Xbox Series X India Restocks Delayed Due to Covid-19 Outbreak: Sources
Microsoft’s E3 2021 event was essentially a 90-minute advertorial for Xbox Game Pass and the Xbox Series X|S. While the Redmond-based company did its best to sell gamers on the promise of the Xbox ecosystem, buying an Xbox Series X and S in some markets, like India has become a lot more challenging of late.
Several IGN India readers have reached out to us in the past few weeks after being unable to buy the Xbox Series X or S in the country. A cursory check on the Xbox Series X Telegram bot suggests some stocks trickled onto the likes of Amazon and Flipkart — likely returns being put up for sale again, because buying one in India has been next to impossible in recent weeks.
“Our last supply was around a month ago,” claims one Delhi-based retailer. “Redington [Microsoft’s Xbox distributor in India] has been non-committal on stocks since then.”
Similar sentiments were echoed by those in other parts of the country.
“We were told there would be a big restock this month,” says a Mumbai game store owner. “But that hasn’t happened yet.”
Nonetheless, multiple sources in the supply chain tell us that the reason for the lack of Xbox Series X and S restocks in India has to do with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
