Xbox to be $800 in china, with restricted games.

[kitler53]

Blood_Tears said:

kitler53 said:
remember when people though that releasing in china was going to be the massive game changing moment for xbox because millions would be sold because even a 1% market penetration rate means 100M+ in sales.

seems silly now doesn't it.

Silly now?   It was silly since day 1 of them saying that.

well true.  but in the thread about xbox releasing in china a good 1/3 of the poster thought there was "a ton of potential in this market".   the price announcement really hammers home how little potential there is.  china has soo much poverty that this price probably eliminates about 75% of that market.

consoles really don't stand a chance in the short term.  maybe the ps5/xbox2 can do okay but right now msony are going to lose money in china.