Xbox denies quitting Europe as report claims no Xbox Series X stock in Poland

Metro writes "Beyond Europe, there have been concerns around Xbox stock in other territories. In October, Microsoft gave a very vague answer when addressing reports of Xbox pulling out of Saudi Arabia, while restocks in India have reportedly been delayed until March next year.

Even if this is a temporary hitch, Xbox’s lack of presence in these territories doesn’t bode well for its future hardware plans, or if it simply wants to exist as a brand on other platforms."

[OtterX]

Both can be true. They're claiming that high customer demand is the reason for the outage. However, we do know that XBox sales have been slowing down by alot in these countries in the last year or more. More than likely, Microsoft had already pulled back on stock numbers here a while back, but now that the Holidays are here, there is a bigger demand on a smaller stock. So "technically" there is a higher demand, but that doesn't necessarily equate to high sales numbers. If a store has only 20 units, it's pretty easy to sell out of 20 units.

[Eonjay]

Exactly. The thing is we know that Xbox has had consitent YoY loses in Uk and Europe (well everywhere tecnically) and if this was because they were being shipped less units I think that would really piss off Xbox core gamers because it would mean that Microsoft had been purposely reducing its market share. Which is stupid. Of course Microsoft is going to blame stock instead of admitting that is sellng like crap. They wont admit that the loss in demand is the reason why supply has dwindled and not the other way around.

[GamerRN]

I remember back when they dominated Europe. After 360 they really screwed up with the One! I still think the industry would have been better with solid competition, the PS3 360 era really gave us some great games and awesome innovations!

[S2Killinit]

@GamerRN
I dont think they ever “dominated” Europe. Sales were close back then. Worldwide sales were only 2 million apart but there was a lot of doom articles about PS3. But yes during that gen xbox was very competitive until about halfway through the generation when they stopped being competitive, roughly coinciding with the release of Kinect.

[neutralgamer1992]

I think the bigger reason is they know they can get their games sold on playstation why worry about the hassle of selling hardware in countries where it was barely selling as is

[peppeaccardo]

Nobody cares of XBOX is not relevant anymore.

[Vits]

I also think it's dead in Brazil; basically, no official retailer has it in stock. You can still find it through third-party sellers, but at a pretty marked-up price. Which is sort of sad, given that Microsoft had, at one point, good control of that market.

[CptDville]

It’s been dead in Brazil for quite some time. They stopped selling physical media more than a year ago (not even first party MS games are being sold). Starfield, for exemple, is only physically available if imported from US.

[Vits]

I'm sorry, but if physical media on Xbox is an indication of anything, it's that people are stupid. The thing is quite literally worthless; it's just a physical activation key. Plus, Brazil does not operate like other markets when it comes to physical media. Just look at Nintendo and Sony—not all games get physical releases, and some that do are released quite literally half a decade after their original launch, like New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

So, I wouldn't consider that an indication of the device being discontinued in that market. Now, having literally zero stock at any of your 12 official retailers? That is a much different story.

[S2Killinit]

I feel bad for the people that keep falling for MS’s exaggerated promises each generation. They sure make a shiny presentation at the beginning of each generation.

[Eonjay]

Microsft has the worlds' best PR team Hands down. Even to its own determint. Even two year before they release thier next console they are claiming it will be the greatest leap of all time... their PR has no chill The actually greatest processing leap was PS2 to PS3. We are taling about 10x the processing power and 16x the Memory. So unless they mean the greatest leap in price gen over gen you see that they are willing to make claims that can't possibly be true.

[Tacoboto]

If they go from 12TFLOPS to even just 24, that *technically* would be true.

Obviously not in terms of percentage-increase-over-previ ous-gen, but much more literally the raw numbers.

Misleading but not a lie, fits perfectly with how they communicate nowadays.

Also much better than the alternative talking points of "No, you're an Xbox!"

[D2niceforu]

Lol you feel bad for xbox gamers?

[Hofstaderman]

Hi demand my follically dense buttocks. XBOX Series have never historically sold well anywhere in Europe. Poland traditionally has always been PC and PlayStation land. Unless they counting eveything as XBOX as per their latest marketing schlep.

[DazaMc]

The UK was the second biggest market for Xbox after America.

[MaximusPrime_]

"was". Yep, not anymore.

[DivineHand125]

The series consoles are currently sold out on Amazon UK. The series consoles are also the best selling console on Amazon. Call of Duty may have had more of an impact than we thought.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Be...

[Scissorman]

Given how the Xbox is being outsold 3:1 by PlayStation in the US, it's strongest territory, it might as well quit Europe.

[Hofstaderman]

Thry have. You have to see the store shelf allocation....literally no store allocates shelf space to XBOX.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Where is Obsecure_Observer? Is he alright?

[Hofstaderman]

Ask Gallaton.

[pwnmaster3000]

Lmaoooo

[ocelot07]

They are celebrating Sony not fully buying from software and co just yet.

[Eonjay]

Which is silly because Kadakawa never wanted to be bought... they wanted to avoid a hostile takeover. Which is exactly what they did. (to be fair some of the workers did want Sony to buy them and change leadership)

[Bathyj]

I only came in here you see him claim it's sold out in Poland

[raWfodog]

I’m sure they would spin it to say that it’s due high demand for Xbox consoles worldwide lol.

[anast]

They are moving away from consoles and the customers that bought the SX got ripped off.

[thesoftware730]

I have been playing my SX for 4 years now, and they system is being supported, with much more to come in 2025.

I don't feel ripped off, as a matter of fact , gonna be playing Indy tonight, and then jumping into either Diablo 4, or Cod: BO6 for some zombies right after.

[Eonjay]

The SX is a decent machine.

[Loktai]

It has support but- does it have the support of the OTHER machines is the question and will it have the future support of the other machines? I have no doubt it will continue to have games, its still a platform with millions and millions sold. But then I also really loved Dreamcast. COMPARED TO DREAMCAST SX is doing great.

[DivineHand125]

Either they had massive success over the holidays or they are really looking to exit the console space.

I went on the UK Amazon site and both series consoles are unavailable.

[DivineHand125]

Update: I checked the best seller list and the Xbox is the best selling console on Amazon UK. They may have underestimated the demand for g.i

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Be...

[The Wood]

theyre pulling out like she's a hook r

[The Wood]

They're pulling out like she's a hook r

[The Wood]

.....tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

[Agent75]

Look at thr range of games. Don't waste your money, unless you want a console to dust down.

[Destiny1080]

phil has turned my calculator into an xbox

[gold_drake]

its not just Poland tho. its several other countries.

its just ridiculous at this point.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

They're definitely pulling out? PS be outselling Xbox 10 to 1 in some countries. That's unsustainable.

[RaiderNation]

Xbox don't have to quit Europe. Europe already quit Xbox.

[Knushwood Butt]

'At the same time, we would like to inform you that the Xbox Series S is still available for purchase nationwide.’.

Yeah.

[Loktai]

IN MS's defense Poland isnt REALLY europe is it?

[SonOfOsiris]

Rip xbox

[derek]

The end result is the same. Xbox largely doesn't exist in Europe whether Microsoft is trying or not.