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Eurogamer: Microsoft has no plans to replenish stock of the Xbox One S 2TB model (EU)
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Rellik
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We're talking UK, not EU. Xbox sells wells in the UK hence this limited edition selling out immediately.
Hesemonni
Banned
Nah. That can't be right. Or can it?Took a picture from Munichs biggest shopping mall.
They sold one console since launch...
I asked one of the employees. They expected a bit more sales he said. To be fair, they sell the PS4 for 250 Eur and the fat Xbone for 199.
GameFreak117x
Banned
Yes that is what most people do...
It makes sense to do this considering they are gearing up for the Scorpion. They make the S edition for a quick buck then release the scorpion and completely abandon the other SKUs.
There is no financial instability in Europe. The Euro is stable, and the British Pound being devalued due to political idiocy has no effect on the Euro. Prices in continental Europe are unaffected. The two currencies are not linked. Furthermore, Britain is not leaving Europe, that's physically impossible.
Took a picture from Munichs biggest shopping mall.
They sold one console since launch...
its 400
you can get a 1tb xbone + elite controller for 250 so im not surprised
Benjamin1981
Member
Took a picture from Munichs biggest shopping mall.
They sold one console since launch...
Wow, that's a lot of consoles. Media Markt in the Hamburg area only had few consoles each for sale. Least consoles displayed on launch day i saw was five. I bet those five still available.
aygomyownroad
Member
Yeah I am in UK and out of everyone I know who has an Xbox one or wants one:
One who wants one is just getting the original as its cheaper and he doesn't care about HDR hell his TV is still 720p!
Another who has an Xbox one us getting the S but only 500gb as he has hard drive and doesn't see the point of a 2TB.
Dee Dah Dave
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Right, but not many people are going to continue buying £350 XB1's. Not when there are cheaper PS4's, 4K Neos and NX's to compete with.
The £249 - £299 XB1S 500GB will be their best competing SKU, and will help them tick over until the Scorpio launch.
Have you seen the X1S?
They did this day one. Nothing to do with Scorp.
chromatic9
Member
Mainland EU stock will probably end up getting shipped to the UK. Lower £ does make this practice less enticing though.
Collateral22
Member
Can you swap the XB1 HDD like the PS4 one? Even if it voids warranty does it work in theory?
Hesemonni
Banned
Can be changed. Voids the warranty.
Then again, in the EU if something else craps out you'll be covered by consumer protection laws anyway. It's up to the manufacturer to prove that the fault in question was caused by the change of the HDD or other action of the user.
Hesemonni
Banned
I somehow managed to miss the fact that it's limited. My bad. To me it would make sense to have two SKUs with noticeably different storage capacities to clearly differentiate the products.
In Finland Gamestop has sold out their share of the initial shipment.
This is weird.
I wanted to buy one from gamestop, trading the older model, but on launch day the store closest to me received only 1 console.
This is how the availability is in Italy (it's been like this since day one):
http://d.pr/i/191LV
I wanted to buy one from gamestop, trading the older model, but on launch day the store closest to me received only 1 console.
This is how the availability is in Italy (it's been like this since day one):
http://d.pr/i/191LV
moozoom
Member
It would be great if UK centric news, would not be plastered as "Europe". UK is a very specific market and is very different from what happens in other countries. Even more so with the brexit. All the prices are beginning to skyrocket because of the falling pound.
In France, nobody I know has bought an Xbox one, or wants to buy one, Sony and Nintendo have a very strong place. So I wouldn't be surprised to see high stock in shops.
In France, nobody I know has bought an Xbox one, or wants to buy one, Sony and Nintendo have a very strong place. So I wouldn't be surprised to see high stock in shops.
Didn't they already change the design... Wut?
Chû Totoro
Member
I've seen a few being sold but in less gaming oriented places and the system was pushed a a UHD/4K player (near 4K TVs in Carrefour and in Fnac). But yeah there is plenty of stock still available.
And I agree that UK is not EU (who wouldn't). Not only because of the Brexit but because it always had been the case.
US news are not tagged as WW or America news, please do the same for UK !
Eurogamer news may come from their cz site, all the things they discuss is UK oriented.
So no restock news is EU (may need confirmation here) but stock issues and sold out is UK news. Mixing both and making a EU news is not true.
Saoshyant
Member
Took a picture from Munichs biggest shopping mall.
They sold one console since launch...
Are the boxes really like that?? No normal person can tell at a glance that it's the new model. Where's the big "S" or anything that says it's a new model? Mainland Europe never cared about any of the Xboxes, and this minimalist approach that seems to expect the average consumer in this region of the world to know this specific X1 is a new product by themselves, it's... mindblowing in how bad an approach it is.
Looks to me like it's trying to be an evolution of the 360 with the colours and image.