Xbox Series X25 Launch Stock: When and Where to Buy One

Missed the X25 console in August? You may get another shot, because Xbox kept some back. On November 10 it posted that a limited number of 25th anniversary consoles and controllers will go on sale at launch, at the Microsoft Store and other stores. There’s one wrinkle. Xbox’s post and Xbox’s own store don’t agree on the day.

When can you buy the Xbox Series X25?

At midnight. The trick is which one. Xbox’s post says the consoles go on sale “at launch on November 12,” at midnight local time, ET in the US. The Microsoft Store has listed the release as 12:00 a.m. ET on November 13 since pre-orders opened, and Xbox Wire’s August post says the console launches on the 13th too.

So the likely answer is the midnight at the end of Thursday the 12th, the same moment the store lists. Xbox hasn’t cleared it up, though, so if you really want one, try at midnight on Wednesday night as well. On the West Coast, the store’s time lands at 9 p.m. Thursday.

Outside the US, you’re looking at the same split: the 12th in Xbox’s post, midnight on the 13th in its store. In Canada that’s 12:00 a.m. ET, and it’s local midnight in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Japan. Australia runs on Sydney time, so it’s 11 p.m. Thursday in Brisbane and 9 p.m. in Perth.

How much is the Xbox Series X25?

$899.99 if you’re in the US. Microsoft’s store sells it in seven other countries too, from £759.99 in the UK to ¥134,980 in Japan, and every price is in the At a glance box up top.

GameStop’s listing showed $999.99 in late October, $100 over Microsoft’s price, with nothing extra on the page to explain it. Check the price before you check out.

Which stores will have it?

The Microsoft Store, for sure. Xbox’s post adds “participating retailers” without naming one. Best Buy, GameStop and Amazon all have X25 console listings, and Amazon’s works by invitation: you ask for an invite, and only the people who get one can buy.

Walmart and Target come up in some coverage, but Xbox hasn’t named them, and Walmart’s only X25 listing is the controller.

If launch night doesn’t go your way, your next shot might be November 25. Deal trackers say Best Buy will put more on its Drops app that day, with no time given yet.

How many X25 consoles are there?

25,000 for the public. Microsoft’s store says “Only 25,000 individually numbered consoles will be available to the public.” That’s a narrower claim than 25,000 made, and it doesn’t say how they’re split between countries. How many you’re actually up against on launch night, Xbox isn’t saying.

Is there a purchase limit?

Pre-orders were one per customer. For launch night, Xbox’s post doesn’t say. GameStop’s listing says one per customer, though that line dates from pre-orders. Expect each store to set its own, and don’t count on getting two.

What’s in the box?

A regular 1TB Xbox Series X with a 4K Blu-ray drive, in a translucent OG Green shell. The X lights up green when you turn it on, a nod to the original Xbox, and every console is engraved with its own number. You also get the X25 Special Edition controller and Halo: Campaign Evolved, which downloads during setup with no code to type in.

What about the X25 controller on its own?

Xbox’s post puts controllers in the launch stock too, but it doesn’t say whether that means more of the $79.99 one sold on its own. That one showed out of stock on the Microsoft Store in late October. I’ve got one, and I paired it with 8BitDo’s charging dock in my X25 controller first impressions.

Can you return it?

At the Microsoft Store, yes. Its holiday window covers purchases from October 1 to December 2, with returns through January 31, 2027, and the X25 isn’t on its list of exclusions. Buy it anywhere else and you’re on that store’s rules.