Retailers are now taking pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and Series S.
But suddenly the sales of older Xbox consoles also increase sevenfold.
In November the time has finally come: Microsoft and Sony are launching their next-gen consoles.
The presale for Xbox Series X and Series S * as well as Playstation 5 * has started.
However, pre-orders are currently no longer possible due to the high demand.
Interestingly, all of a sudden, Xbox One X sales have skyrocketed.
But that could just be a big misunderstanding.
Did the buyer accidentally order the wrong console?
Xbox One X instead of Xbox Series X?
Sales of the current console increase sevenfold
It's just one word that separates the current from the next-gen console.
But who is not familiar with Xbox, the new can
Xbox Series X
fast times
with the Xbox One X
confused
.
With the competitor Sony this cannot happen thanks to the simple - albeit perhaps unimaginative - numbering (PS3, PS4, PS5).
Twitter user @AndrewAlerts took a screenshot of the most popular products on Amazon, showing that Xbox One X sales rose
747 percent
on September 22nd
.
Xbox One X sales rank is up 747% on Amazon lol ...
Wonder how many people bought an Xbox One X instead of an Xbox Series X https://t.co/atj4thPwqD pic.twitter.com/CUzRkib3Sr
- Andrew Alerts (@AndrewAlerts) September 22, 2020
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There could be several reasons for this sharp spike in Xbox One X orders.
The Twitter user suspects that many of the purchases are actually a mix-up.
It could be, for example, parents who want to buy the consoles for their children as a Christmas gift, but
not with the different Xbox
-
familiar names
.
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(Promotional link)
It's not possible to say for sure what caused the Xbox One X to rise in sales, but that it was 747 percent
doesn't seem to be a coincidence,
especially when you consider that it happened on the same day which the pre-sale of the next-gen console has started.
Still, it could well be that people in the heat of the moment and
out of fear
,
that the next console gene could be sold at any moment
, mistakenly Xbox One X bought.
The packaging of both consoles is also quite similar.
In any case, the tweet from @AndrewAlerts got many pre-orderers to double-check that they really ordered the right Xbox:
You made me double check.
pic.twitter.com/BrWu1VtCOb
- Berdo (@BerdoRules) September 22, 2020
(Ök) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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