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Project Scorpio will launch this year in China

announced at the Shanghai Surface event
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Xbox One release WW (staggered) November 2013
Xbox One release China September 2014

Xbox One S release WW (staggered) August 2016
Xbox One S release China early 2017



possible takes from this:

Xbox Scorpio release earlier than anticipated and likely not November in the West
or first simultaneously release for Xbox hardware in China ever
 
Before Destiny is certainly what is important. Or on the same day (though I would rather have it all set up and ready to go).
 
I doubt they would stretch it out more than 6 months from E3.

They will want to sell it in the hype period.

I think they will do what they've done with all their "S" models and say "shipping to your local retailers now" and they will be available in a few weeks.
 
Look under your seats.

That wouldn't cost that much for Microsoft tbh. Good way to get the word out there too. Not only would it basically be viral marketing, the people would also share their scorpio experience with the internet and friends.
 
Well, 13.7 Million Scorpios sold in China would be an incredible start!!


(I'm not sure you guys thought about how many people 1% is in China..haha)

the internet population in china is only around 53% of the total
and the gaming population in china is only 44% or 600m, but is expected to grow to 54% by 2021


if they can grab 1% of that gaming population by 2021, Xbox one would be a huge success in China
a more reasonable approach is to try and get 10% via Pc and Microsoft IPs e.g Minecraft


Is MS big in China?

Windows is huge in China (as everywhere on the planet)
not Xbox, tho
 
For serious, i guess the retail version console is ready to go pretty early, since it always take pretty long time to let Chinese gov "reviewing" a console.
 
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