It seems that during Black Friday shopping hours it doesn’t counter or PS5 that sold like a hot cake, but instead the less powerful Xbox Series X sibling, the $ 300 Xbox Series S. This is likely due to a few factors including price and availability on retail sites like Amazon.
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At first glance, this may seem surprising, but there are a few reasons this smaller Xbox does so well. For one thing it is actually available in many stores. It’s very hard to get your hands on a $ 500 PS5 or Xbox Series X right now. However, the Series S has been available in various stores for days, including GameStop and Best Buy.
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Another thing that helps the Series S is Game Pass. Between Forza Horizon 5, Halo infinite, and a large library of older and newer games, the service gives people a lot of things to play with at a low cost. The S series is also fully digital, so Game Pass is perfect for that.
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Finally, the lower price definitely helps when selling Xbox Series S consoles. I know a few people who normally wouldn’t buy a console anytime soon after it was released, or who never buy Xbox machines. However, many of them have Xbox Series S consoles. When I ask why, the answer is often, “Well, it was cheap and Game Pass seems like a great way to play new games and indie stuff.”
Interestingly, Last year, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said Kotaku that he expected that, said, “I think over the generations we would expect price to really count and the S series to sell more.”
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