaxx420 I've gone for the PS5/XSS combo, was tempted to get the X as well but too many birthdays including my son's just a couple of weeks after they come out
I secured Series X from Microsoft store here in UK so pleased. I believe that all access should have made it a bit easier to buy X/S console outright. Roll on November 10th.
Game website U.K. has just gone down.and closed for maintenance.
Argos site seems to be holding up, just bought some accessories with no issues.
Son waiting to go to school me also needing to get to work. MS site was like a slug in treacle. Got my order in finally on the stroke of 09:12 and most of that was trying to access the confirm payment. Son dropped at school just on time and I'm in work able to quickly grab a coffee before I start... Stressful. Now time to stress out in work. I see heart condition at early age in my future...
Argos seem to still have some as I could order another but won’t.
I think they releasing them in slowly like drip feeding or moving stock around.
I’ve secured my pre-order directly from Microsoft Store. Had a nightmare trying to add to cart for about 20 minutes as the page just kept showing up as an error but eventually got through as I kept refreshing the page.
Now to tell the wife who explicitly told me not to dare order the Series X as we need to get the 3 kids a Switch each for Xmas. I’ve went from being excited to securing my pre-order to absolutely bricking it facing the wife later.
@TooBarFoo No worries dude it's us gamers vs bots on the ordering! It's brutal!
Nothing was coming up at 8am for me on any site I checked but just managed to get some more time as I am in work, and luckily Argos and Amazon had them 45 mins later so ordered a Series S on Amazon! 40% off 3 month game pass with it aswell so I’ll probably take them up on that offer!
I got one direct from Microsoft. Had some trouble but it’s seems to have gone through. I’m so excited after skipping Xbox this gen, can’t wait to get hold of this beast!!!
@MaccaMUFC I had exactly the same, url kept going bad.
Series S is still available on the link provided by @themightyant https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-RRT-00007-Series-X/dp/B08H93GKNJ
@carlos82 This proves they are also selling Series S in similar quantities although the Series X has been long sold out for higher demand.
@Xiovanni I hope you got your answer.
Amazon UK wasn’t playing for me while I sat and waited for Currys (have a gift card to use and was only 9000 in the queue!). Just before Currys queue finished Amazon started playing! Availability seems better than I expected. S was still available at Amazon last time I looked too.
Well I got mine. From MS store.
@carlos82 or play on Gamepass on PC don't forget Scorn is also on Gamepass.
@FraserG same here but it took a while but still had order confirmation by 08:10 but hey site is global imagine the traffic. So pleased to purchase XSX if only a 3080 was so easy.
@Rikdangerousxd my laptop isn't capable of running those I'm afraid and this is a lot cheaper then getting a new one
@Rikdangerousxd I tried to get a 3080 founders. Not a chance. went from notify me to sold out in one page refresh! Did nab a PS5 but I'm going to cancel that and wait for a smaller black release down the line. I have a SX to play Cyberpunk on and gamepass will keep me covered for a long while!
Update from Smyths Toys:
"Update: 9:35am 22/09/20.
Our website is down at the moment but customers can still pre-order the new Xbox consoles in any of our stores. Pre-order on Xbox All Access is unavailable while our website is down.
Apologies for the inconvenience, we are working hard to fix the issue."
Microsoft Store still taking pre-orders for both Series X/S, either they’ve got plenty of them off the production line or they are just not selling as fast. I was really expecting them to close pre-orders within minutes.
Managed to nab the Series X from Amazon UK - it was touch and go for a little while, but they came through in the end!
@carlos82 I hear ya. Thankfully no birthdays my end between now and Christmas so just about justified in.
If all you want is to be able to play the games on Game Pass Series S will do a fantastic job anyways.
@TooBarFoo curse the bots apparently Nvidia are enabling CAPTCHA to stop bots so perhaps still a chance of a 3080 FE. The AIB prices aren't great especially ASUS ROG OC at 1935Mhz.
That was a nightmare. Amazon couldn't see it. Microsoft wouldn't let me put it in my basket. Game queued twice, kicked out twice. Argos app wouldn't let me pay. Argos website after several goes worked. Sweet. One preordered Series X. Lots of Series S still available but no Series X. I got lucky. 👍
@Rikdangerousxd In truth i can wait, I have a 2080 in my home work PC but I don't like playing games on it. I want the separation between work and play. I'd like a Ryzen 3 / 3080 build going straight into the TV and get the Index out of the office and set up in the games room. AIB pricing seems really off this time, even more so as the FE are looking like decent performers now they have proper thermal designs.
Various bundles have just gone on sale for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at AO.com. I've added the links to the list above.
@carlos82 @TooBarFoo No worries, glad to help true gamers vs bots!
well it's almost 8a where I live but preorders don't go live until 10a so I have a little over 2 hours to go. I'm at work so I'm crossing my fingers I can hide for a bit and get my preorder done. Hopefully I don't run into any issues. Quick question for those who have managed to preorder, did you have to put any money down to preorder or as long as you finish paying it off before November 10th?
@FraserG why no love for Canadian times?
@Krzzystuff Apologies! We have to cherry-pick sometimes...
Here's the list of confirmed retailers:
Xbox Series X Pre-Orders for Canada (8AM PT)
Microsoft Store
Amazon
Walmart
Best Buy
EB Games
The Source
and other participating retailers
@MAC26 I didn't have to pay anything via the Microsoft Store.
@FraserG for the Microsoft store can i log in from their website or is it just from the Xbox one interface?
@Krzzystuff You can login from the website. Here are the CA links:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/xbox-series-x/8wj714n3rbtl
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/xbox-series-s/942j774tp9jn
@FraserG Ty so much! I was on the Xbox site and it didn't look like these. Come up n series X!!!
@Krzzystuff No problem! Best of luck, let me know how you get on.
@FraserG omg I got the series x!!! It was heart attack inducing as the site crashed and i had to re login but i got it from the Microsoft store.
I can't wait to start playing on this bad boy!!
@Krzzystuff Yes! Congrats
I got nothing but error screens for 40 minutes... I am SO annoyed right now...
Walmart out of stock in less than a split second, everything else errored out until eventually "we out of stock"
This scalper business is so much W2$%%23%$@5@#
i got my x from Walmart at 11:01, amazon is still throwing errors. only bummer is that it ships the 10th and I will get it the 12th. but that's better than no time soon.
Got the X from Target! 30 minutes of error screens and it dropping out of my cart over and over but I finally got it to go through! Yes! Pumped right now!
Pre-orders now finally live on Amazon in the U.S.
https://www.amazon.com/Xbox-X/dp/B08H75RTZ8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1600788371&sr=8-1&tag=purexbox-20
Edit: And it's crashed again.
@FraserG Did Microsoft give out the number of consoles that they've made available world wide?
How strange, there are still Xbox series S available on Amazon 9 hours after preorder release? Does this show the real demand for this machine and should MS have just made a load more Series X’s then?
I wanted the X but it was sold out in minutes so feeling disappointed with their split of the machines considering lack of interest.
Just got my Series X preorder from Amazon, so happy!!!
OMG I got it! I got it! I’m still shaking ._. I’m so glad Best Buy went an hour after everyone !!!!
Secured an X for a friend on Amazon, you would think he just hit the lottery how happy is is lol! Stressful but fun nonetheless, glad its over!
@StonyKL Wario64 twitter says it’s not actually “live” yet at least for US. Maybe they didn’t get their allocation yet.
@Nexozi Nope, no word on this yet.
@mousieone not sure I follow? I was able to preorder the S this morning and almost did in anger for not getting the X, before coming to my senses. Checked for an X again (why do that to myself) and noticed I could still preorder the S same on game as well. Just seems odd to have not sold out allocation unless they have a crazy number available.
I was not lucky in getting a preorder.. Kept getting error after error and I finally had one in the cart and clicked pay -for it to be sold out. I suppose I’ll be seeing if I can get one on launch day but I imagine they will be hard to find in the wild before Christmas and some time after 😓
@StonyKL well I that the Series S pre order in the states didn’t go live yet. But the X did. So is it possible the same thing happened for the UK? Like the Series S went live after the X, so people haven’t noticed or something?
@StonyKL hello do you know anyone that would trade a ps5 for a xbox series x? Thank u and sorry to bother you if not
@FraserG Will be interesting to see how many they've sold already. 😂
Anyone in the UK it appears to be available at Game at the moment
As long as nothing goes wrong with my preorders, I got them! HYYPE!!
@redd214 LOL you got sucked into the preorder frenzy after all, huh? Haha, unlucky you! Agreed.....the stress was entirely unwarranted and stupid....why so much stress to get a video game console on launch day preorder that they're going to be making for the next 7 years? But neurotic or not, it was unimaginably stress inducing, and the last 30 minutes going into preorder you'd think I was going through the tunnel to a championship title match or something.... We need eSports psychologists helping with these preorders or something... I'm finally decompressing and remembering how to breathe for the first time in a week! I'll still be on edge that anything will go wrong with any of my preorders until mid-November and I have them in hand, but I can at least relax quite a bit more than before now. That was a very uncomfortable week and a half.
@BlueOcean
@NEStalgia I'm a good friend
@Rollzroyce85 sorry I don’t know anyone after an Xbox.
looking online it sounds like some more all access preorders available 6am tomorrow morning. Going to give that another go.
@redd214 Putting up with preorder mania is "remember that one time I saved you from snipers in Cambodia" level friendship...
@carlos82 Thank you very much! I hadn't noticed this and one of my friends was able to get one because of it.
Much appreciated
@FraserG no problem, glad I could help
Managed to preorder my Series X from MS Store! I am so lucky lol. I barely woke up too because I didn't get much sleep, and I haven't been feeling well, but I was up on time like around 7:56 and the millisecond it hit 8am I ordered it! My friend wasn't so lucky. He waited 3 hours and also hit it to order like the millisecond it was 8, but didn't get it I guess. The server crashed for him I think. I'm so thankful I was able to get it!
@Senua to be fair the larger audience the XSS targets, probably isn’t pre ordering.
Got one (Series X) from Currys in the U.K. with minimal fuss. They had a Queuing system on their website that held up really well.
If you're in the UK, Box will reportedly have some stock available soon:
https://www.box.co.uk/Xbox-Series-X-Xbox-Series-X-Console_3201195.html
https://www.box.co.uk/Xbox-Series-S-Xbox-Series-S-Console_3201197.html
@FraserG Seagate drive went up for pre order @ Best Buy sorry I don’t have UK link >.< https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-1tb-game-drive-for-xbox-series-x-and-series-s-external-custom-pci-express-gen4-x2-nvme-solid-state-drive/6425015.p?skuId=6425015
@mousieone Yeah, just seen it. Thanks for sharing!
@FraserG Thank you back
Got my series S preorder in. I cannot wait!
Is there really a struggle to find one.Series consoles have been wideliy available near me for a year and a half, they always in stores? Already sold mine to a frind
Slow day in the office today?
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