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[Majmun]

Xbox One to only work in certain countries at launch:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/pre-order-xbox-one/disclaimer

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States

Xbox One games are for activation and distribution only in specified geographic regions. See game package and/or retailer product information, for each game’s specific geographic regions.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/pre-order-xbox-one/disclaimer

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Regarding Asia

Microsoft Plots 2014 Launch for Xbox One in Asia

Asia :

Asian gamers will have to wait a year longer than their American counterparts to get their hands on Microsoft’s Xbox One, which will only be available in the region in late 2014, a year after its U.S. launch this November.

The new device will only be available in select Asian markets – Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and India

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/06/11/microsoft-plots-2014-launch-for-xbox-one-in-asia

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Xbox Support reactions from Twitter:

Lol:

Check this out, and remember, if you travel, don't forget to pack you X360:

 

[michaelius]

Will they block other IPs ?

 

[Neuromancer]

Bonus comment:

So, in Poland you can MAKE The Witcher 3, for XBOne... you just can't play it. ;-)

 

[Andrew.]

"Fortunatley consumers in other countries can just buy a 360."

 

[Katsuragi]

You should add this bit:

Xbox One games are for activation and distribution only in specified geographic regions. See game package and/or retailer product information, for each game’s specific geographic regions.

 

[kamakazi5]

Deal with it?

 

[Midnight Phoenix]

Will they block other IPs ?

Ha ha...no way.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

oh man that is super crappy :/ bunch of the dudes I work with in the winter are from South America and are left out of this wowowowowoowwoow

 

[Wolf Akela]

This thing is such a headache to use with all the rules to bear in mind.

 

[dab0ne]

I wonder if they're still going to try selling it in the countries that can't play it.

 

[ASIS]

MS! What u doing!

 

[FunkyPajamas]

You should add this bit:

New super-region lock!

 

[Terra]

You can always buy a 360 instead.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Poor Japan

 

[InsaneZero]

Will they block other IPs ?

This is most likely due to a lack of server presence outside of the listed areas rather than any sort of intentional directed hostility to the unlisted areas.

 

[FreezeSSC]

Asia am cry

 

[LebGuns]

Wow... What a joke. What a slap in the face. How is this acceptable?

 

[D-Dott]

My country is on there so all is well guys put away the pitchforks.

 

[Majmun]

You should add this bit:

Yeah, added

This whole console is such a clusterfuck.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Could this mean that they're only launching in these countries this year?

 

[chickdigger802]

aka


if you wanna play galgun 2 on your jp xbox one, you needa proxy that shit.

 

[Mung]

To be fair, only those countries would buy this, if at all.

 

[Nabs]

Even less than GFWL.

 

[kinoki]

You can always buy a 360 instead.

That's fortunate.

Edit: Not Japan?! o.ô

 

[Anteo]

Why would you live there?
sigh

 

[MrKayle]

sooooo which gaming countries aren't mentioned here?

 

[Liberty4all]

No Japan?

 

[BigWeather]

Microsoft: "Who would want to live in those other areas anyhow?"

Edit: ...and beaten by Anteo.

 

[AOC83]

Xbone only to sell in certain countries at ever:

US
UK

 

[Kyoufu]

I love how CD Projekt were on the stage for Microsoft. The irony.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Why would I not live in those countries?

Spoiler

Adam Orth parody don't hurt me.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

If you're gonna region lock, you might as well go balls deep.

 

[Katsuragi]

sooooo which gaming countries aren't mentioned here?

Japan, for example.

 

[blackflag]

sooooo which gaming countries aren't mentioned here?

Asia....all of it.

edit: well eastern Asia

CheapyD gonna be salty

 

[rrs]

It's like Microsoft is digging it's own grave

 

[Midnight Phoenix]

To be fair, only those countries would buy this, if at all.

Russia will buy it, if it will be hacked, as it was with 360.

 

[Gui_PT]

As I said in the other thread:

Well being from Portugal, this means I wouldn't be able to use their console if I bought it.

So they've just helped me decide to get the PS4.

THANKS MICROSOFT!

"By gamers for gamers" (if you have 500 dollars, a great internet connection and live in a certain country)

 

[Nevasleep]

Wait, so the ping is geolocked??? HAHAHAHA - although might just be live.

Every decision they find a way to screw the consumer, just like the points scandal brewing.

 

[lefantome]

what about Vaticam, San Marino, Andorra, Luxemburg and Monaco?

 

[Doublesith]

No Japan?

Wow. So they're really giving up on Japan, huh?

 

[Auto_aim1]

Asia launch has been delayed by a year too. So I think these are launch countries.

 

[wrowa]

Okay, what the fuck? Now you can't even import the hardware anymore? That's region-locking taken to the extreme.

 

[Ace Harding]

It doesn't stop.

what about Vaticam, San Marino, Andorra, Luxemburg and Monaco?

Xbox One does not work in little fantasy-land kingdoms.

 

[The Outsider]

...what? I don't plan to buy an Xbone anyway, but this just seems asinine to me.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Sucks for Asia and Eastern Europe.

 

[USC-fan]

So gamers in japan cannot buy the xbone at all?

Cheapyd going have a melt down! lol hope he finds out on the podcast. lol

 

[Twinduct]

So even if I wanted to buy it, I wouldn't have been able to. This is feeling like the exact opposite of the 360 launch. So many negative checkboxes ticked :/

Well so no one else would say it, sucks to be in Africa I guess ... then again Sony land here.

 

[Pungza]

Will it be sold in the other countries? Imagine not

 

[Mpl90]

Japan? Why would you want to live there?

 

[Majmun]

sooooo which gaming countries aren't mentioned here?

Is this sarcasm?