A certain person did that too 1938...
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Official: Xbox One in only 13 markets in '13; Free game for delayed preorderers
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A certain person did that too 1938...
BlazingDarkness
Member
er, how? Ps3 preorders came off of the back of the god damn ps2, what are you talking about?
Pre-orders and launch frenzy mean absolutely nothing. Give it at least 6 months after launch to make any kind of reviews of the situation.
X1 delay means MS will not reach total X360 numbers ever. Same situation as Nintendo has with WiiU vs Wii. PS4 might get to 50-100 million consoles sold but overall this will be serious trouble for the whole industry, especially for bloated AAA market. Crash is one step closer again.
$599? Ever heard of that?
I'm serious. I'm sure there are many people who have not preordered the Xbone yet in those countries, but now when they go to preorder they'll just be told that it'll be coming in 2014, which they will think was the launch date the whole time. When they do that, they'll be greeted with a nice surprise of a free game with their launch console.
Not everyone is as informed as we are here on GAF.
EDIT: NVM just noticed it only applies for people who preordered before today. If MS was smart they would extend this to all preorders until launch for people in the delayed countries.
BlastProcessing
Member
TheresHellToupee
Banned
Serious question: would this count as another MS 180?
Since they're reversing something they previously promised and all.
Since they're reversing something they previously promised and all.
TheresHellToupee
Banned
Duxxy3
Member
It should be obvious by now... he is Don Mattrick.
DeadlyVirus
Member
Sony's brand is so weak that they sold more PS3's than MS sold 360's... GG
Uno Venova
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TheresHellToupee
Banned
I don't know what the hell tangent you're on, so I'll just stare at the window at this funny cat I can see.
Yay funny cat! Run!
Katana_Strikes
Member
Then Im sure those people will be happy to buy it again for $499!
Yes the PS brand isn't as big as it once was. But I'm not saying that again. I'm saying in Europe the PS brand is bigger and people were willing to buy it over the 360 despite Sonys best efforts to mess it up. And why they won't be so willing to jump in with the XB1 so easily especially as MS have their backs against a brick wall with their competition in a better position this gen to really take home the prize.
BRocknRolla
Member
I never get tired of seeing new gifs.
A good joke, but I do think the other poster is right. If you're going to take the time to translate everything into German, which you would because it's such an economically powerful country, it's not a big jump to just go across the border and support Austria too.
To be fair, I don't think I'd put this particularly high on the list of things they've bungled, but it's just that they keep adding to the list...
My guess cboat isn't just one person. The person who operates cboat's username probably has several microsoft connections thus harder for MS to pinpoint the leak.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
They have the main European countries (sales wise) covered so it is not a disaster in Europe. Those being UK and Germany.
What would be a concern is a scenario where, despite concentrating on fewer countries, MS still has less XBO stock than PS4's in all those priority countries.
What would be a concern is a scenario where, despite concentrating on fewer countries, MS still has less XBO stock than PS4's in all those priority countries.
It's a great plan, they should implement it everywhere. Why should only these countries get the better deal?
He wasn't original source of this rumour - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=635406
test_account
XP-39C²
Out of curiousity, which online features are said be better on Xbox One?
Yeah, if its used as an arguement that its more silent than the PS4, and we dont know how silent/loud the PS4 is, then its too early to say anything about that indeed.
dodgykebaab
Banned
I live in England and I'm not getting an Xbone, so this is not my concern but are MS utterly mad?
Brazil is a generation at least behind the rest of the world, Spain has no money, nor does Italy right now.
Why skip Sweden, Netherlands and Norway who would by this and do have money?! Then again MS will probably make a 180 next week...
Brazil is a generation at least behind the rest of the world, Spain has no money, nor does Italy right now.
Why skip Sweden, Netherlands and Norway who would by this and do have money?! Then again MS will probably make a 180 next week...
Sakura
Member
While it's unfortunate to the fans in the regions where the console is delayed, if you are having trouble manufacturing enough units for launch, it makes sense for MS to cut the small markets. I think the greater potential problem here though, is that even after cutting these smaller markets, they still don't have enough units for their major markets.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
What exactly did he say? I didn't see his latest post.
Youth unemployment is sky high in Spain so the kids have lots of free time to play games.
BlazingDarkness
Member
The free game pack in doesn't seem like such a steal when you realise that you probably can't choose which game it is and that you'd be able to purchase the console and game of your choice in the territories it released in earlier for cheaper. Heck there'll probably be bundles with a couple of games in released in tier 1 countries for the same price as launch hardware elsewhere. Oh well, all about that perceived freebie value!
yellow submarine
Member
He/She's someone who works in the Xbox division at MSFT. How high up, no one knows? Probably Senior Dev Manager or something. Perhaps Senior PM based on knowledge of marketing and operations details.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I wonder if those whose preorder was delayed get a special achievement?
Doesn't make any difference to me personally as they've not managed to convince me that I need one yet.
I wonder how it will affect third party developers though if they're launching a game on the current gen, maybe PS4 and Xbox One but then have to launch it maybe months later in other regions on the Xbox One? I wonder if some may see it as not being worth it due to the delay as they'll be launching to a limited market anyway?
I wonder how it will affect third party developers though if they're launching a game on the current gen, maybe PS4 and Xbox One but then have to launch it maybe months later in other regions on the Xbox One? I wonder if some may see it as not being worth it due to the delay as they'll be launching to a limited market anyway?
ethomaz
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Bold: Brasil was a generation behind the rest of the world... not anymore.
All consoles were launched here... the next-gen will be at Day One here... most games got localizations (not only subs but dubs too)... all releases here are inline with the US dates. GFK is tracking games sales here too.
The price of the consoles/games still is a big issue but that is getting better fast too (most releases are priced at $65 today... before new releases were over $90).
The 2011 figures shows over 3.1 million current gen consoles sold here (PS3 + 360 + Wii).
WEAK. I literally just spit out the water I was drinking from laughter. 2nd guy's face is priceless.
what
Well it would be great to just give everyone free games, but MS probably wants to minimize costs as much as they can without losing too much consumer goodwill. These countries should get the better deal because they are getting the raw deal of waiting until 2014 for their consoles when it was originally supposed to come out in 2013.
I'm not suggesting Sony will react to anything, just that we don't yet know their full country list or volumes.
If this is due to manufacturing issues, it is critical for MS to try and address that quickly, otherwise they could have slow supply throughout 2014.
I'm not sure I'd say it's a minor thing; it's symptomatic of a much more serious problem, which is that they've managed to design a system that is both weaker and more difficult to manufacture than Sony's. I don't know if that's a side-effect of being rushed, or what, but it's a pretty major fuckup however you cut it.
Neuromancer
Member
I was wondering if anyone was going to say anything...
Looking on the positive side, at least they could plan a 1-2 boost in 2014 for the envitable dip in sales they're going to see.
Launch in Tier 2 countries with a Titanfall bundle April 2014
Launch in Tier 3 countries & price cut $100 or $150 Kinectless bundle with Halo 5 bundle in September 2014
Launch in Tier 2 countries with a Titanfall bundle April 2014
Launch in Tier 3 countries & price cut $100 or $150 Kinectless bundle with Halo 5 bundle in September 2014
BlazingDarkness
Member
True, and I was commenting in a more general sense. But I was getting at the fact that Sony are working to their own standards and so we shouldn't assume that they'll be treating the launch in the same staggered, and wholly splintered, way that Microsoft are doing. To predict Sony's strategy it's wiser to look back to their earlier hardware launches rather than what Microsoft are doing.