AUSTIN, Texas. June 19 - Video game retailer GameStop has hit its Xbox One launch cap and the company has ceased taking pre-orders, employees from a number of retail locations told Polygon. The company is still taking orders via its online site however.
According to reports from contacted store managers, the allocations for Sony's PS4 were considerably higher than the Xbox One. A manager from a California location said that they "were only given an allocation of 16 Xbox Ones, but [they] have 60 PlayStation 4s" and that they're still taking orders for the latter product.
A store manager in Ohio said that all stores were given instructions to cease pre-orders until they received more units from Microsoft.
Pre-orders for the Xbox One via GameStop for a $100 deposit began on June 10, the company limited orders to one per household.
A spokesperson for GameStop told Polygon, "Due to high demand, GameStop is not taking additional store reservations for the Xbox One Day One Edition. However, reservations can still be made at www.gamestop.com ... In the meantime, the Xbox One wireless controller and top Xbox One games like: Ryse: Son of Rome, Forza Motorsport 5, and Kinect Sports Rivals are available for pre-order at all GameStop stores or online."
Xbox One will launch in November of this year.
SOURCE: Polygon
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