The old model 'Xbox One X' inadvertently sold stupidly with the start of reservation acceptance of the next-generation machine 'Xbox Series X'



On September 22, 2020, we started accepting reservations for the next-generation game console ' Xbox Series X ' overseas. However, with the start of accepting reservations, the number of people who inadvertently purchase the old model 'Xbox One X' has increased. There is a situation where the Xbox One X is in the top of the sales ranking.

Whoops, some folks got an Xbox One instead of a Series X pre-order --Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/22/21451484/xbox-series-x-preorder-one-mistake-s-microsoft-naming

Xbox One X Sales Skyrocket As Preorders For Xbox Series X Go Live --Game Informer
https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/09/22/xbox-one-x-sales-skyrocket-as-preorders-for-xbox-series-x-go-live

Andrew Alerts, the founder of Nintendo news site Nintendeal, was the first to report this. According to Alerts, Xbox One X is in a state of 'sales increase of 747%' on Amazon, and suddenly rose from 331st to 4th in the video game sales ranking.




Alerts points out that this phenomenon is due to the fact that the name of the next-generation 'Xbox Series X' is very similar to the name of the old model 'Xbox One X'. Microsoft points out that it is deteriorating its position when it comes to game console naming.




As a result of this phenomenon, it is expected that there will be many reports that 'I should have ordered Xbox Series X, but it was Xbox One X', and about the name of the Xbox series, 'Xbox 720, Xbox' on Twitter It should have been named something like 1080! ”Has been posted.




In Japan, reservations for Xbox Series X will start on September 25, 2020.

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