Pre-orders for the Xbox 25th Anniversary collection sold out after opening in August, according to Pure Xbox and TheGamer. Xbox has since said a limited number of consoles and controllers will be available at launch through the Microsoft Store, whose US listing displays a release date of “November 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM” and whose UK listing displays “13 November 2026 at 00:00”. The US listing prices the collection “Starting From $899.99”.

Xbox set out the restock in a post on X on 10 November. “Missed the pre-order? A limited number of Xbox 25th Anniversary consoles and controllers will be available at launch on November 12 through the Microsoft Store and participating retailers,” the post said, as quoted by Pure Xbox.

The post added that “Availability begins at midnight local time (ET in the US)” and that “Quantities and availability vary by market and retailer”, according to TrueAchievements, which quoted it in full. Pure Xbox said the participating retailers had yet to be named.

What the store listings say about timing

The US Microsoft Store listing gives a release date of “November 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM”, with an underlying timestamp of 05:00 UTC on 13 November 2026. That instant is midnight Eastern Standard Time on 13 November. The UK listing shows “13 November 2026 at 00:00”. Neither listing uses the phrase “midnight local time”, which comes from Xbox’s own post.

The 10 November post on X named a different date, 12 November, and said availability begins at midnight local time, ET in the US. Xbox Wire’s 26 August post, the latest Wire entry on the collection, said the collection “launches on November 13, 2026, for an MSRP of $899.99 USD”. Microsoft has not published an explanation for the difference between the date in the post on X and the dates carried by the store listings and Xbox Wire.

Pure Xbox said the post does not make fully clear whether midnight means the night of 11 November going into 12 November. TheGamer read the timing as “as soon as November 11 becomes November 12”.

What the $899.99 collection includes

Microsoft Store copy for the US listing describes “the limited edition XBOX Series X25 and translucent OG Green with 1TB SSD storage” and says the package includes the XBOX Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition, an engraved numbered console and Halo: Campaign Evolved. The listing was marked “Out of stock” ahead of the release date.

Xbox Wire said on 26 August that every Series X25 Limited Edition console “is individually numbered with a unique engraving” and “comes with a full-game download of Halo: Campaign Evolved”, and referred to the console’s “translucent OG Green design”. TrueAchievements describes the console as a 1TB Series X in translucent OG Green, with each unit individually numbered. Make Tech Easier covered the individually numbered consoles and the $899.99 collection separately.

The X25 Special Edition controller is also sold separately, at $79.99 according to The Shortcut. Xbox Wire said in August that the controller was launching on 20 October. The post on X referred to consoles and controllers without giving prices.

Away from the X25 collection, Make Tech Easier has also covered the Xbox Nano controller and a preview of Xbox cloud gaming on a phone controller.

How the August pre-orders went

Xbox Wire described a two-stage pre-order: email invitations beginning 26 August, with public pre-orders opening on Thursday 27 August at 7 a.m. PDT in select markets, through the Xbox site or participating retailers, while supplies last. Pricing varied by market, and the pre-order was limited to one XBOX 25th anniversary collection per customer. That limit was set for the August pre-order window.

Pure Xbox said the August pre-order sold out and that the collection “became a target for scalpers within 24 hours”. TrueAchievements said the sale “sold out ridiculously fast”, and TheGamer said pre-orders sold out almost immediately. Xbox’s own post on X opened with the line “Missed the pre-order?”

Xbox has not published a unit count for the restock. The post on X said only that “a limited number” of consoles and controllers would be available, with quantities varying by market and retailer.