The consoles are finally going to be launched in China in June according to Microsoft.
The official release date is set for June 10, preorders will open 3 weeks prior to that date, on May 19. The recommended price for Xbox Series S is ¥2399 ($372), and the price of the Series X console is ¥3899 ($600). Thus, both consoles are going to cost about $100 more in mainland China than in the US, where Series X launched at $499.99 while the cost of Series S was $299.99.
Just a little earlier, on May 15 PlayStation 5 was officially released in China. Even though Chinese gamers are not active console users, on April 29 when pre-orders for PS5 opened, all 50,000 consoles were sold out in 20 minutes.
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