Xbox Series X consoles are currently available to purchase online from Microsoft in the UK.
A limited number of consoles are available at the time of publication and delivery is free.
Xbox Series X can be purchased via this link for £449.99.
Xbox Series X/S sales in the UK surpassed one million units in December 2021.
Driven by a major increase in Xbox Series X stock in the run-up to Christmas, the platform enjoyed its biggest sales month to date following its November 2020 launch.
Xbox Series X/S systems continue to sell 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.”
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