On the launch of pre-orders for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s old console, the Xbox One X, has jumped as massive 1,368 places up Amazon’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ charts, and at full price as well.
The 431% increase in sales could be attributed to a sudden interest overall in the Xbox brand or.. well, that’s about the only thing I can think of other than people have just bought the wrong console. It’s a very odd time to be buying a soon to be obsolete console at top dollar, especially when the more powerful Xbox Series S is $255 cheaper.
Amazon isn’t helping things: typing “Xbox Series X” into the search bar brings up numerous Xbox One X bundles below the XSX, which is “currently unavailable,” of course. If you have just bought an Xbox from Amazon maybe check you got the right one, just in case.
You can’t blame consumers for getting the wrong console, Microsoft themselves are also having trouble.
The good news for people who made a genuine mistake is that Amazon will allow the Xbox One X consoles to be returned for a full refund.
