GameStop executive Bob Puzon says the new $399 model is a "huge win and a huge opportunity."

The $399 Xbox One went on sale yesterday at retailers worldwide, and GameStop is already seeing a boost in business as a result, according to senior vice president of merchandising Bob Puzon.

"They went on sale in GameStop yesterday; these things started to fly off the shelves," Puzon told GameSpot at E3 today in Los Angeles. "It's a huge win and a huge opportunity for us."

Though the $399 Xbox One may be the hot new item, Puzon pointed out that the $499 standard Xbox One is still "very vibrant" for GameStop.

The $399 Xbox One does not come with Kinect, but Microsoft will begin selling standalone cameras for the console later this year. Puzon said, "that'll be interesting to see how many of those folks come back and buy the Kinect."

Microsoft sold 3 million consoles in the two months following the system's release at the end of 2013. However, the company has not announced a new sales update so far in 2014, only saying the system has shipped, not sold, 5 million units to date.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-399-xbox-ones-flying-off-the-shelves-at-gamestop/1100-6420336/

Where's BenV? He must confirm this.

Of course there was going to be an increase, but flying off the shelfs..idk. BenV needs to chip in.

Yay, more money to line his grubby little pockets. >.>

Well we already know there's an exaggeration with the 499$ being "still very vibrant"

Good to know. I'm still not expecting a huge bump in sales. Something moderate I think.

If they're flying off the shelves they probably shouldn't have ordered so many that the shelves can't hold them anymore.

You would hope so...

What's he going to say? He's a businessman, of course he's going to promote what he's selling. Not saying he's wrong, just that he's not the best source in the world in terms of an honest estimate.

My local gamestop had a good amount of pre-orders, will probably lead june's NPD, and a couple of weeks worldwide