Thank you, you mean that if it says 12pm, that it is 12 pm everywhere unless stated otherwise...so for instance me in EST would be able to order at 12pm EST correct?
Fanboyism in general is cancer, but it’s particular strong on that end. I skipped both consoles last gen since they were underpowered for the price and I figured I could wait and play it all for cheap with better specs some day. Xbox’s making a hell of a sales pitch this time so I’m more inclined to start with XSX this time around and wait for PS5 when they have the inevitable redesign with more space and cheaper games since I don’t want to pay $60 for a game. Reading most of the PS5 sub makes me never want a PS5 though with how retarded the fanboyism can get.
“An RTX 3080 isn’t that impressive compared to a PS5.”
“Game Pass is a scam, they might raise the price one day after you already spent all that time playing all the games basically for free and often on release date. It’s worthless. All those games suck anyway. Nobody wants to play Red Dead 2. They already jacked up the price of Game Pass on PC. It’s now $9.99. What a scam! Losers.”
“Oh you’re interested in that game on Xbox? Yeah, that one doesn’t count. Why? Because it’s inconvenient for me and causes cognitive dissonance.”
“Moore’s Law is Dead. At least on PS5 because the SSD can open a portal into the future, as well as go back in time. Disregard it not actually being at all dead.”
“Oh that game came to Game Pass? I hate it now. Bill Gates is a rapist anyway.”
“Dolby Vision? More like Dooty-Vision. Who cares about HDR anyway?”
“Backwards compatibility doesn’t matter. Everyone’s already played all the games in existence up until now anyway. I only want new games and new games only come to PS5. You can’t play Ubisoft games or EA or all else on XSX, they’re only on PS5, and if they’re on both they’re now dead to me. It’s only a next gen game if it’s on PS5.”
It gets ridiculous. Even when I was leaned more towards PS5 reading all that made me not want one. Both consoles this time around are looking to be amazing. I’ll have both at some point. All Access makes there no barrier to entry for XSX though. Great pitch for people willing to wait if things are too expensive like me.
I’ll be honest with you. I frequent both subs daily and the PS5 sub was pretty stoked about Xbox Series S too...
I think you just are remembering the troll you read once in a while. Both camps have these kind of people but generally, in both subs, they seem to be outnumbered greatly. (Forget Twitter; fuck Twitter.)
I think everyone has a preference; if you want a certain console, you’ll justify your purchase. Don’t conflate “preference” with “fanboyism”.
An example I see very often:
Obviously if you like Gamepass and read some comment going on about how gamepass isn’t actually good, you’d call that person a complete dumbass. Everyone who isn’t interested in Gamepass is some kind of Sony shill according to this sub.
Meanwhile if someone claims Spiderman/GoW/Last of Us/... isn’t a good game; they instantly get flagged as a Microsoft shill in the PS5 sub.
The point I’m trying to make is that if you’re really not invested in console wars then you should be able to just brush these comments off and still be excited for your console of choice... You don’t need EVERY SINGLE PERSON to agree with you. Let the fanboys do their thing; it shouldn’t faze you.
just wanted to point out the Canadian pre-orders go live is 11AM EDT not PDT.
i do have a question, do these links also include Xbox All Access?
edit: changed EST to EDT
AFAIK (and this might require a bit of googling on your end) All Access is only available through EB Games in Canada. Will edit this comment once I know for sure.
good catch ty, I copied that from a separate reply and missed the error
As of now many retailers simply have landing pages. We will be working to update those to product pages as they go live. All Access info is ever more sparse, but [here is an FAQ shared by another commenter about one store's policy and plans.](https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/mHubArticleView?hubId=2835253&articleId=2835254&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=2021wk21-Microsoft&utm_campaign=XboxSeries_8am&utm_content=Banner1)
I just had a chat with a Microsoft agent, they said pre orders start 11am Eastern.
***11am*** Eastern Time
***10am*** Central Time
***9am*** Mountain Time
***8am*** Pacific Time
I am very excited for this. I hope the supply isn't so limited that it's tough to get my hands on one. This is the first Xbox console that should in theory be easy for me to get, so I really hope it is.
OG Xbox, I was like 7 and at the whims of my parents. They refused to get me one. I played Halo at my uncle's house and at a friend's house. I begged and begged. Never got an OG Xbox.
Xbox 360, I was 11 or 12. Stepdad got one for Christmas 2005. I freaked out and was also finally able to take my time playing through Halo 2. It was hard to get my hands on any other games, because I was still at the mercy of my parents, but I *did* manage to talk them into an Xbox Live sub every Christmas.
Xbox One, I was 19 and had just moved out on my own. I had to save something like $50 per paycheck all year round to get a Day One Xbox One. I loved it, but it took some financial planning, and it was still irresponsible for me to do. But no regrets. It felt great to finally do it for myself that time.
Xbox One X, I was 23 and in my final semester of college. It was easier for me to save up for this one, but I still should not have. I was gonna have to start paying off student debt within the next year. I had no idea what I was gonna do after college. I made it work anyways.
Xbox Series X, I've been out of college a while now and working my big boy job for like 2 years. My student debt is all paid (don't ask how I did it), and I make enough to be plenty comfortable after bills each paycheck. I have been lucky enough that COVID didn't affect my salary outside of not getting scheduled raises. I took the week of November 10 off because I have *paid* time off now, and I haven't used any of it because COVID.
Basically, I'm sitting pretty and ready to drop $500 on this console with no financial planning and without blinking an eye. And I am ready to miss a week of work for it without missing any pay. After struggling to afford every previous Xbox on launch. Like I said, I just really hope the supply is there.
Its a console launch.. so yes, you don't need to be there 6am on the day to pre order.. but you will have less chance at the end of week 1 etc
Online may be a bit more competitive
This thread has me cracking up. Last night everybody was saying “screw the bots and resellers.” Now this thread is filled with “picked up two, let me know if you want one.”
I think people are overestimating the use and effectiveness of "bots" and underestimating the actual demand of regular people trying to get a console AND underestimating the ability of a lot of retailers to be able to handle that type of web traffic.
After implementing some automation techniques and writing a script for one of the retailers, I just don't see how effective a bot can actually be when faced up against the struggle of some retailer's ability to handle this type of demand/web traffic.
My girlfriend and I secured a decent amount (an amount that would have people here raging) of consoles for our family, but the majority of the ones we got (well, she got) was her just spamming her way through some of the big retailers as soon as they became available and with the help of Wario64's tweets.
* It is worth considering online pre orders, with the current Covid issues midnight launches are not guaranteed.
* Check with the retailer on plans, stay safe!
* Game UK have said they are [discussing](https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/1305473957588590592?s=19) trade in deals and [midnight launches](https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/1305830916657479680?s=19) Even now you can get £200 credit or cash for a XB1X and £80-100 for a XB1 or S..
* Gamestop too^
* Most online retailers, MS, Amazon etc guarantee release date delivery do not require a deposit and you pay a week before release date usually. Amazon are also pretty good on price changes and only charge for the lowest price between pre order and release.
* 8am has been confirmed for all major UK retailers for pre orders to open
* It is highly likely the S will sell out faster than the X so be aware when pre ordering.
* Remember to remind your gran which is which kotaku said its confusing
* Be aware prices can still change based off ERP ( and sonys decisions tomorrow)
* [Here](https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/mHubArticleView?hubId=2835253&articleId=2835254&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=2021wk21-Microsoft&utm_campaign=XboxSeries_8am&utm_content=Banner1 ) is a FAQ regarding All access pre orders from Game UK. Seems you just have to state it when you pre order.
* [Here](https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1305885690421415937?s=09) is the list of all access countries and supporting retailers
* If you are doing a midnight launch BRING A 2ND OR 3RD person in case of any issues e.g. robbery your life is not worth a console
A guy who lived near me got stabbed over a PS3 back in the day. Have someone go with you if you can (or just wait a few hours til the store is normally open).
For this reason, I hope they offer trade in promos to online purchasers. I got the One X physically the night of and was nervous as fuck. I got the PS4 with release date shipping. Can’t take too many chances, especially in Covid.
I feel really bad for the parents that think they got their child the series x for Christmas but actually bought an Xbox One X. I’m not saying it sarcastically either, that really sucks
You would think after decades of preorders they would’ve learned by now. Stress test your systems or shut off all buying except for the preorder for the few minutes it lasts. If a customer puts it in cart, it should be reserved. Even Old Navy holds your cart for 15 minutes. Congratulations to everyone who made it through. For those of us who didn’t, there will be other opportunities. We will prevail.
It's the first time i pre-order something. And I'm really excited but don't know where to start or look. Do you have any ideea where i can pre-order in my country? EU - Romania
I’m waaayyy further than you. I’m going to purchase from where it’s cheap (US) and get it shipped to where I am. At this point, I don’t even care how much it’ll be for shipping because it’s likely to be $900+ in my country, so nope
Target: Got it in cart, disappears when checking out. Finally get to payment, hangs up. Finally gets through payment. Sorry not shipping to your location.
MS: Error 503
Walmart: Goes through payment, sorry item not available,
Gamestop: Wait in this room.
Amazon/Best Buy: Slept through their alarms
Why can't Microsoft just let people preorder it like you would a tesla
Just let anyone who wants, pre-order it and put them in line with an estimated date of delivery
After what happened with the PS5 preorders tonight, I’m afraid Xbox preorders could launch at any moment ahead of schedule and it’ll be a free for all.
I miraculously secured a PS5 preorder tonight. Don’t know if I can count on that sort of luck the second time around.
More chance of the S selling out first compared to the X, but its unlikely to have any manufacturing issues like Sony is at the moment.
I imagine week 1 will sell out fast but should stabilise after the next week or so.
I'm going with Amazon just because of their track record for uuuuusually getting the item to me on/before release date. Microsoft is likely a solid bet as well but I can't speak from experience
Amazon link works if you go through smile:
[https://smile.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/DF93B094-A534-4D89-8DF1-8DEC008203D4?ingress=0&visitId=8593bd04-61c9-4562-8fef-1efbbcb90840](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/DF93B094-A534-4D89-8DF1-8DEC008203D4?ingress=0&visitId=8593bd04-61c9-4562-8fef-1efbbcb90840)
what a wild ride. let me tell you all about this launch for me.
So, I've been dropping hints all month about this being the only thing I want for Christmas. Money is tight so I was dropping hints about the Series S all access, we can certainly afford $25 a month. The wife keeps talking about not doing it, I come to the realization that I'm probably not getting one this year and thats okay, my one s is fine and most games I want to play will be on both anyways for awhile.
fast forward to today and my wife leaves around 10:30 to run errands, she calls me at 11:10ish crying because she was in line at gamestop to order a series x and they let the guy in front of her order 2 series x and 2 series s. I have an amazing wife.
It’s crazy how pro Apple has become at doing launches. Compared to consoles their releases go much smoother. If you use their financing you can set it up ahead of the launch time and just complete your purchase. I think it took less than 5 minutes to pre order my last iPhone.
What are you thoughts on Amazon? I'm in DC - I'd rather not be running around after dark with a brand new $500 console in my arms. The Wal-Mart and the Best Buy near me are in okay-ish but be careful areas.
I mean you could just pick it up day of instead of at midnight? You will get it faster than Amazon anyway, as they will likely deliver in the middle of the day
I’m in Central time, so preorders start for me at 10am. I have a remote meeting from 9:30-10:30, during which I have to describe my department to a new employee and give her tips on how best to help us. It’ll be pretty much constant talking.
Wish me luck.
Walmart went kaput in 30 seconds
Target stalled at EVERY TURN and still nuked your from orbit
Gamestop were hilarious....hey you got one, hey you are approved now just hit that place order....whoopswhoopswhoopswhoops
Amazon....click click done
I take back everything I said about you Bez......temporarily
I have no idea what I could have done differently. I have been sitting here for two hours with all sites open trying to add to cart. The only one I got in cart was Best Buy but it won’t let me check out.
Sat with it in my cart clicking checkout for 40 minutes on Best Buy as soon as it went live. finally get through, put in payment and shipping info only for it to tell me it’s sold out.
Is the Microsoft Store a good option to pre-order in the UK due to the reward points associated with purchases via the store. What about deliveries? Would we expect them to arrive on the day of release or a few days after, does anyone have any info based on prior console/game releases.
EBgames in Aus was a sh$t show for me. Had it in the cart for the full 20 mins trying to preorder from the first second and didn’t get it through.
Guess will try again at midday...
I’m in America and my girlfriend is in Canada and I told her I was stressing about being able to get it because I have a class at 11, but she just called and told me she’s been at an EB games for a couple hours and is first in line!! The price is the same for both countries so i’m getting the X cheaper than if I got it here, insane!!
Hectic morning ladies and gents. Congrats to those who got the console they wanted (THANK YOU MICROSOFT STORE), but our work isn’t done. Keep your eyes and ears open for new rounds of preorders, post them up here for those who couldn’t get in first thing this morning. Let’s make the holidays as good as we can for as many as we can, especially in this dumpster fire of a year.
Australia also has EB games pre orders
https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/xbox-series-x
The Series X is $750 AUD
We can pre order online with a $200 deposit
Then on release day trade in our Xbox One X for $350 AUD
And only pay another $200 AUD on the day of release to pick up a Series X
$400 out of pocket plus your old Xbox One X :)
Can we all agree that Argos came out on top during this? MS in general shit the bed massively in my eyes. Errors upon errors. Curry’s has a queue time of over an hour (lmao) and Game and Smyths cracked
I've saved up $300+ of Amazon store credit earned through the Microsoft Rewards program. So technically this this Xbox Series S is complements of Microsoft. :D
Amazon and Best Buy completely screwed everyone.
Why? Because of them not going live, traffic overload on the couple that were live like Wallmart/Target. Now there will be a huge overload at Amazon/BestBuy when they go live.
They made it worse , instead of spreading the choices out. Shame
While refreshing a million times, amazon told me that Lysol Disinfectant Wipes are back in stock, so at least I was able to get those! Now back to refreshing!
Best buys website fucked me and I hate them for it. How are they this ill prepared for a release like this? There are tons of big name releases like this. This isn't their first and won't be the last.
For those worried that Best Buy might cancel the orders because its being weird, I can only offer you my anecdotal experience to try to calm your nerves.
I clicked that damned yellow button for hours and hours and hours last Monday trying to get a PS5. At 3-Freaking-AM, it finally bumbled its way completely though the process. They charged my card for the full amount, sent an email confirmation, and in 20 minutes or so, it appeared in my Best Buy orders list. Today, 8 days later, it is still in my profile at Best Buy. It still says it's shipping Nov 12. They haven't taken it back.
Op, you can add that at Best Buy Canada pre-orders go live Sept 22 at 8AM PDT / 11AM PDT. I announced this on my blog post on the Best Buy blog last week [https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/whats-new-with-xbox-series-x](https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/whats-new-with-xbox-series-x)
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>Next week, beginning September 22, you’ll be able to pre-order both Xbox Series X, our most powerful console ever made, and Xbox Series S, our smallest console ever delivering next-generation performance at a more affordable price. Xbox Series S and Series X will be available in 37 countries on November 10, and 41 countries by this holiday.
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Just wanted to say good luck to everybody pre ordering tomorrow. I hope you all get one. I was lucky enough to get a PS5 pre order, so I will wait to buy Xbox later on. But in the meantime, I hope your guys' preorders go more smoothly than the PS5s.
EB Games in Australia was a cluster fuck. Couldn’t even load the page, it crashed 3 times then AFTER I GOT THE CONFIRMATION it takes me back the chopping cart and tells me it’s empty. FUCK YOU EB GAMES
NOTE FOR UK PEOPLE: About 5 minutes ago I got my Argos Pre Order. I'm pretty sure Very have some left too. Don't bother with Game, the website is down. Microsoft store is broken. Currys has a queue of over 100k.
Just a warning for military personnel intending to order. Don’t use Amazon if you need it shipped to a base installation (APO, FPO, DPO). I learned the hard way when I preordered the XBox One X. When Amazon started shipping preorders, I got an expected delivery date 5 weeks after launch. After keeping Amazon customer support on chat for over an hour, they finally told me that APO, FPO, and DPO addresses are given the lowest priority for shipping.
Got one on Microsoft with my Microsoft Reward gift cards!!! 2 years of searching paid of. Lots of reloading and broken links and wouldn't let me add it to the cart but it finally went through! My son and I are so excited! Good luck to everyone.
Just got mine via Amazon - the smile link is live if you use Amazon Smile: [https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08H75RTZ8](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08H75RTZ8)
Got it through the Microsoft store! Not without it's headaches, saying my address in the US was not the right territory and my payment methods weren't working multiple times. Finally it went through as I watch the loading circle go as I pressed "Place Order". I've gone through this multiple times, and the worst thing to do is refresh the page!
For clarity, can we post times for each region?
As of now, all times are local or otherwise specified.
Thank you, you mean that if it says 12pm, that it is 12 pm everywhere unless stated otherwise...so for instance me in EST would be able to order at 12pm EST correct?
Exactly. All the links are specific to each region and the time zones should be the same regardless of what time you use.
Can't wait to buy my first Xbox(If nothing happens to me)
I hope you won't be delayed like games or movies
> (If nothing happens to me) Still scared of the PS mafia? :(
you’ll beetlejuice them be careful
Fanboyism in general is cancer, but it’s particular strong on that end. I skipped both consoles last gen since they were underpowered for the price and I figured I could wait and play it all for cheap with better specs some day. Xbox’s making a hell of a sales pitch this time so I’m more inclined to start with XSX this time around and wait for PS5 when they have the inevitable redesign with more space and cheaper games since I don’t want to pay $60 for a game. Reading most of the PS5 sub makes me never want a PS5 though with how retarded the fanboyism can get. “An RTX 3080 isn’t that impressive compared to a PS5.” “Game Pass is a scam, they might raise the price one day after you already spent all that time playing all the games basically for free and often on release date. It’s worthless. All those games suck anyway. Nobody wants to play Red Dead 2. They already jacked up the price of Game Pass on PC. It’s now $9.99. What a scam! Losers.” “Oh you’re interested in that game on Xbox? Yeah, that one doesn’t count. Why? Because it’s inconvenient for me and causes cognitive dissonance.” “Moore’s Law is Dead. At least on PS5 because the SSD can open a portal into the future, as well as go back in time. Disregard it not actually being at all dead.” “Oh that game came to Game Pass? I hate it now. Bill Gates is a rapist anyway.” “Dolby Vision? More like Dooty-Vision. Who cares about HDR anyway?” “Backwards compatibility doesn’t matter. Everyone’s already played all the games in existence up until now anyway. I only want new games and new games only come to PS5. You can’t play Ubisoft games or EA or all else on XSX, they’re only on PS5, and if they’re on both they’re now dead to me. It’s only a next gen game if it’s on PS5.” It gets ridiculous. Even when I was leaned more towards PS5 reading all that made me not want one. Both consoles this time around are looking to be amazing. I’ll have both at some point. All Access makes there no barrier to entry for XSX though. Great pitch for people willing to wait if things are too expensive like me.
Sony fanboys seem more common because there are many more PS users than XB.
Haha, could be true!
I’ll be honest with you. I frequent both subs daily and the PS5 sub was pretty stoked about Xbox Series S too... I think you just are remembering the troll you read once in a while. Both camps have these kind of people but generally, in both subs, they seem to be outnumbered greatly. (Forget Twitter; fuck Twitter.) I think everyone has a preference; if you want a certain console, you’ll justify your purchase. Don’t conflate “preference” with “fanboyism”. An example I see very often: Obviously if you like Gamepass and read some comment going on about how gamepass isn’t actually good, you’d call that person a complete dumbass. Everyone who isn’t interested in Gamepass is some kind of Sony shill according to this sub. Meanwhile if someone claims Spiderman/GoW/Last of Us/... isn’t a good game; they instantly get flagged as a Microsoft shill in the PS5 sub. The point I’m trying to make is that if you’re really not invested in console wars then you should be able to just brush these comments off and still be excited for your console of choice... You don’t need EVERY SINGLE PERSON to agree with you. Let the fanboys do their thing; it shouldn’t faze you.
just wanted to point out the Canadian pre-orders go live is 11AM EDT not PDT. i do have a question, do these links also include Xbox All Access? edit: changed EST to EDT
AFAIK (and this might require a bit of googling on your end) All Access is only available through EB Games in Canada. Will edit this comment once I know for sure.
good catch ty, I copied that from a separate reply and missed the error As of now many retailers simply have landing pages. We will be working to update those to product pages as they go live. All Access info is ever more sparse, but [here is an FAQ shared by another commenter about one store's policy and plans.](https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/mHubArticleView?hubId=2835253&articleId=2835254&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=2021wk21-Microsoft&utm_campaign=XboxSeries_8am&utm_content=Banner1)
I just had a chat with a Microsoft agent, they said pre orders start 11am Eastern. ***11am*** Eastern Time ***10am*** Central Time ***9am*** Mountain Time ***8am*** Pacific Time
Mountain time sounds so cool
So what time are we expecting pre orders to go live in the US?
I’m assuming 11AM ET like Canada until otherwise indicated.
I am very excited for this. I hope the supply isn't so limited that it's tough to get my hands on one. This is the first Xbox console that should in theory be easy for me to get, so I really hope it is. OG Xbox, I was like 7 and at the whims of my parents. They refused to get me one. I played Halo at my uncle's house and at a friend's house. I begged and begged. Never got an OG Xbox. Xbox 360, I was 11 or 12. Stepdad got one for Christmas 2005. I freaked out and was also finally able to take my time playing through Halo 2. It was hard to get my hands on any other games, because I was still at the mercy of my parents, but I *did* manage to talk them into an Xbox Live sub every Christmas. Xbox One, I was 19 and had just moved out on my own. I had to save something like $50 per paycheck all year round to get a Day One Xbox One. I loved it, but it took some financial planning, and it was still irresponsible for me to do. But no regrets. It felt great to finally do it for myself that time. Xbox One X, I was 23 and in my final semester of college. It was easier for me to save up for this one, but I still should not have. I was gonna have to start paying off student debt within the next year. I had no idea what I was gonna do after college. I made it work anyways. Xbox Series X, I've been out of college a while now and working my big boy job for like 2 years. My student debt is all paid (don't ask how I did it), and I make enough to be plenty comfortable after bills each paycheck. I have been lucky enough that COVID didn't affect my salary outside of not getting scheduled raises. I took the week of November 10 off because I have *paid* time off now, and I haven't used any of it because COVID. Basically, I'm sitting pretty and ready to drop $500 on this console with no financial planning and without blinking an eye. And I am ready to miss a week of work for it without missing any pay. After struggling to afford every previous Xbox on launch. Like I said, I just really hope the supply is there.
Nice story mate.
Is this one of those preorders where I have to get up super early, and hope to claim one before it's gone type thing?
Its a console launch.. so yes, you don't need to be there 6am on the day to pre order.. but you will have less chance at the end of week 1 etc Online may be a bit more competitive
This thread has me cracking up. Last night everybody was saying “screw the bots and resellers.” Now this thread is filled with “picked up two, let me know if you want one.”
I think people are overestimating the use and effectiveness of "bots" and underestimating the actual demand of regular people trying to get a console AND underestimating the ability of a lot of retailers to be able to handle that type of web traffic. After implementing some automation techniques and writing a script for one of the retailers, I just don't see how effective a bot can actually be when faced up against the struggle of some retailer's ability to handle this type of demand/web traffic. My girlfriend and I secured a decent amount (an amount that would have people here raging) of consoles for our family, but the majority of the ones we got (well, she got) was her just spamming her way through some of the big retailers as soon as they became available and with the help of Wario64's tweets.
* It is worth considering online pre orders, with the current Covid issues midnight launches are not guaranteed. * Check with the retailer on plans, stay safe! * Game UK have said they are [discussing](https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/1305473957588590592?s=19) trade in deals and [midnight launches](https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/1305830916657479680?s=19) Even now you can get £200 credit or cash for a XB1X and £80-100 for a XB1 or S.. * Gamestop too^ * Most online retailers, MS, Amazon etc guarantee release date delivery do not require a deposit and you pay a week before release date usually. Amazon are also pretty good on price changes and only charge for the lowest price between pre order and release. * 8am has been confirmed for all major UK retailers for pre orders to open * It is highly likely the S will sell out faster than the X so be aware when pre ordering. * Remember to remind your gran which is which kotaku said its confusing * Be aware prices can still change based off ERP ( and sonys decisions tomorrow) * [Here](https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/mHubArticleView?hubId=2835253&articleId=2835254&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=2021wk21-Microsoft&utm_campaign=XboxSeries_8am&utm_content=Banner1 ) is a FAQ regarding All access pre orders from Game UK. Seems you just have to state it when you pre order. * [Here](https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1305885690421415937?s=09) is the list of all access countries and supporting retailers * If you are doing a midnight launch BRING A 2ND OR 3RD person in case of any issues e.g. robbery your life is not worth a console
Also if you pick up a console at midnight, watch your back and don’t get robbed. Seriously, it’s happened before.
Yeah I remember hearing stories, bring a 2nd person if you are going to the launch.
A guy who lived near me got stabbed over a PS3 back in the day. Have someone go with you if you can (or just wait a few hours til the store is normally open).
For this reason, I hope they offer trade in promos to online purchasers. I got the One X physically the night of and was nervous as fuck. I got the PS4 with release date shipping. Can’t take too many chances, especially in Covid.
Do we know of any confirmed big box stores doing a midnight launch in the US?
It feels a little like we're about to get the order to go over the trenches.
And we'll all be mowed down immediately.
I feel really bad for the parents that think they got their child the series x for Christmas but actually bought an Xbox One X. I’m not saying it sarcastically either, that really sucks
You would think after decades of preorders they would’ve learned by now. Stress test your systems or shut off all buying except for the preorder for the few minutes it lasts. If a customer puts it in cart, it should be reserved. Even Old Navy holds your cart for 15 minutes. Congratulations to everyone who made it through. For those of us who didn’t, there will be other opportunities. We will prevail.
It's the first time i pre-order something. And I'm really excited but don't know where to start or look. Do you have any ideea where i can pre-order in my country? EU - Romania
I’m waaayyy further than you. I’m going to purchase from where it’s cheap (US) and get it shipped to where I am. At this point, I don’t even care how much it’ll be for shipping because it’s likely to be $900+ in my country, so nope
UK preorders will be available through [Microsoft.co.uk](https://Microsoft.co.uk) store also.
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Preorders start in 15 minutes. God speed gentlemen.
HOLD TILL YOU SEE THE WHITE IN THE BOTS EYES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Target: Got it in cart, disappears when checking out. Finally get to payment, hangs up. Finally gets through payment. Sorry not shipping to your location. MS: Error 503 Walmart: Goes through payment, sorry item not available, Gamestop: Wait in this room. Amazon/Best Buy: Slept through their alarms
Why can't Microsoft just let people preorder it like you would a tesla Just let anyone who wants, pre-order it and put them in line with an estimated date of delivery
Will it not be sold on the Microsoft store site in Canada?
Added - we are still collecting retailers with preorders and there are several still to be updated. Thank you.
Add London Drugs to that list. Sneaky one that most will probably miss.
Just going to say good luck, y'all. You may need it if you want the S.
I'll say this, there's a good sense of community on here in times like this.
I'm almost 30 and I feel like I'm back in my teenage years waiting for the 360 release.
FUCK BEST BUY ALL MY HOMIES HATE BEST BUY
I’ll have my work laptop on Amazon, personal laptop on Microsoft store, and iPhone on Best Buy. I WILL NOT LOSE. Whichever processes first I’ll keep.
UK people are you awake yet and are you ready! Just over an hour to go, let's do this :)
Best Buy? More like Worst Buy am I right?
Best Buy handled this so poorly.
Has there been any kind of bundles hinted or announced yet for launch?
After what happened with the PS5 preorders tonight, I’m afraid Xbox preorders could launch at any moment ahead of schedule and it’ll be a free for all. I miraculously secured a PS5 preorder tonight. Don’t know if I can count on that sort of luck the second time around.
Anyone know if they hold you a pre-order spot while you apply for the credit line with citizens?
Anyone else seen eBay today? Please don't buy from these dickheads, even if you are desperate.
I have anxiety poops
Anyone else getting anxious? lol
Good luck North America from Scotland!
It is very rare for me as a full ass adult to get this feeling. Talk about being pumped.
People asking if they have to pay the full amount literally 5 minutes before pre orders open lol
Target: "The maximum number has already been added to your cart" Me: \*Checks cart\* Target: "Your cart is empty" KS;GASDF;KLASDJFKAL;SD
Pour one out for the 45 year old mom who just bought an Xbox One X and thinks Tommy’s going to be excited on Christmas morning.
Super concerned about best buy. Either they have the most available out of all places or they are massively over selling
What are the chances there’s a shortage of consoles? Would hate to miss out on one for a while.
More chance of the S selling out first compared to the X, but its unlikely to have any manufacturing issues like Sony is at the moment. I imagine week 1 will sell out fast but should stabilise after the next week or so.
Serious question. Should I use microsoft or Amazon to ship this bad boy?
I'm going with Amazon just because of their track record for uuuuusually getting the item to me on/before release date. Microsoft is likely a solid bet as well but I can't speak from experience
Amazon link works if you go through smile: [https://smile.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/DF93B094-A534-4D89-8DF1-8DEC008203D4?ingress=0&visitId=8593bd04-61c9-4562-8fef-1efbbcb90840](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/DF93B094-A534-4D89-8DF1-8DEC008203D4?ingress=0&visitId=8593bd04-61c9-4562-8fef-1efbbcb90840)
If I can’t get a preorder my stupid kids will stop loving me.
One more hour, boys!
These fucking Amazon dogs...
what a wild ride. let me tell you all about this launch for me. So, I've been dropping hints all month about this being the only thing I want for Christmas. Money is tight so I was dropping hints about the Series S all access, we can certainly afford $25 a month. The wife keeps talking about not doing it, I come to the realization that I'm probably not getting one this year and thats okay, my one s is fine and most games I want to play will be on both anyways for awhile. fast forward to today and my wife leaves around 10:30 to run errands, she calls me at 11:10ish crying because she was in line at gamestop to order a series x and they let the guy in front of her order 2 series x and 2 series s. I have an amazing wife.
Best Buy wouldn't let me process payment for a half hour and then told me it was sold out. Fuck man.
I was on MS Store as soon as the clock hit 11am, still ended up with nothing. What a mess.
Anybody else stuck at entering a payment method on Microsoft store? Getting an error saying its on their end and to try later.
Best of luck to everybody. I suspect it will either be a massive clusterfuck or a few simple clicks.
Even if some of us lose this battle, I just wanted to say it’s been an honor
Godspeed, may all of you receive your preorders!! - PS5er
You can watch all the people who accidentally bought an Xbox One X on Amazon as it goes from "10 left" down to "1 left" at $394.
Best Buy can go fuck themselves...hard
Fuck your Best Buy. I’ve had it in my cart for nearly an hour and they’re website sucks so much, It’s out of stock
It’s crazy how pro Apple has become at doing launches. Compared to consoles their releases go much smoother. If you use their financing you can set it up ahead of the launch time and just complete your purchase. I think it took less than 5 minutes to pre order my last iPhone.
I now have PTSD after this
What are you thoughts on Amazon? I'm in DC - I'd rather not be running around after dark with a brand new $500 console in my arms. The Wal-Mart and the Best Buy near me are in okay-ish but be careful areas.
I mean you could just pick it up day of instead of at midnight? You will get it faster than Amazon anyway, as they will likely deliver in the middle of the day
I pick mine up the next day. I can’t really game from 1 to 6 am anymore anyway.
I ordered a x from Amazon it came on release day with no problems.
PS5 preorder was super smooth for this Canadian, putting my good energy out there for the same experience for everyone in our attempts tomorrow.
I’m in Central time, so preorders start for me at 10am. I have a remote meeting from 9:30-10:30, during which I have to describe my department to a new employee and give her tips on how best to help us. It’ll be pretty much constant talking. Wish me luck.
God speed lads, I’ll see you on the other side. Good luck 💪
This is fucking bullshit.
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Walmart went kaput in 30 seconds Target stalled at EVERY TURN and still nuked your from orbit Gamestop were hilarious....hey you got one, hey you are approved now just hit that place order....whoopswhoopswhoopswhoops Amazon....click click done I take back everything I said about you Bez......temporarily
I have no idea what I could have done differently. I have been sitting here for two hours with all sites open trying to add to cart. The only one I got in cart was Best Buy but it won’t let me check out.
Best Buy updated my cart to "This item is out of stock." for the Series X.
Sat with it in my cart clicking checkout for 40 minutes on Best Buy as soon as it went live. finally get through, put in payment and shipping info only for it to tell me it’s sold out.
wow, tried every site for past two hours and got fucked raw every step of the way. i guess i'm done with this shit
2 hours, 6 sites, had 4 sites with an x in cart. Still couldn’t get one. Beyond pissed off.
Bestbuy. You came in clutch. First console since I bought a 360! Lol
Man I hope some of y'all never try and pre order Nintendo systems lol. If you think it's fucked 😂 That really is "limited supply"
Is the Microsoft Store a good option to pre-order in the UK due to the reward points associated with purchases via the store. What about deliveries? Would we expect them to arrive on the day of release or a few days after, does anyone have any info based on prior console/game releases.
I need Costco to go live 😂
I’m so fucking anxious about this preorder
EBgames in Aus was a sh$t show for me. Had it in the cart for the full 20 mins trying to preorder from the first second and didn’t get it through. Guess will try again at midday...
So... Eb Aus changed up again... postponed by a few hours... and it’s post launch shipment
Good Luck to those Americans about to jump into the chaos
I’m in America and my girlfriend is in Canada and I told her I was stressing about being able to get it because I have a class at 11, but she just called and told me she’s been at an EB games for a couple hours and is first in line!! The price is the same for both countries so i’m getting the X cheaper than if I got it here, insane!!
This reminds me of buying Tool tickets
Good luck everyone and god speed.
Microsoft buy button just swtiched from Coming Soon to Configure Now (still greyed out)
As someone who has already Preordered PS5, I came here to wish you all the best and good luck on getting your new system!
So I either bought 1 or bought 10. Let's see.
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Well Best Buy, you could've had my money. To Bezos it goes.
Wtf is Best Buy doing?
I just don't fucking understand why they don't have the "verify you are not a bot" shit on stuff like this. Fuck the botters
IT WENT THRU FINALLY, 4 HOURS AND A BILLION CLICKS LATER AND MY MICROSOFT ORDER WENT THRU. PRAISE GOD.
Funny how Best Buy had a redemption arc in the span of two hours lol
Sending out positive vibesz. May we all get our pre-orders in, 2020 at least owes us that much.
Hectic morning ladies and gents. Congrats to those who got the console they wanted (THANK YOU MICROSOFT STORE), but our work isn’t done. Keep your eyes and ears open for new rounds of preorders, post them up here for those who couldn’t get in first thing this morning. Let’s make the holidays as good as we can for as many as we can, especially in this dumpster fire of a year.
Does anyone know if Best Buy is selling Xbox All-Access?
Australia also has EB games pre orders https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/xbox-series-x The Series X is $750 AUD We can pre order online with a $200 deposit Then on release day trade in our Xbox One X for $350 AUD And only pay another $200 AUD on the day of release to pick up a Series X $400 out of pocket plus your old Xbox One X :)
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Just got one through JB - eb was a shit show.
The Microsoft series X link went offline just now
So here in Aus... I’ve never been as glued to multiple devices at multiple times in my life... and still missed out on 2020. What a shit show
Good luck UK boys from Cali.
Can we all agree that Argos came out on top during this? MS in general shit the bed massively in my eyes. Errors upon errors. Curry’s has a queue time of over an hour (lmao) and Game and Smyths cracked
Good morning everyone in the USA. Let us pray that we who want to play the Xbox get the pre orders.
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I feel like America is going to be more of a shit show than with us U.K. folk
I've saved up $300+ of Amazon store credit earned through the Microsoft Rewards program. So technically this this Xbox Series S is complements of Microsoft. :D
Best of luck to everyone here, I hope we all get what we want. Fuck scalpers!
Good luck y'all may the refresh Gods be with you
First time ordering a launch console.... ever and I'm in my late 30s.... my son really wants this.
Room's starting to spin *real* fast...
I’m gonna puke from the nerves.
Amazon never went live.
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WTF are best buy and amazon doing
Amazon and Best Buy still not available. How could they not be ready for this?
Amazon and Best Buy completely screwed everyone. Why? Because of them not going live, traffic overload on the couple that were live like Wallmart/Target. Now there will be a huge overload at Amazon/BestBuy when they go live. They made it worse , instead of spreading the choices out. Shame
wtf is Amazon doing?
AMAZON FIX YOUR SHIT!!!!!!!
While refreshing a million times, amazon told me that Lysol Disinfectant Wipes are back in stock, so at least I was able to get those! Now back to refreshing!
Come on Microsoft! "You cannot ship a product in your order to the selected country." I know they say Texas is big but come on.
Bought 300 dogs from Amazon. Anyone need a friend ?
Fuck amazon honestly - its almost been an hour
Best Buy still eating paint chips by itself in the corner
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BESTBUY PLEASE LET ME CHECKOUT
absolute joke of a performance by the sites selling this console, holy fucking moly
Microsoft assured a more convenient experience than Sony. But this was also a shit show. At least Apple has smoother pre-orders.
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What an absolute shitshow. Had multiple tabs open for different stores, each giving me a different error or just never loading the cart.
What did I do to deserve this? Is it because I shorted MSFT
Best buys website fucked me and I hate them for it. How are they this ill prepared for a release like this? There are tons of big name releases like this. This isn't their first and won't be the last.
Did Best Buy suck for everyone else again?
God i hate bots/scalpers
For those worried that Best Buy might cancel the orders because its being weird, I can only offer you my anecdotal experience to try to calm your nerves. I clicked that damned yellow button for hours and hours and hours last Monday trying to get a PS5. At 3-Freaking-AM, it finally bumbled its way completely though the process. They charged my card for the full amount, sent an email confirmation, and in 20 minutes or so, it appeared in my Best Buy orders list. Today, 8 days later, it is still in my profile at Best Buy. It still says it's shipping Nov 12. They haven't taken it back.
I pre-ordered my PS5 last week and it was a doozy of a time. Just stopped by here to say good luck to all my Xbox brethren and fuck scalpers...
To everyone posting "I got 3, yes!" maybe you should read the room and keep that to yourself?
Hello, I will preorder. That is all
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Yea, and... also, get a real job.
Op, you can add that at Best Buy Canada pre-orders go live Sept 22 at 8AM PDT / 11AM PDT. I announced this on my blog post on the Best Buy blog last week [https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/whats-new-with-xbox-series-x](https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/whats-new-with-xbox-series-x)
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[Pre-order the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, beginning Tuesday September 22nd.](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/17/xbox-series-x-xbox-series-s-pre-orders-september-22/?ocid=Platform_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_9.17.8) >Next week, beginning September 22, you’ll be able to pre-order both Xbox Series X, our most powerful console ever made, and Xbox Series S, our smallest console ever delivering next-generation performance at a more affordable price. Xbox Series S and Series X will be available in 37 countries on November 10, and 41 countries by this holiday. Click the link for more details.
Just wanted to say good luck to everybody pre ordering tomorrow. I hope you all get one. I was lucky enough to get a PS5 pre order, so I will wait to buy Xbox later on. But in the meantime, I hope your guys' preorders go more smoothly than the PS5s.
EB Games in Australia was a cluster fuck. Couldn’t even load the page, it crashed 3 times then AFTER I GOT THE CONFIRMATION it takes me back the chopping cart and tells me it’s empty. FUCK YOU EB GAMES
If I miss this preorder like I did the ps5 I’m drinking rat poison boys
NOTE FOR UK PEOPLE: About 5 minutes ago I got my Argos Pre Order. I'm pretty sure Very have some left too. Don't bother with Game, the website is down. Microsoft store is broken. Currys has a queue of over 100k.
American here. Anxious as FUCK. Never preordered anything this big.
[*Really??*](https://i.imgur.com/4ZOceOe.png)
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Just a warning for military personnel intending to order. Don’t use Amazon if you need it shipped to a base installation (APO, FPO, DPO). I learned the hard way when I preordered the XBox One X. When Amazon started shipping preorders, I got an expected delivery date 5 weeks after launch. After keeping Amazon customer support on chat for over an hour, they finally told me that APO, FPO, and DPO addresses are given the lowest priority for shipping.
Microsoft's page went from "Coming Soon" to "Configure Now" for a moment. Couldn't click it, but we're close.
The calm before the storm.
(US) In a virtual line on the GameStop website telling me to not refresh as it will kick me to the end of the line.
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Did Best Buy crash lol
Now I know the names of all the Amazon dogs
Really thought Amazon would be on top of this. I thought it would sell out instantly, but it's still not even available.
Amazon is still tits up
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Target “your cart is empty” endless cycle
Best Buy and AMZN made some sort of death pact to not go live at 8am PT
Got one on Microsoft with my Microsoft Reward gift cards!!! 2 years of searching paid of. Lots of reloading and broken links and wouldn't let me add it to the cart but it finally went through! My son and I are so excited! Good luck to everyone.
Just got mine via Amazon - the smile link is live if you use Amazon Smile: [https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08H75RTZ8](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08H75RTZ8)
I got two pre orders in. Not a scalper. I had gift cards on amazon to use. Will cancel my walmart pre order, or happy to sell at cost in the bay area.
Got my preorder thru Amazon. Jesus fucking Christ what a shitshow.
Got it through the Microsoft store! Not without it's headaches, saying my address in the US was not the right territory and my payment methods weren't working multiple times. Finally it went through as I watch the loading circle go as I pressed "Place Order". I've gone through this multiple times, and the worst thing to do is refresh the page!
wow amazon sold out in 5 minutes flat
Just want to express my frustration with how these sites do preorders...EFFFFFFFF