derpysquirtle64 said:
What's with this Series S sales? |
Unfortunately, earlier this year Xbox made the rather poor decision to raise the price of Series S in Japan from 32,278 yen to 37,978 yen, claiming the increase in price was due to fluctuations in the exchange rate between the USD and Yen. Series S sales saw a massive drop in Japan after that, we fell from 1-2k Series S weeks being a fairly common sight in Japan, down to Series S commonly selling only 100-300 units per week here recently.
It's one reason why I was really hoping that Xbox would announce their first Series S price cut at the showcase, from $300 down to $250, which subsequently would have lowered Series S back down to it's original price of 32k yen in Japan, and salvaging it's sales somewhat. Unfortunately, Xbox decided to keep Series S at $300. Hopefully they drop it's pricing for the Holiday season later this year at least, and keep that $250 price permanent moving into 2024.
It's also worth noting that Famitsu doesn't appear to receive any sales data from Amazon Japan, and Series S tends to sell pretty well on Amazon Japan compared to Japanese electronics stores that Famitsu does receive data from. For instance Series S is currently at #12 on Amazon Japan, and it sold so well there recently that it is now sold out, alongside both Series X SKU's being sold out there.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 15 June 2023
