Oh come on!
What is next? the goddamn console gives you herpes?
Only if you fail to authenticate every 24 hours.
I'm one of those, I'm in Bouake / Ivory Coast right now for a month. Ohh well... Good thing I'm no loyal or fanboy to a brand ... My interest first !I know Africa is not a priority to them, but there are gamers there. And there are expats there that are doing work to make life better for those who need help. To think people (my colleagues) will not even have the opportunity to get XBoned because of their internet speed is one thing. But to just cut those gamers off completely seems insane to me.
This is easily the craziest thing to come out of e3 yet.
Absolutely incredible. This has got to be the most I'll conceived and consumer hostile console ever made.
I hope this fails so MS can learn a lesson about restricting user options and freedoms.
Oh come on!
What is next? the goddamn console gives you herpes?
i think Puerto rico counts as US but not colored green. unless they are taking preorders to fund the manufacturing of the system.
Wow. I just saw the connection.
Luxembourg and Iceland are two very small countries if you look at the population numbers (about 3-400k people), which is probably why they aren't on the list of "accepted" Xbox countries.]
i feel like i'm in a bad dream, and i've never liked MS in the console space, except for Xbox and project gotham racing.
this is coming from someone that's making a nice career and making good money from MS products in the server space.
the funniest thing here is the asian countries that it isnt launching in are some of the ones with the most reliable internet connections in the world.
This is probably the result of those yield issues Cboat was talking about.
I thought MS said they cared about Japan. They don't seem to be on the list.
So Japanese support for the system will be almost non existent? Well again makes the PS4 purchase much more appealing. Beat the dead horse some more.
IP blocking I assume.Wait, I don't understand. Only works in some countries at launch? The fuck does that mean? What is stopping the other countries from playing exactly?
I can only assume that they have a small building full of people with MBAs and PhDs that have done the math on a release strategy such as this and know what they're in for. That's the only thing that makes sense. Because on paper, this seems fucking absurd.
I know Africa is not a priority to them, but there are gamers there. And there are expats there that are doing work to make life better for those who need help. To think people (my colleagues) will not even have the opportunity to get XBoned because of their internet speed is one thing. But to just cut those gamers off completely seems insane to me.
This is easily the craziest thing to come out of e3 yet.
I still not buy this, just not this..
*respect knuckles*Yeah, I love me some Microsoft. I make my living programming largely in .NET. Love love love me some Microsoft.
But Microsoft and gaming is proving to be a toxic combination.
I hear DRM echoing tonight
My new console only whispers
I cannot play games on it at all
Will I have to use a proxy tonight?
I cannot even get the Xbox Guide to appear on my new console.
I miss young people calling thing "gay",
Having fun playing games even offline is now just an distant memory
Then Kaz turned to me too me as if to say,
Hurry boy, we're waiting here for you
I thought it would take a lot to make me get away from you
But now there nothing my hundred friends can even do
Xbone does not work in Africa
Gonna get a PS4 now - enjoy all the games we never had
I want to play Watch_Dogs on launch night
I just grow restless, wishing Microsoft was a better company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kratos angrily scales Mount Olympus holding a PS3
I got no online game to find, frightened of what Microsoft's become
I thought it would take a lot to make me get away from you
But now there nothing my hundred friends can even do
Xbone does not work in Africa
Gonna get a PS4 now - enjoy the games we never had
(Instrumental break)
Hurry boy, we're waiting here for you
I thought it would take a lot to make me get away from you
But now there nothing my hundred friends can even do
Xbone does not work in Africa.
Xbone does not work in Africa
Xbone does not work in Africa.
Xbone does not work in Africa.
Xbone does not work in Africa
Gonna get a PS4 now - enjoy the games we never had
Should've been first post..."Fortunatley consumers in other countries can just buy a 360."