With the last night's midnight sale of Xbox One, many people around the United States are already playing Microsoft's sequel to Xbox 360. Many more would be playing if they didn't have school the next day.
Yesterday's (technically, this morning) launch came just over a week after PS4 had a similar midnight special. Like the PS4, Xbox One was available only through retail stores like Best Buy and Target , USA Today reported. Compared to the PS4, Xbox One has so far done a better job at meeting demand, according to Bloomberg. PS4 units ran out quickly after a million were sold in the first 24 hours. Though Microsoft manufactured more consoles than it did before the debuts of both the other Xbox one and Xbox 360, demand will likely outpace supply at some point, according to Yusuf Mhedi, Microsoft senior vice president of interactive entertainment.
"We're really gratified and humbled about the amazing interest there has been," Mehdi told USA Today. "We've done everything we could to build as many units as possible. That said, there is a decent chance in the early weeks that we may be sold out in spite of the number we have built, which is the largest we have ever built."
It's been seven and eight years, respectively, since Xbox 360 and PS3 made their own hyped debuts. Since then, both consoles have sold about 80 million units each, indicative of brand royalty on the same level as Ford and Chevy, according to Bloomberg. Though the technology associated with each is mostly the same, there are enough nuances to keep users from switching from one console to the other. Rather than competing with each other, Xbox and Playstation are more accurately growing with each other.
Xbox could one day have a new backer, according to Bloomberg. Though the gaming system represents a large portion of its sales, some within the company have urged Microsoft to consider selling the platform, Bloomberg reported.
The Xbox One sells for $499.99.
