Online retailers see replenished Xbox One stock following holidays

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Microsoft executives had the company fighting hard to make sure its new Xbox One console was available during the holiday season, and it appears that has resulted in readily available online stock following the post-Christmas shopping season.

Bundle-free Xbox One consoles have been available at most major online retailers following Christmas, including Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, the Microsoft Store and Walmart. Bundled versions of the console are also available at several outlets, though their availability varies by store. Given Microsoft’s production of Xbox One, stock should continue to be available now that the console’s debut and the holiday shopping season has passed.

Xbox One entered “full production” in September, with the first shipments sent to retailers at about the same time. In its first nine days of release, Microsoft sold 909,132 Xbox One units, according to the NPD Group.

One of the most notable decisions Microsoft made with its console was to use DDR3 memory with an on-board ESDRM chip instead of GDDR5, which was partially done because of production yields. Xbox One architects said the decision was made for power consumption and “the commodity memory is cheaper as well, so you can afford more.”

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HonkPosted:

1492
VANAGON I like how they show a pic of it in an armed truck lol.


We'll they have a lot to deliver lol


haha I did not even notice that.

HonkPosted:

1492
Luxe
Craigyy
WeAreAnonym0us I am happy that I got the Day One sent to my house in the mail so that I didn't have to fight off people.


You were very very lucky then.


Oh yeah, I watched some videos of the crowds, thats just crazy


I didn't, was it really that bad?


There was 3 people at the midnight release at my local Walmart.

HonkPosted:

dsfRACe65fGYUGFt24rd probably buy it when the stop buying making 360 games


That will not be for a couple of years.

SpektorPosted:

probably buy it when the stop buying making 360 games

CraigPosted:

Honk
Luxe
Craigyy
WeAreAnonym0us I am happy that I got the Day One sent to my house in the mail so that I didn't have to fight off people.


You were very very lucky then.


Oh yeah, I watched some videos of the crowds, thats just crazy


I went to the midnight release at my local Walmart and there was 3 people lol.


Then you were really really lucky lol. But I wouldn't be that silly.

HonkPosted:

Luxe
Craigyy
WeAreAnonym0us I am happy that I got the Day One sent to my house in the mail so that I didn't have to fight off people.


You were very very lucky then.


Oh yeah, I watched some videos of the crowds, thats just crazy


I went to the midnight release at my local Walmart and there was 3 people lol.

sotaPosted:

Craigyy
WeAreAnonym0us I am happy that I got the Day One sent to my house in the mail so that I didn't have to fight off people.


You were very very lucky then.


Oh yeah, I watched some videos of the crowds, thats just crazy

DiscPosted:

I Like this type of news!
Keep it coming

sotaPosted:

Honk
Zoidberg I'm not going to buy one until they shut off 360 servers. Then I'll most likely try to sell everything.


I heard they are not shutting the servers down for another 2 years.


In a way, that seems a little soon

CraigPosted:

WeAreAnonym0us I am happy that I got the Day One sent to my house in the mail so that I didn't have to fight off people.


You were very very lucky then.