Xbox Series X|S Stock Drops To Surprisingly Low Levels At Multiple UK Retailers

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You may or may not be aware that Pure Xbox is actually a UK-based website, and usually it's pretty common for us to spot Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles at large retailers such as Amazon, Argos, Smyths, GAME and many others. However, all four of these (along with others) have a surprising lack of stock following the Christmas period.

This was brought to our attention by Pure Xbox user OldGamer999, and on further inspection, we've too noticed that Amazon is advertising a delivery delay of 1-2 months on the Xbox Series X, for example, and Smyths has no Xbox Series S stock at all. GAME is "running low" on the Series X and has no Series S stock right now either.

Here are a couple of examples from Currys and Smyths:

Now, before we get too doom and gloom, it's important to note that the situation isn't critical. The Microsoft Store still has stock of the Xbox Series X and S currently, while somewhere like the EE Store apparently still has over 50 Xbox Series S systems in stock, so it's not like you can't get one of these consoles if you really want one.

We understand the frustration though, as it's not a great look for so many major retailers to be low on stock entering the new year. Hopefully they'll be able to rectify the situation soon — perhaps they didn't quite anticipate the demand over Christmas — and fingers crossed there won't be any further stock issues for the remainder of 2025.