Trying? Bro, I've seen MS launching numerous products over the years and this is competing with the goddamn KIN.
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Xbox One to only work in certain countries at launch
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Trying? Bro, I've seen MS launching numerous products over the years and this is competing with the goddamn KIN.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Jesus man,they spend few hours to finally know how to answer the question
https://twitter.com/XboxSupport1/status/344934381682577408
https://twitter.com/XboxSupport1/status/344934381682577408
uuaschbaer
Banned
So about this gamespot poll, how come Saudi Arabia, a country with 29 million people in it, cast 2.5 times the number of votes that the US did?
Majmun
Member
It's as if they've insured the project to the max and want it to fail to get a lot of money from the insurance company, or something like that.
I just can't think of something very logical.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I could easily see this console slipping into 2014 in many territories. The reason why they cancelled their post E3 roundtable and many one on one interviews is because they have no fucking clue when it comes to the console they designed. They're this late in the game and still have no answers.
Zomba13
Member
MS seems to be in full blown carnival of stupid mode right now.
I honestly don't get how people can defend this. I have a friend who is defending all this bullshit and I'm starting to think he may be a MS viral marketer. Either that or a massive MS fanboy who loves the taste of MS's ass.
I get liking the exclusive games. I get liking the new higher fidelity kinect. I even get maybe liking the TV shit but I cannot understand anyone defending MS on the DRM or this shit. Like, I honestly don't get their point of view. It mostly seems to be the 'It doesn't affect me so I'm fine with it' way of thinking.
I honestly don't get how people can defend this. I have a friend who is defending all this bullshit and I'm starting to think he may be a MS viral marketer. Either that or a massive MS fanboy who loves the taste of MS's ass.
I get liking the exclusive games. I get liking the new higher fidelity kinect. I even get maybe liking the TV shit but I cannot understand anyone defending MS on the DRM or this shit. Like, I honestly don't get their point of view. It mostly seems to be the 'It doesn't affect me so I'm fine with it' way of thinking.
freenudemacusers
Member
even assuming they do not know, the thing is, if you step outside of microsoft's bubble, every one of these answers is an easy yes from sony.
gutter_trash
Banned
Also IP locked per region.
A Spanish Xbox One becomes a brick inside Portugal, LOL that is hilarious
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Remember CBOAT saying DRM was actually way worse?...yeah.
I still can't find words for this. I thought, they will improve their quality, by expanding things and be more open to customers, but instead, they are just shitting all over us. This clearly isnt't right and I seriously hope, they fail with their plans and re-think, what they did.
Who was in charge of those stupid decisions? There is just no excuse for this bullshit.
Who was in charge of those stupid decisions? There is just no excuse for this bullshit.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
This is just crazy. God damn.
Mysterious
Banned
No Japan?
Probably their local equivalent of 4chan is having fun...
Sony's PR is yes to everything Microsoft fucked up on. How do you go from something as strong as a 360 to this? Honestly the only thing this is doing is making me sad.
Did I read the bolded right? Tell me you are joking...
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Japan will,according to famitsu
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201306/11034700.html
Btw since Xbox support seems don't know what's going on,i hope some game sites can ask high position guys about this question(kotaku guy are you here?)
Hellsing321
Member
If you realy can't play games from one region in another region than that is completely fucked. Even Steam lets you plays games on your account in any region or get games gifted to you from other regions.
For whatever reason Japan is never included in the "Asia" region when it comes to media. But I do find it odd that there doesn't seem to be any mention of Japan anywhere at all.
SURELY it's being released in one of the biggest gaming markets in the world, right? Even if it is one where Microsoft routinely gets trashed.
Right?
EDIT: Ah, Famitsu mentioned it? Well there you go.
KennyLinder
Member
I guess Microsoft Microsoft are running the show now instead of the Xbox Microsoft of the last two gens.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Thanks for showing how much you care for us Microsoft.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
When CBOAT said it got worse, I didn't even imagine that possibility.
swordsman720
Banned
I don't believe it that Sony able to pull this off.See the launch of PS3 as example.
MS will not make the same mistake as when Sony launched PS3 for the PAL countries.
Still sad for those people's whose live outside the launch countries.
MS please drop the 24 hours policies and you can have my money.
Marcus Beer has an exec interview tomorrow. He was already plenty pissed about Xbox One before I showed him this new information.
I really just wish I was a fly on the wall when they were debating the Xbox One strategy. Must have been just like living in bizarro world.
Yeah, although to be fair, region locking really is only something that matters to the hardest of the hardcore fans most of the time. Don't get me wrong, I love that PS4 is not region locked, but I don't think having a region blocked system really impacts sales much at all.
gutter_trash
Banned
Americans:
imagine if you bought a Xbox One in California then moved to Oregon and it ceased to work.
that is how ridiculous it sounds inside Europe: especially considering how small the countries are. Even smaller than some states
imagine if you bought a Xbox One in California then moved to Oregon and it ceased to work.
that is how ridiculous it sounds inside Europe: especially considering how small the countries are. Even smaller than some states
Ryan242004
Member
Guess they figured it out lol! Whew.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Show it to him and let him add this question
This makes me fall out laughing when I imagine it. Oh lawd...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Introducing the ONE REGION LOCK TO RULE THEM ALL!
Wanna import our system to play our games? TOO FUCKING BAD!! You're going to wait, and you're going to LIKE IT!
Wanna import our system to play our games? TOO FUCKING BAD!! You're going to wait, and you're going to LIKE IT!
Well damn he delivers for sure.
Look at the pic again that is not about launch dates exactly :lol
But he has a point. My country is there too so why should I care?
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
CBOAT, was this what you warned us about?
This sounds absolutely rotten and shortsighted.
This sounds absolutely rotten and shortsighted.
LQX
Member
Don't believe what? It is a given that if you get a PS4 it will work anywhere you can plug it in and hook it up to a monitor or TV.
And again with the maybes, laters sort ofs etc. So tired of this.
"I have internet speed that can allow the xbox to work why should i care?"
"I only buy new games why should i care?"
It's the principle behind it that people dislike.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm Finland. Could be a wrong stereotype but Scandinavian and Nordic countries have a high cost of living and a friend in Denmark is complaining about really expensive game prices. He used to order a lot from Amazon and Zavvi to counter that and as it's looking that will no longer be possible.
Principles are bullshit as far as video gaming goes. I just look at the product and ask myself "This is shitty move for some but does it affect me?" It's not rocket science.
a) Finland is not even part of Scandinavia.
b) The streotype is a fact
c) Zavvi and Amazon(.co.uk) are inside the same region so tell your Danish friend to relax.
I did earlier, he and a bunch of people retweeted it, then even more people were like "wtf are they thinking". I also saw that Kevin VanOrd, Justin Epperson, Rob Florence and some other journos are now aware of it. They are equally baffled.
swordsman720
Banned
Worse , pal countries have to wait almost a year for their ps3's, and he I do own PS3.. So no troll here.
where the hell is Greece? I was not planning to buy one and I also live in Italy now for the most part, but a lot of my friends will be pissed.
Well, means they are going to be forced to switch over to PS4. Sony is going to win over a lot of Europeans at launch!
EDIT: post #1000, my first one so far!
Well, means they are going to be forced to switch over to PS4. Sony is going to win over a lot of Europeans at launch!
EDIT: post #1000, my first one so far!
Interesting...
What? How is it possible that they don't know the answer to that?
I have a really bad feeling about this.
D
Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
I edited my post to include Nordic before you posted to counter any semantic deflections and we really don't know about c at this point. They may be starting to use IP-based country locking based on the current vague wording. This could fuck over continental Europe as a whole.