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Microsoft Pushes Xbox One in Japan By Gifting Early Purchasers with Six Free Months of Xbox Live Gold

by Giuseppe Nelva (27 minutes ago) 1

Microsoft just launched Xbox One in Japan, and they’re already pushing quite hard to create a foothold in the difficult local market.

The house of Xbox announced today with a press release the Xbox One Initial Purchase Gift Campaign, allowing anyone that buys an Xbox One until December 31st or until supplies last to also grab six months of Xbox Live Gold at no additional cost.

The campaign is pretty simple: when a Japanese user logs in for the first time on his Xbox One (either with an existing account or when he creates a new one) , he’ll receive a message from the Xbox Live team which will bestow a free voucher code for six free months of Xbox Live Gold upon him, for free.

Everyone that purchases an Xbox One is eligible, as long as he has an internet connection, his console has been purchased in Japan, his account has the region set to Japan and he resides in the archipelago of the rising sun.

The only real caveat is that the number of codes available is limited, so the announcement cautions that the campaign could ened before December the 31st if supplies run out.

Considering that six months of Xbox Live Gold cost just south of 40 bucks in Japan, and the fact that Games With Gold provides members with free games, that’s definitely a nice house warming gift for new Xbox One users.

 

 

Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/09/04/microsoft-pushes-xbox-one-in-japan-by-gifting-early-purchasers-with-six-months-of-xbox-live-gold/



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Didn't they give US a year? I already had XBL gold when I got it but I could have swore the bundle I got had more than 6 months with it



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It's a valiant effort, but I don't think they could sell Xbox One in Japan if they gave unlimited Xbox live and sold the machine for a dollar.



 

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Nicklesbe said:
Didn't they give US a year? I already had XBL gold when I got it but I could have swore the bundle I got had more than 6 months with it


no

14 days was in day one bundle (at least for europe i know)

1 or 3 month for the titanfall bundle in uk

 

i never heard about 1 year free xbl in any offical xb1 bundle

china will get half a year, too



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6 months they should have gave them a year, no wonder why its going to fail in japan



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No one is going to buy a X1 for a half a year of live, especially in Japan.



still going to flop in Japan.



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Not going to save the sinking ship.



if it comes with 6 free disc games will have more chance to be No.1 sales for that period...