Notice the wording. It's not saying the system is launching in all these regions. It's saying the regions where games will work if you manage to obtain a console, which could be done through importing.
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Xbox One to only work in certain countries at launch
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Notice the wording. It's not saying the system is launching in all these regions. It's saying the regions where games will work if you manage to obtain a console, which could be done through importing.
What the shit, its true?
"Buying from the 'base exchange'. I don't even know what that means, but it sounds pretty horrible."
ClivePwned
Member
It is turning into tragedy
Mentaiko_Allergy
Member
The base exchange is just a store that sells American goods. That's all.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Money is a reason that needs to be disclosed now? I mean, what else could it possibly be?
Rainbow In The Dark
Member
I'm glad it isn't available in my country because now I won't have to convince people to don't buy it anymore. 
MvmntInGrn
Member
That might be true but when that game is, for example, Demon's Souls which wasn't received amazingly in Japan I can't help but disagree about it not being something to worry about. I don't think the series would be on its third entry if it wasn't for the overseas market that imported and praised it.
CAVE games alone have been enough for many a gamer to pick up a Japanese 360 system too.
There are great games to be missed thanks to region locking. I don't think it should ever just be shrugged off.
PuppetMaster
Member
As an expat living in Asia these kinds of policies just makes my blood boil
Just when I though my disgust with MS had peaked, they reveal something like this...
Just when I though my disgust with MS had peaked, they reveal something like this...
Stone Ocean
Member
We've passed the curse point. This is basically a biblical plague now.
seattle6418
Member
You have it messed up. How can they NOT know the answer for such simple questions? They are the ones trying to sell, trying to please the fans in order to make business. We should wait until might MS makes up their mind?
No, no no, this is just unacceptable. Nobody is asking anything under NDA, and if these topics are under NDA at the moment, then it's clearly something bad.
That's why so many people are outraged.
They are the biggest problem. Can't wait to see the lines at midnight for the launch of this thing. However, after six months or so, this is shaping up to be a colossal flop.
Sums up my feelings.
CecilRousso
Member
So this is Microsofts idea of a modern system?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Apparently Asia is late 2014.
travisbickle
Member
Why are Microsoft acting like it is the 90s again?
Holy shit, I can't believe I actually cannot buy and play this console when it launches!!! (Live in South Korea, you know the place with the fastest internet in the world, born in the UK).
Holy shit, I can't believe I actually cannot buy and play this console when it launches!!! (Live in South Korea, you know the place with the fastest internet in the world, born in the UK).
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Oh my. I cant at this news. I just cant.
Phat Michael
Banned
This actually isnt region locking but something which has never been done before. I dont care about region locked games as it is part and parcel of owning a console, what i do care about is the fact that i cant tie my current XBL account (Australian membership) to the console i want to purchase at launch (PAL UK or PAL UAE - same console)
i think what is being implied is that if i live in the UAE, i have to tie it to UAE servers - which may mean i lose my 30K+ gamerscore which is currently tied to an AUS account and the fact that i cant get a console on launch as the UAE region is not supported yet.
WHat this means is maybe for the first year i will be PS4 only until the xbox is "officially" released and supported here.
Oh I thought they were getting rid of Silver and paid Gold was now the only option anyways.
Wouldn't be surprised.
This does not follow at all. If most games are translated into multiple languages, people will want to play them in any and all languages that they can read and understand.
As a multilingual person whose wife comes from a different culture, I know I'll be giving my kids games in the language of the country that we don't live in, so that they can be exposed to part of their heritage. Are you forgetting just how many American families include immigrants? The borough of Queens in NY (to take one example) is 47% foreign-born. All those people should be denied the right to play games in their native tongue? And if they go back to their birthplaces, they shouldn't be able to carry their English-language game hobby with them?
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
I just saw this. MS are gonna crash and burn this gen, holy fuck.
And it's 100% their fault.
Tallshortman
Member
I don't even understand why they would do IP locking, I see zero advantages for them.
Phife Dawg
Member
Wait, do I interpret the map correctly and MS considers each country in Europe to be their own region? Surely that can't be true, can it?
sankt-Antonio
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No Forza for Amar then...
What a shitty thing to do.
What a shitty thing to do.
This generation so far is like a championship bout between two world champion boxers, only with the fact that one of the fighters has somehow managed to not only piss off almost the entire audience with their arrogance, but also managed to break their own nose and five ribs before even entering the ring.
It ends up as a complete knockout, and all the competition has to do is a single punch to end it.
that's my lovely analogy. Apply it to wrestling if you wish
It ends up as a complete knockout, and all the competition has to do is a single punch to end it.
that's my lovely analogy. Apply it to wrestling if you wish
Microsoft, not content with being outdone by Nintendo's region locking, has gone the extra step to lock down their console to only play in certain regions.
Why? Is there any reason why other than because they need to be the absolute worst?
Amusing how they have no plans to launch in Japan at all.
Why? Is there any reason why other than because they need to be the absolute worst?
Amusing how they have no plans to launch in Japan at all.
Militant17
Member
I wonder if the cloud is behind the gold pay wall, meaning a lot of games would require gold to play.
It wouldn't surprise me to be honest.
GenericUser
Member
benny hill theme plays constantly in my head ....
travisbickle
Member
Portugal is not green, I don't think they would cut off Portugal if they wanted "Europe" under one account system.
Version 3.0
Member
My God, if they don't even have their facts straight, why do they even put this info on their site? Normally, when you have bad news to deliver, you put some effort into the delivery to soften it. I believe that's called PR. Microsoft should look into that.
Every Cloud has a Silver lining.
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Just get another clear(lol) answer from support
Phat Michael
Banned
Just get another clear(lol) answer from support
Um..its still not clear - is that what i was saying before - like how i am set up now? (Living in UAE with a UAE xbox connected to Australian XBL server?
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
So it's not even the traditional PAL/NTSC/NTSC-J thing anymore?
What the ...
This is like the worst console ever! It's like they took a look at their existing customer base and tried to do everything in their power to piss them off and inconvenience them in every way. Internal sabotage. I can already name a fair few of my 360 friends who, even if they WANTED to, couldn't even buy and use this thing.
Microsoft need to release some kind of info sheet just explaining everything in one place.
What the ...
This is like the worst console ever! It's like they took a look at their existing customer base and tried to do everything in their power to piss them off and inconvenience them in every way. Internal sabotage. I can already name a fair few of my 360 friends who, even if they WANTED to, couldn't even buy and use this thing.
Microsoft need to release some kind of info sheet just explaining everything in one place.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
What is this, a cellphone?
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
I think it's clear but conflict to OP's support reply
I think what he mean is you need US(example) XBL account to connect to US Xbox Live then you can connect to Xbox Live even you live in china
And guys,it will release in Japan
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201306/11034700.html
Maybe if they started designing them like boomboxes.
It's the divvying up of PAL that gets to me the most, you couldn't get a unified launch across that region? The hell? That can't be normal, can it?
That's what I have been saying all along. But the Xbox Support twits implied we need to move to the USA USA USA in order to play this...this console. In other words, IP check.