Costco has quietly stopped selling Xbox consoles in the US and UK, in each its on-line and bodily shops.
As initially reported by TheGamer earlier this week, Resetera consumer kubev observed that Costco’s on-line retailer in the US had eliminated Xbox merchandise, with searches for Xbox now ensuing in a “We’re sorry. We weren’t capable of finding a match” error.
Likewise, final month, a Reddit user observed that the wholesaler’s on-line US web site now not confirmed Xbox merchandise.
GamesIndustry.biz has confirmed this. On the US Costco web site, the earlier landing page for Xbox consoles now exhibits: “We’re sorry. We weren’t capable of finding a match” error.
As well as, the location’s video games page now not has an Xbox class, however nonetheless has classes for PlayStation and Nintendo, with consoles and video games for each merchandise on sale.
Utilizing Wayback Machine, GamesIndustry.biz discovered that Costco had an Xbox class in Might 2025.
Equally, the UK on-line Costco retailer’s Gaming PCs & Consoles part now not exhibits Xbox consoles on the market, however nonetheless has PS5 and Nintendo Swap 2s on supply. When trying to find “Xbox,” the one result’s a Thrustmaster racing wheel.
Utilizing Wayback Machine, we discovered that on June 11, 2025, Costco’s UK web site listed the Xbox Sequence X on the market underneath its consoles part (as a members-only merchandise). Nonetheless, on August 6, 2025, it was now not listed.
On September 24, 2025, GamesIndustry.biz visited a Costco bodily retailer in the UK to see if Xbox consoles had been on sale, however discovered the shop solely had PlayStation and Nintendo merchandise. A PC World in the identical space, nevertheless, had Xbox Sequence X and Xbox Sequence S consoles on sale.
On the identical day, we additionally known as the customer support division of a separate UK retailer, enquiring about buying an Xbox Sequence X, and had been informed, “We do not even have the Xbox anymore.”
Costco hasn’t acknowledged or confirmed the elimination of Xbox merchandise from its UK or US shops, however GamesIndustry.biz has contacted the corporate for remark.
In October 2024, GamesIndustry.biz‘s Christopher Dring analysed European market knowledge to disclose how downloads have elevated for brand spanking new video games.
His report discovered that, for the primary 40 weeks of 2024, simply 19% of latest Xbox Sequence X and S video games had been bought by way of retail shops. In the identical interval in 2023, 26% of Xbox sport gross sales had been bodily.
Against this, for the primary 40 weeks of 2024, 32% of latest PS5 video games had been bought by way of bodily retail, dropping from 41% in 2023.
On Might 1, 2025, Microsoft raised the worth of the Xbox Sequence X in the US by $100, citing “market circumstances and the rising price of growth” as the explanation for the worth hike.
The corporate then introduced one other value hike earlier this week, “as a result of adjustments in the macroeconomic surroundings.”
“Console value will increase aren’t tariff points, they’re revenue points,” stated former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, in response to the will increase.
Nonetheless, Microsoft hasn’t explicitly stated these value will increase had been as a result of president Donald Trump’s tariffs, which threaten the very best tariffs on Asian markets, corresponding to China, the place Xbox consoles are primarily manufactured.
GamesIndustry.biz has contacted Costco for touch upon this story.