Unknown One
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Maybe "Tales from my Ass IV" only got the console wrong?
Perhaps. Tales from my ass is usually directed at the PS4.
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GameReactor Rumor: XBOX 1 delayed until Q1 2014, maybe only in Europe; CVG: Not True
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Perhaps. Tales from my ass is usually directed at the PS4.
Acheteedo
Member
There was nothing fluffy about the DRM reversal. The included headset was solid good news. Anyway, not sure I care enough to continue this, just struck me as odd to link announcements several months apart, with plenty happening in between, as a trend.
shinra-bansho
Member
You must have missed the last Tales from my Ass.
Bigmac1910
Member
That would almost be suicide for MS as most of EU is PS land, apart from the UK. I doubt this is true, unless they have huge manufacturing issues. Or, before the 180 they only intended to launch in select countries cause of the always online DRM, but since they dropped it, maybe MS never managed to catch up with production to cover all other countries.
Remember this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=635406 ?
aaand this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=73032211&postcount=88
Maybe it's somehow connected?
aaand this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=73032211&postcount=88
Maybe it's somehow connected?
This is the only way this story would make sense.
They would be toast on continental Europe if this turns out true
I think that it could have to do with some territories being pushed back, but it's too much of a loss for Microsoft to concede 3-6 months where the PS4 is the only next-gen console. It was said last-gen and I'll repeat it, if/when consoles launch very far apart, you end up having the console shortage of the newer console driving sales in the other; that is to say, if someone walks to Gamestop with $399 and wants an Xbox One in Q1 2014 (for examples sake, definitely think it's coming November), and it's out of stock, they are highly likely to just get the other console instead, as they were prepared to let go of $399 for a next-gen console. Hype is very, very powerful. This happened to the PS3 when it launched a year late, and to supply shortages where 360's were in abundance.
Bluekaveli
Member
The posts get funnier and funnier each day
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Well, since their 'multi-media' services predominantly focus on the US for their new Xbox, I'm not so sure if they ever planned to put much faith in that market. Seems like MS just want to lock down US (and to an extent UK) markets to themselves. Launching in very few regions outside those countries would help create an artificial surplus of systems in both territories, so they can outship Sony early and get an early stronghold on those markets. Public perception and word of mouth would do the rest (strictly hypothetically).
While I don't think this is a sound strategy, and believe that MS should just take their limited supply in stride and not gun for dominance, it would gel with the idea of MS wanting the focus of the Xbox One to be a "luxury item" that's frankly not meant for everyone.
Do we think the launch is going to be anything other than disastrous anyway?
robertsan21
Member
hopefully this is true but I really doubt it... MS would be dead in the water if they did that.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Delete,figure out it's estimate
manzo
Member
Scandinavian countries are so small when it comes to LTDs. Should the Xbox One sell more than 300 000 consoles in the whole Scandinavia during it's lifetime, I'd say that's a great success. I don't have sales data to back this up, but I remember reading about 50 000 sold Xbox 360's in Finland. That's a quarter of normal monthly sales in the US.
So if they lose a sale of 15000 consoles during 2013 in Scandinavia, that's really a drop in the bucket.
So if they lose a sale of 15000 consoles during 2013 in Scandinavia, that's really a drop in the bucket.
Phire Phox
Banned
Um, Xbone will be fine. It'll do great this holiday season.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/367664253110476800
@SimoneAzzarello Ha, don't believe everything you read! We will share more details at Gamescom.
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You can say it's a denial or not a denial,but i think he basically confirmed we will know the release date of Xbox One at gamescom
@SimoneAzzarello Ha, don't believe everything you read! We will share more details at Gamescom.
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You can say it's a denial or not a denial,but i think he basically confirmed we will know the release date of Xbox One at gamescom
It doesn't really feel like that any more.
Yep this is the most probable case, granted this rumor is true
SwiftDeath
Member
Yeah don't think to be true at all
MS shipped the X360 knowing about the RROD problems
They're not launching late
That being said I have 0 trust in MS execs
Where for art thou cboat?
MS shipped the X360 knowing about the RROD problems
They're not launching late
That being said I have 0 trust in MS execs
Where for art thou cboat?
SwiftDeath
Member
Not anymore, he works at Zynga now.
Yeah uh, I don't think that they'd be insane enough to skip the holidays. Sony's got a strong position in Continental Europe, so Microsoft pretty much has to compete on equal terms in order to have a viable chance for success.
Skipping the holidays is just going to make things a lot tougher for them from the get go.
Skipping the holidays is just going to make things a lot tougher for them from the get go.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Well
German Xbox twitter denies Xbox One delay rumor
https://twitter.com/ekim_gaf/status/367647159254274048
German Xbox twitter denies Xbox One delay rumor
https://twitter.com/ekim_gaf/status/367647159254274048
It's not a straight up denial. It's "unlikely".
Still, ekim getting GAF news and updates from beyond the grave. Good work.
The Tales threads are usually when the source is very "questionable" like a forum post, my neigbor said that or something else.
PS4 just was a luring target.
ChainsawFilms
Member
Could be true. It will be about unit allocation - MS may want to match (or beat) the PS4 numbers in store in their key markets (US and UK, plus other "nearly MS owned" markets) and pickup other areas later.
They'd not admit that of course, they'd say it was due to localisation / language issues, not wishing to make any of the other markets seem less important.
Another option may be to simply get a very small number / less than planned to those smaller markets and saturate the US and UK. Makes sense, given where they are this generation in those markets and the apparent user shift to Sony next gen.
They'd not admit that of course, they'd say it was due to localisation / language issues, not wishing to make any of the other markets seem less important.
Another option may be to simply get a very small number / less than planned to those smaller markets and saturate the US and UK. Makes sense, given where they are this generation in those markets and the apparent user shift to Sony next gen.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Why did he banned anyway?
Templar_Dante
Banned
MS has been groggy since February,
Im thinking Gamescom may be the suckerpunch to the chin that sends them to the ground.
Gamers arent dumb..
They may have BF or/and Fifa, EU bighitters at the MS conference, but people still know those games will be multiplat. But not launching in every territory in EU? Thats a bit insulting, isnt it?
Can't for the life of me see how it could be 'insulting' especially when the 360 launched in fewer countries.Unwise, sure. Insulting? Nah.
Alx
Member
I think that the 360 launching in fewer countries wasn't exact, it did launch in more actually (Albert Penello was looking at wikipedia as a source, but he counted "Eurozone" as a single country). But even then, having a console launch later in European countries is nothing new indeed. The annoying part for the countries of Q1 2014 is that MS first announced they would be in the first launch, and later changed their plans.
it'll sell out wherever it's released, early adopters + limited supply will make sure of that
Templar_Dante
Banned
So. You think the world we lived in 2005 is the same one we do today?
Sorry, MS got away with the RROD fiasco all those years ago. If that happend on that large scale again. Their doomed.
X1 is also $300 dollars more expensive in my country than PS4.
PS4 = $500
X1= $750+
So they dont even have price on their side.
The original Xbox sold so badly and had such a limited release, alot of people assumed the 360 was the first foray into gaming. With that said, with the burn RROD caused, trust of MS was already low before they smeared dirt further on their already tarnished reputation all through 2013.
The Initial reveal was a wound.
E3 was throwing salt on it.
Not having a worldwide release, thats dousing it with vinegar right there.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
I think it will, but only because I think the recent cut in launch countries indicates a severe shortage in launch stock.
SHADES
Member
Even with all the shit that's surrounded the XB1 since may it will still sell out anywhere its launched, were probably looking at 1m launch units approx against a fan base of 76m, even if they lost 3/4 of their fan base there's still more than enough people still interested.
Also the power of CoD, Halo, Titanfall is enough of a lure.
Maybe but I don't think people realise how fucked it is in the UK. It's launching at a higher price than PS3 did with a comparatively poorer positioning.
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