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Do not open until November 6: the box with Xbox Series X controllers indicated the start date of sales of the console
Yesterday Microsoft officially announcedthat the next-generation Xbox Series X game console will be available in November this year. Unfortunately, the Redmond giant did not specify a more specific release date. However, according to The Verge journalist Tom Warren, it could take place on November 6th.
Warren shared a photo of a shipping box containing Xbox Series X controllers, apparently taken in a store's warehouse. The box states that the controllers inside are not to be shown or sold until November 6th, which could indicate the actual launch date for the new console. Given yesterday's statement from Microsoft, the latest data may not be far from the truth.
Xbox Series X may launch on November 6th. A tipster tells me boxes of the new controllers have a do not open date of November 6th on them. These controllers leaked earlier this week https://t.co/oyhlbg2SKopic.twitter.com/dq096shN7L
By the way, this leak appeared shortly after it was published on the Web. unboxing video controller for Xbox Series X. Thanks to this, it also became known that the controller will also be able to work with a more affordable version of the console - Xbox Series S. Rumors about it have been circulating for a long time, while some of them are quite confirmed concrete facts. According to the latest information, a more affordable version of Microsoft's game console may go on sale at the same time as the Xbox Series X.
As for the main competitor of the Xbox Series X, Sony still has not indicated the approximate launch date for its PlayStation 5 game console. At the moment, it is known that the console is going to be put on sale in the βpre-holiday periodβ of 2020. It is possible that the console from Sony will also appear on store shelves in November. It's hard to believe that the Japanese technology giant will decide to give its main competitor a serious head start.