Xbox Series X and S Arrive Early for a Lucky Few
For many of us, we are waiting anxiously for November 10th to arrive so that we can finally get our hands on the Xbox Series X and S. But for a lucky few around the world, that day came early.
Users on Reddit are reporting that they have already received their consoles with both a Series S showing up early in Canada and a Series X showing up in Portugal. While most of the consoles that were pre-ordered will not arrive until next week, if you have a lucky shirt or keychain, it might be time to get it out of its hiding spot.
The reality is that this happens with most major hardware releases. While Microsoft clearly doesn’t want these consoles arriving until next week, with so many now in retailers’ hands, it’s inevitable that some will accidentally be shipped out a bit early.
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The Series S linked to above did come from a third-party retailer but Series X, according to the user, did come directly from Microsoft in Portugal. Which just proves that there is no logic to who could potentially get their consoles early.
Also for the Series S, it looks like you will have around 380GB of free storage on the drive – keep this in mind if you plan on installing a bunch of games locally. While you can transfer and store games on an external drive, you will need either the expansion drive or the games installed on the internal drive to play games with the Series S (or X).
The only missing piece of the puzzle at this point are the early reviews of the hardware but should not have to wait too much longer for those to show up.