Walmart is currently selling Xbox Series X consoles online
Walmart is currently selling Xbox Series X consoles online.
Unlike recent Xbox Series X and PS5 restocks which were reserved for Walmart+ subscribers, this time Microsoft’s console is available for anyone to purchase.
At the time of publishing, you can order Xbox Series X here for $499.
Xbox Series X/S systems are selling faster than any previous generation of Microsoft consoles, according to the company’s gaming boss Phil Spencer.
In a New York Times interview published in January, he claimed persistent Xbox shortages were not actually a result of less consoles being produced than was the case in previous generations. Instead, scarcity has been caused by a surge in demand since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“When you think about trying to go get an Xbox or a new PlayStation right now in the market, they’re really hard to find,” Spencer said. “And it’s not because supply is smaller than it’s ever been. Supply is actually as big as it’s ever been. It’s that demand is exceeding the supply for all of us.
“At this point, we’ve sold more of this generation of Xboxes, which is Xbox Series X and S, than we had any previous version of Xboxes. So it’s our job to get the supply there to meet that demand.”
Xbox Series X/S outsold PS5 in the US in February. It also outsold Sony‘s console in Europe for the first time last month.
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