Xbox One Launch Pushed Back in Several Countries

wow this sucks for me heh

When was the last time the X-Box 3 had a story that had good news for it?

What?! Well I guess my Christmas work load is a bit lighter, but still... WHAT?!

Good think I per-ordered on Amazon.co.uk
It seems the Xbox has so little traction here in Norway anyways, guess this will widen the gap even further between it and Playstation. For a while anyways.

Fuck them for that, I had already preordered mine, now I'm not sure what to do.

Show me someone that is actually buying an xbox in Europe. Because i wont

I was getting the PS4 anyways

Um, launch it with the english dashbaord, and I do not care if there isnt apps there that I wouldn't use anyways....

Looks like im back on the ps4 train.. damn.

The weird tale of the Xbox One continues.

Really sucks for those countries, if I wanted an xbone and I was in one of those countries I would much rather have the system in november over getting a free launch game. Especially since those tend to suck often times.

Oh man, it's like the 90s or Suikoden III all over again!

But in all seriousness, it doesn't quite make a difference to me. Wasn't planning on getting it initially anyway (if at all, depending on how it ends up comparing to PS4 etc. etc. etc.) so it being pushed back is a non-issue to me. I need new tires for my car this winter to keep me from dying on the icy winter roads more than I need a new console anyway.

Well I guess I'll get a PS4.

MS are absolute morons with the localisation and they should just offer the interface in English.

My Xbox 360 has been stuck in Spanish since I made my account despite the fact that I do not live in a Spanish speaking country and don't speak a word of Spanish myself.

Oh well, I guess they can always come back on their decisions...

Seems like Microsoft is actively on fire these days. Wow.

I wouldn´t be surprised if they pushed back everything except the North America launch.. guess all this slapdash last minute stuff is taking its toll.

Don't worry. Next week they will do a 180 and it will release in only those countries in 2013

Good on you for continuing to use that image.

Also, too bad for those countries! I guess.

Hahaha!

Free games from a launch lineup!!!!!

Hmmm...I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. Maybe some more exclamation marks will get the point across.

Well... The doubling back continues.

No Norway. The bastards! makes the choice even easier I guess.

@linkster7: I hope the "first time registration update" wont stop you from playing an imported console cause wouldn't they activate the neglected countries "live" servers when the console is launched in those countries next year.

Hello ps4, bye xbox...

Prolly the countries that would mostly buy PS4 anyways

Either that or bolding and underlining the entire sentence would have helped.

lol

lol

Wow, I mean, WOW!!

This is almost exactly what happened with the PS3 in Europe last cycle. That also got delayed and ultimately drove me to buy a 360.

I guess the reverse will be true this time.

Guys I think this console that they're changing specs for 3 months from release might not be ready.

This disaster just never stops, does it?

Wow, what a loss

@jimmyfenix: I'm sure if that's the case someone will find a way around it. I don't think it would be that hard to set up a router which goes through a VPN or something in that vain. But again I could be horribly wrong.

They need a Microsoft treehouse.

Oh fuck you MS, this was the last straw. Was supporting the brand for so long and didnt let any of the shitty news bother me but now its time to go with Sony after 10 years of xbox.. (if they dont announce the same thing...) I guess ill get used to Dualshock someday :P

This was a real bummer until I realized that Amazon.co.uk is still taking pre-orders and they will ship to Finland at least. Bought mine a minute ago.

What the fuck is going on in the MS offices these days, must be utter chaos 24/7. :/

Plus since Xbone is not region free they can't even import.

What the hell is going on over there?

I'm pretty sure this has something to do with privacy laws conflicting with MS user agreements.

I remember reading about it once the console was announced earlier this year.

And as far as I know - no planned release in Poland for now :|

Ouch.

I think?

I'm a Giant Bomb fan from Denmark but I've preordered a PS4, so no need to feel sorry for me. I do feel for those who really wanted one and already preordered. Oh and Microsoft should just be honest like Sony was back in 2006 with the PS3. They need more consoles for the big markets. Sony could still do the same I guess...

Who the fuck is gonna buy one anyway ?

Everyone here is gonna buy a PS4.

So in other words they are saying, "We need to pump as many of these units into the United States, Canada, and the major markets we have in Europe because we need to sell more units into homes in those places so we can be ahead of Sony for at least a few weeks."

They want to say, "We sold 1.102 million units at lunch in N America...Sony only sold 1.037...so 'WE WIN' 'WE WIN'!"

lolxbone

A giant fuck you from Norway MS. I will be canceling my preorder and getting a PS4 it seems. This sucks :(

So yeah. Fuck you too Microsoft.

Well, at least the console market will be more unified around these parts next gen, no more console wars ;)

I bet if you buy an Xbox one in Germany/Austria/Italy (depending on where in Switzerland you are) you can use it just as well. Just as an example for the Swiss people. Fins, Danes, Belgians etc., can also buy it right over the border, it is the same region after all (except Russia maybe, they are weird in that regard, sometimes they're in the same region, some times they're not).

I had to set my Xbox 360 to Germany too, cause there is no service for Slovenia, didn't stop Microsoft for selling Xbox 360s in Slovenia either, so I guess the localisation excuse is crap as usual, probably more to do with changing the end-user agreement and EULAs to obey the stricter laws in those said countries, especially now that they switched from points to real money - gambling laws and such.

As far as I remember German, Italian & French are 3 of the 4 official languages in Switzerland, so that settles the localization issues. Germany, Italy and France will have them day one, while Swiss has to wait for localisation, yeah my ass, maybe they want to add the Romansh language too, which is the 4th official one, but I highly doubt it, even so, no point holding it back for that, while there is still tons of countries in the EU that will get the Xbox One on day one without any official localisation support - I bet there wont be no Slovenian language on the Xbox One neither our laws put in consideration, but it's still gonna be available here day one.

EDIT: In the end it's really a no biggie, you can just get it over the border in all of those countries, ships usually over night.

Thanks for breaking the news that Microsoft is buying Sony. What a scoop!

And people were wondering how come Microsoft all of a sudden had a whole bunch more X1:s to preorder in the US.

@crusader8463 said: When was the last time the X-Box 3 had a story that had good news for it?

DRM reversal. Self publishing for indies. Every console doubles as a dev kit. Where have you been? Those were all in the last several weeks.