The Xbox One, which launched in 13 different markets last night at midnight, has already been snatched up by over one million people in its first 24 hours of availability. That's $500 million.

The Microsoft Sales Trumpet announced the news in a press release past the break, which confirms these are consoles sold directly to customers – not to retailers. This figure also surpasses day one Xbox 360 sales, marking a milestone for the Xbox division at Microsoft.

We've been quite busy with the Xbox One this week, as you can see on our Xbox One launch hub. We have an extensive review of the system, some streams we've posted dedicated to the games and plenty of news to pore over.

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