Yup. Especially in those countries, where Microsoft hasn't launched yet, the PS4 is also very hard to get. For example, in the Netherlands, if you order a PS4 now, you'll probably get it in May, maybe April.
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Xbox One Coming to 26 new markets in September
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michaelius
Banned
10 months delay for tier 2 countries ?
More like tier 10 then
More like tier 10 then
Hamster Plugin
Member
660 euros in my country (Finland). PS3 games are dominating the charts every time.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Doesn't everyone make their consoles in china anyway?
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Tier None
I still don't understand this, buying a 360 first last gen was a no brainer. You can even still see this trend in recent pal threads, EU sure loves their playstations.
Weren't consoles forbidden in China, until a year (or 2) ago? What's the situation with PS4 in China? Is it allowed there?
Nightengale
Member
Gaming consoles have been sold openly in China ever since the PS1 era. It's a 'soft ban', no one's going to call the cops if you openly sell consoles and pirated games, even in the largest supermarkets in China.
Fattony12000
Member
So Microsoft are just going to keep giving away that lead in console sales that they don't have? For the next six months? Interesting strategy.
due to popular demand, they had to focus on initial markets first.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Not to win, but i think they have legit chance of being a secondary console to the hardcore, if the price is right.
Ouch....
McHuj
Member
Yeah, how else do you fuck up like this? When they delayed last year, I thought it was going to be Q1 of this year, but not Q3.
It's not like they are lacking supply.
Broder Salsa
Banned
I'm glad my second/third tier country is finally luckily enough to be given this chance, to play the glorious Xbone by Microsoft.
Maninthemirror
Banned
Oye pakistan ni anay wala apka xbox one. Yahan amrika say order karlo ya dubai say .
MGSV: GZ, Definitive Edition. Calling it now.
This, of course, is after they discover how to use that dual-layered eSRAM.
/s
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
Ps4 could launch a year late and still outsell x1 fast in europe, so dont think they had much chance anyway. sm is just making it even worse then it would have been,
Why not? They've been there last year as well and the booth wasn't small (although it paled in comparison to Sony obviously).
Sidewinder
Member
In Switzerland it's as if it already released, it's in stock pretty much at every online shop:
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_318779.html
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_334382.html
Whereas the PS4 isn't:
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_306908.html
Lol! The One will have a VERY hard time winning these countries back. Good luck to you MS, not that they really expect to anyway.
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_318779.html
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_334382.html
Whereas the PS4 isn't:
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_306908.html
Lol! The One will have a VERY hard time winning these countries back. Good luck to you MS, not that they really expect to anyway.
quickwhips
Member
Good time right when Destiny is coming.
Wow.
I think there has to be some specific considerations in the case of selling it in China, like having some sort of partnership deals with a Chinese company and catering to Chinese specifications and content rules or some BS. I don't quite remember the exact requirements, but I don't believe the consoles China will be seeing will be the same as what everyone else will have.
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
Winning them back?? MS never had them...Sony always dominated the rest of europe.
Crimson_Gold
Member
Oh yes, the game that is being co-marketed by Sony. That'll sell Xbones for sure.
I don't know what MS is thinking. These markets may not respond well as seeing that many of the people in these markets that wanted the console have gotten them already from neighboring markets.
That is my assumption at least.
Remember, there are no yields issue.
So yeah, it must be speech recognition for sure. That's why it took 10 months to launch in a bunch of Tier 2 countries which have the same language as Tier 2 countries
travisbickle
Member
Launching a console 10 months later in the majority of markets? That's one approach.
Man, I feel like we're going to be the only country in the EU not to get the XBox One locally, unless they just go for Benelux in general when they say Belgium and the Netherlands.
Edit: Also, as for the Titanfall bundles, I don't see how that would have a lot of appeal with Destiny coming out right around that time and CoD and BF just 1-2 months later.
Edit: Also, as for the Titanfall bundles, I don't see how that would have a lot of appeal with Destiny coming out right around that time and CoD and BF just 1-2 months later.
To be drown out by the PS4 exclusive Destiny marketing blitz?...
Finding a store selling Xbox Ones in Sweden is pretty easy right now, but yeah, without a marketing push until September it's pretty much dead (or at least severely lagging behind).
McHuj
Member
Let's not get carried away hyperbole.
Nightengale
Member
I mean in an officially supported capacity.
maverick40
Junior Member
Which will also be on a cheaper and more powerfull console. What is your point?