Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed that its pair of next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and Series S, will launch on November 10th in Canada.
The beefy Sequence X will probably be priced at $599 CAD, whereas the lower-cost, all-digital Sequence S will value $379.99.
Forward of launch, Canadian retailers will start taking pre-orders for each consoles on September 22nd at 11am ET/8am PT. Understand that this solely applies to on-line pre-orders, so that you’ll have to test along with your native retailer to see whether or not they’re taking any in-store.
Moreover, it’s necessary to notice that not each retailer has put up their on-line listings for the consoles but. Subsequently, we’ll replace this story with the suitable hyperlinks as they go dwell.
For now, no less than, know that Sequence X and S pre-orders will probably be obtainable on the following retailers at 11am ET:
Amazon Canada
Greatest Purchase
EB Video games
Microsoft Retailer
The Supply
Walmart
On condition that we don’t know precisely when pre-orders will promote out, you’ll need to be fast on the draw. To avoid wasting time at checkout, it’s a good suggestion to have already got a web-based account for no matter retailer you propose on pre-ordering from. Be sure your entire delivery and fee particulars are updated. Lastly, log into your account forward of 11am ET. Doing all of this ahed of time will make sure that all you’ll have to do on the high of the hour is add the consoles to your cart and finalize the transaction.
Some meals for thought
It’s necessary to notice that Xbox All Entry, Microsoft’s console financing choice, is coming to Canada exclusively through EB Games. That stated, the program will not be available come pre-order time, with Microsoft merely saying it should launch someday earlier than the consoles launch on November 10th. Additional, particular Canadian particulars like pricing haven’t but been confirmed.
It’s additionally value mentioning that Microsoft simply introduced plans to acquire Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion USD (nearly $10 billion CAD). As soon as the deal is finalized, which means that builders like Bethesda Recreation Studios (The Elder Scrolls), id Software program (Doom) and Arkane (Dishonored) will probably be wholly owned by Microsoft. The timing of this information — a mere someday earlier than pre-orders go dwell — was little question intentional, on condition that it’s now gotten many individuals actively speaking about Xbox.
With all of that stated, then, you could need to issue within the present unavailability of All Entry — in addition to the long-term prospect of Bethesda games on Game Pass — into your pre-order plans.
What concerning the PS5?
The simultaneous launch of the Xbox Sequence X and Sequence S pre-orders throughout all retailers is a markedly completely different technique than the one employed by Sony with its personal next-gen console, the PlayStation 5.
Final week, the Japanese tech large revealed mere hours after its massive PS5 Showcase that pre-orders would open the following day, solely to out of the blue announce proper after that they have been going dwell that very same night time. Making issues extra difficult was the truth that retailers quickly began to accept pre-orders at different times. This all got here after Sony had particularly stated it wouldn’t simply drop PS5 pre-orders “at a minute’s notice.”
A couple of days later, Sony apologized for the PS5 pre-order situation, noting the method “might have gone lots smoother” whereas promising to have extra inventory obtainable between now and the tip of the 12 months. Total, the corporate says it should have more PS5s available at launch than it did for the PS4 when it launched in November 2013.
We’ll have extra on extra Canadian PlayStation 5 pre-orders as that info turns into obtainable. The PS5 will launch in Canada on November 12th for $629 CAD alongside its $499 disc-less Digital Edition counterpart.
Which console(s) are you planning to pre-order? Tell us within the feedback.
