Pre-orders for the next-generation Xbox opened in Australia earlier today and both units reportedly sold out within "record" time.
EB Games (owned by GameStop) was the hardest hit - with the retailer's website seizing up as soon as pre-orders went live at 8 am. It resulted in a lot of disgruntled customers who were unable to secure a unit. Shortly after this, EB's social media pages were flooded with complaints.
A lot of the same people resorted to JB Hi-Fi as a backup (Australia's largest home entertainment retailer) and while many were able to put down a pre-order, the retailer made no promises it would be able to supply everyone with a system.
According to local website Press Start, various other retailers also sold out almost immediately. This included online stores like Amazon as well. If you did miss out and happen to live in Australia, certain stores - like EB Games - will be offering additional pre-orders, but unfortunately, it's for the post-launch stock, which is expected to arrive later this year.
There are also reports of delays until 30th November for anyone who pre-ordered from the local Microsoft Store:
Have you managed to secure an Xbox Series X/S yet? Are you still waiting for pre-orders in your region to open? Tell us down below.
[source press-start.com.au]
Comments 12
Lovely. Bodes well for the rest of the world. Let's face it, no matter what this was going to be rough for the Xbox and PS rollouts.
So it begins. Let's see if I can get one today.
Well you know Australia. Everything is upside down there. But everyone is quick enough to preorder the Series X because they're always running from snakes.
Not surprised people are crying on social media. Of course they are cause they didn't get one.
Ahhhh! My first pre-order of any consol and it sounds like it's a bigger ***** show than normal... great time to jump in eh? I hope I snag one tomorrow
Damn, I gotta be ready to go tommorow..
I tried to order from EB Games at exactly 8am this morning and couldn't complete checkout. There must have been extremely low stock or bots swarmed as I got a PS5 bundle no worries. Oh well, I'll save some money and wait until next year maybe.
This is pretty depressing, though not really surprising,I still had some amount of hope. This is looking like a real mess if a release this year. And I'm not having high hopes at this point at all. Granted Australia probably doesn't have as big an allotment as the us "home territory", but still. After Sony, this was never going to be good, and after the Bethesda news..... Welp...
I don't know, are we all thinking maybe 10-15% chance at this point?
@Xiovanni I think most pre-orders will be for the X. I see the S as the perfect fortnite machine. It's the one to buy for younger kids or to play FIFA on. I don't think those people are racing to pre-order so I think the X would be in most demand. But demand will differ from ordres based on what is available.
anyone expecting it to not be like this was absolutely outta their mind lol.
how consoles have been the past year, even with switch stock, and how the PS5 allotment disappeared, people should've expected this.
No matter how many systems sell in their lifetime, the launch of it is always gonna be scarce.
I still don’t know which site to prioritize in the US! Looks like the Microsoft store may delay the shipment which would suck.
I will wait couple of months after release till i get it.
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