Xbox One Launch Pushed Back in Several Countries

DRM Reversal is them reacting to bad news and trying to get on-par with the competition. Hardly good news, more neutral news. Ditto for the self-publishing. Dev kit thing is cool but only if you're a dev who wants to put a game on a console that isn't launching in Asia or Europe.

@trafalgarlaw said:

@isomeri said:

@onan said:

@isomeri said:

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.

From what I understood, the xbone is region-locked based on IP address when you connect to update (and back when you were going to connect every 24 hours. You could potentially have a friend in the UK update it there for you, or set up a VPN to the UK, but you'd also have to convert your Finnish Xbox Live account to a UK based one, which I've read some nightmare stories about, and also continue to import all future games from there outside of region-free stuff you can get from play-asia.

I dunno, doesn't seem worth it to me.

You can use the Xbox One with a local account (Finnish, Russian, Swedish etc.) and buy digital games with that account. They just won't be selling the physical boxes here until 2014 and you obviously can't use it in your local language until then.

Nope, wrong on all accounts.

Well that's a little queer. I got my information from a forum post and tweet by a Finnish Xbox PR person. All of it is in Finnish so there's probably no need to link it here. I guess this is another case of the mixed Microsoft marketing we've grown used to this year.

Oh and several Finnish stores including the biggest online retailer Verkkokauppa have already pledged to sell the console in 2013 despite the official launch plans.

Hmm makes me wounder if the PS4 will be pushed back in some regions/countries too...

Is this so they can get more consoles in the US maybe. The language thing culd just be patched in. The ones that will get it at first probebly know some english. Maybe it's that scandinavian cunterys are not that much in to gaming..? Oh wait. They are.

Hopefully i can order one from amazon.co.uk, cause this suuuuucks!

This just means the european launch lineup will be so much better, you guys!

Also, theirs and Ubisofts mandatory localization is abysmal so making that as the excuse is just an added kick in the nuts to your fanbase.

Fuck Microsoft.

This won't endear MS to a LOT of retailers in the affected countries, to say the least. It pretty much sealed the deal for me as well. Sony, here I come...

Here's a tip, MS: Pretty much everyone in the countries your shafting speaks English as a second language. You don't really need to localise the interface, and even if you did, just make sure you freaking start that process in time for release. Everything about this announcement, from the localisation to the content deals (and who wants to bet we're still getting less than NA?) in fact sounds like extremely poor planning on Microsoft's part.

@superfriend: I suspect the english-speaking countries are safe, including the UK (where I live), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canda. I've got my xbox-one pre-ordered and would be more than hacked-off if they wanted me to wait months after paying my deposit & making sure the full amount for my money is already saved-up.

That pretty much seals the deal for me. I've got money set aside for two game-related investments for this year. I'll just give Microsoft's slot to a PC upgrade.

Great, now I don't have to choose between them anymore; I'll just get the PS4. Thanks Microsoft.

Xbone done in europe.

I hate this xbox!!! Xbox360 is way better•_•

@zeekthegeek said:

Pretty much this. Only the xbots are going to be giving Microsoft a pat on the back for bowing down to the immense pressure put on them from their attempt to fuck consumers over, so any media outlets telling you that Microsoft has the edge now are revealing just how partial they are. And let's be honest, how much of the Xbone's power are you going to be able to use without buying a real dev kit? Are you making real Xbone games or Windows 8 apps? That has to be answered sooner than later.

Had the image said "The World According to Microsoft," I'd not mind, and likely would be laughing at how accurate it is. However, it says "The World According to Americans," which conveys a very different message, one that is laughably narrow-minded and relies entirely on anti-American sentiment for its humor value. Labels such as "Communists" and "evil-doers" on the rest of the map suggest that the original piece was not meant to mock Microsoft either, but to use the tired "Americans are xenophobes and morons" trope that seems so popular nowadays.

The only place I can see the PS4 being pushed back is Japan, mainly because it's more likely for me to win the lottery, get struck by lightning, win the lottery again and be given a free Xbox One in the same day than for Microsoft to make a dent in the region. Seriously, Sony's got fuck-all to worry about from Microsoft in Japan.

Ok good thing I am not from :

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden or Switzerland.

@jimmy_p: I'm buying one and I live in Europe, you're welcome ;)

Good thing I've reached the point of actively not wanting one already, then. This just means I probably won't have to play one at my friend's house, either, since nobody in Denmark is going to buy the bloody thing now.

Seriously, MS is making it stupidly easy.

I,m guessing this has to do with working out "TV deals" in all these different countries, since as far as I know there Isn't any pan european broadcast network, so individual deals will have to be made for each specific teritory. Since I got burned by MS with faulty sub standard launch hardware this generation I can't say I,m too bummed they won't launch here in NL in 2013. I'm more curious to know if places like Poland and other teritories will get support further down the line.
Anyway another glorious move by MS to win hearts and minds

I don't buy that the localization is a valid reason for such delays. Maybe the situation for this TV stuff is a bitch to do in europe.

Anyway its a big "MS dont care" for those countries.

If it is, MS knew, or should have known ahead of time and made allowance for that in their ramp up to release. It's like they took Sony's PS3 launch and though to themselves: 'how can we do even worse?' Gamers are growing increasingly intolerant to staggered international releases, and it doesn't help that this will likely be a difference of weeks, even months, not a few days.

There's companies such as UPC, but you're right, the EU cable market is far from monolithic. I mean, how many providers do we have in NL alone?

As others have already pointed out, it's pretty clear Xbox One is made for the American market only, so as a Dane I can't really help but to feel completely indifferent to this news.

As others have already pointed out, it's pretty clear Xbox One is made for the American market only, so as a Dane I can't really help but to feel completely indifferent to this news.

Hehe, don't hold your breath. Most console manufacturers and software publishers haven't clued into the differences between Castellano and Latino Spanish, and the 360 doesn't have distinct options for American and UK English in the system settings (they do, however, have a QWERTY keyboard English...). I'm guessing laziness will rule the day and you Siss folk'll have to use the German dialect. While I'm not sure there's as many differences as the the two examples I've posted, but I can't imagine it'll be fun trying to parse out the meaning of random things....

This story's as fishy as hell. Localisation can't be that difficult and an absence of apps seems like a thin excuse: after all, Wii TVii still isn't available in Europe, and there's no date set for it. Hard to see Microsoft ceding a huge market lead to Sony over either of those things.

Belgian, don't care.

yet again Microsoft fail to see the bigger world market, like the zune that never made it out of america it's going to cause a long term hurt for the xbone.

At least with a common EU market they can be freely imported.

This is great news. There wont be an split up between PS4 and Xbone players everyone can play with their friends, Thanks MS!

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