Costco Reportedly Stops Selling Xbox Consoles Online

Costco has reportedly stopped trading Xbox consoles online passim nan US and UK, according to reports by The Gamer and others. The wholesaler has removed immoderate mention of nan console and related accessories and games from its website. I checked this myself and, judge enough, nan hunt yielded nary results.

The tract still has dedicated sections for some Sony and Nintendo and is trading nan PS5 and nan Switch family of consoles, on pinch accessories and games for each system. It's unclear if online unavailability has extended to brick-and-mortar locations, but immoderate Reddit users noticed a distinct deficiency of Xbox products astatine nan retailer. We reached retired to Costco to inquire what's going connected and will update this station erstwhile we perceive back.

We don't cognize why Costco would make this move, but there's a chance this is successful narration to Microsoft's mediocre showing this console generation. The PS5 has sold astir 80 cardinal units, while nan Xbox Series X/S has sold astir 42 cardinal units.

The Xbox One besides struggled during nan erstwhile generation, starring immoderate to estimate that Microsoft has been preparing to exit nan console business. The institution has denied this and location person been rumors that it's actively moving connected nan follow-up to nan Series X/S. However, nan institution has besides begun porting its games to rival consoles.