That means EU release will be December...
I hope not, but at this point it seems very plausible. (Damn you, Americans, for your Black Friday)
That means EU release will be December...
-360 promotion started before the 360 came outWhy? Why couldn't they start giving them away the day of launch?
The word late? Isnt that doritos saying that though?-360 promotion started before the 360 came out
-The word "late" doesn't inspire confidence they will be able to get it out before the PS4
-It hardly is evidence on its own, but combined with CBOAT and Kotaku it seems to make more and more sense
Well, who knows. Maybe they asked and MS said late? Maybe they just guessed?The word late? Isnt that doritos saying that though?
I wish Doritos would go ahead and announce a release date already!
For their new mountain dew flavored chips?
I thought they were Geoff Keighley flavored.
It's a huge shopping day, but it's a common myth that it's the biggest. That's usually right before Christmas.
It would still be a significant miss to not hit it, regardless.
Hmm if the announcement of the Xbox 360 release dates hadn't been at TGS in 2005 I would never believe it myself but MS is an odd duck to try and pin down
I can't tell if MS is trying to push into the Japanese market still. I think they don't really care anymore about Japan which would be the smart play but if CBOAT's platinum rumor is true that would imply they do still want to push in Japan
But didn't they already announce Japan isn't in the launch group? So they would go to tgs, and announce a launch date that doesn't apply to Japan? That'd be nutty. I suppose it's possible they've changed their mind, and Japan is now tier one. Really, at this point, nothing is out of the question.
Man I hope they don't rush it to meet the november date and then all the units break down and red ring again.
It won't launch before the PS4. Those who believe that are gonna be eating huge amounts of crow come launch time..
I really think they are trying to dispute the reports of manufacturing issues etc. I think they have strategically prepared enough to do a launch before the confirmed PS4 date. However I think Sony has been a head of them all this time, especially when it came to dropping the DRM. So that is why there isn't much news yet cause they want to announce as late as possible to delay any chance of Sony been able to release earlier.
The date is looking like the November 27th. At least according to amazon
I thought they were Geoff Keighley flavored.
November 20-25 sounds about right, they'll make it.
Still hoping for Nov 22nd.
This
27th is far too close to black friday
MS is silly, not stupid
Launching too close to PS4 would make it a nightmare for retailers. They do not want the consoles on the same day, nor even a week of each other if they could help it. Especially so close to Black Friday.
Honestly at this point I'd say go for a early-mid Dec launch. A couple of weeks at this point won't matter. You avoid Black Friday, and you give something to keep the retailers going into the shopping season instead of being sold out way before Christmas which is going to happen anyways. It'll probably be Nov22 if they can get units ready and retailers to bite.
Has MS even started production on XBone? it's already September.
One way or another, this is going to be one interesting season.
FWIW, the official rules have been updated from
"Xbox One has a targeted launch date of late November 2013"
to
"Xbox One has targeted launch date of November 2013."
Pretty much. Just give us a goddamn date, MS. This little mystery game isn't doing anybody any favors; if nothing else, it's pissing off the people you haven't lost yet who did preorder one.Late november is not a date. It's a goddam part of a month.