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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Microsoft: No Xbox One in Japan this Year: “Tier 2 Country”

007BondAgent on 02 July 2013
http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/07/...rt-negatively/
The Japanese gaming site 4Gamer still managed to grab an interview and to ask what’s up with Microsoft’s upcoming console in the archipelago of the rising sun.

As part of the interview Microsoft Japan President and CEO Yasuyuki Higuchi confirmed that the Xbox One won’t land on the Japanese shelves any time soon.

"For the launch of Xbox One Japan is a Tier 2 country and not a Tier 1 country, so it’ll come with the second wave, that will be delayed a little bit [compared to North America]."

When the interviewer pressed him to confirm that the console won’t be launched in 2013 he did just that.

"That’s right. It’ll launch after the Tier 1 markets."
Microsoft’s executives knew they were walking on eggshells as they talked to the press, since the Xbox brand isn’t exactly popular in Japan, and when the reporter concluded the interview telling Microsoft Vice President and Executive Officer of the Consumer & Partner Group Haruaki Kayama that he’d wait for further information on Xbox One soon, he responded laughing:

"Yes, so please don’t report too negatively."
Smart move, although it pretty much confirms they have given up on that market


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bonkers555 on 02 July 2013

Then what the fuck are they doing at this year TGS? Troll the 7 Japanese Xbox fans?



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theprof00 on 02 July 2013
bonkers555 said:
Then what the fuck are they doing at this year TGS? Troll the 7 Japanese Xbox fans?

We will see, but it doesn't bode well.



tres on 02 July 2013

lol like its that big of a deal. i mean shouldnt you sell it in countries that actually want to buy it first? hell if americans were turn off by it do you think hiroshima would want it more than the last?



Farsala on 02 July 2013

Expected, but PS4 might not launch this year either in Japan so not too different. Xbox One would not be able to carve out a niche unless they secured some good exclusivity like MH.



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pbroy on 02 July 2013

Maybe they need to work out some TV deals first. Wouldn't make much sense to launch a console with it's most touted features nonexistent. All kidding aside, they are probably having yield problems and can't accommodate the whole world at once.

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Blood_Tears on 02 July 2013

MS is going to TGS to show Titanfall. They want to make sure the Japanese see Titanfall !!



crissindahouse on 02 July 2013
Blood_Tears said:
MS is going to TGS to show Titanfall. They want to make sure the Japanese see Titanfall !!

or maybe what their japanese studio is working on. 



haxxiy on 02 July 2013
tres said:
lol like its that big of a deal. i mean shouldnt you sell it in countries that actually want to buy it first? hell if americans were turn off by it do you think hiroshima would want it more than the last?


The problem isn't the late launch here as much as the language. 'Tier 2' just sounds awful and disrespectful. Microsoft's PR have been shit of late.



 

 

 

 

 

kitler53 on 02 July 2013

oh man, i hope that some liberties were taken in the translation to make the statement sound worse than it does. calling someone a teir 2 country is just bad manners.