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ironmanDX on 13 June 2013
thranx said:
Rafux said:

Supported countries at launch

 


Is japan not supported? or is it green and i just cant tell?

It isn't supported. Were you thinking of New Zealand?



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KhinRunite on 13 June 2013
ironmanDX said:
KhinRunite said:
ironmanDX said:
PlaystaionGamer said:
ironmanDX said:
You'd have to import it to get these problems though and with an already limited amount for launch, I doubt it will have an affect on .05 of Xbox ONE's.

Surely the shop would also tell you before selling it, it would be their fault more so than MS. MS actually have informed the people, something usually spoken of negatively on this forum, when they actually do, still negative.

thats because everything they are saying is negative on Consumers.. 

We'll see. People don't like change, just like they didn't like steam, just like saying the world was spherical was a sin. Obviously that's a big jump but PC games have had codes on them locking it to one PC for years... As with the OS, yet that is considered the norm and is accepted now. I wish I could share Windows with 10 "family members" but you can't.


The only way to get the people remotely accepting of these "changes" ushered by the Xbox One was if the following happened:

1.) Internet is as readily available as electricity.

2.) Authentication servers wouldn't get hacked, or crash, or go offline.

3.) Make their service available in all countries.

What's the use of being able to share your games with 10 other people when you all can't use them because of connection issues?

Really? You're saying the servers are going to crash without the console even being released yet? History shows that Sony fans should be more worried. If DRM and used games are so bad, where are anonymous?

No where. You're trying way too hard.

It was just an assumption that servers WILL get hacked, crash, or go offline. See Sim City, Diablo 3, and just about any MMORPG out there. Eventually server performance gets better due to two factors: upgrades on the provider's part, or user population drop. About Anonymous's prescence in all this, I don't know. I haven't heard from them since the PSN fiasco.

My list is all inclusive. I doubt people would be changing their perception of the device if for example point 2 is resolved.



OdinHades on 13 June 2013

Microsoft just doesn't want to sell that console. Seriously, everything they are doing just doesn't make any freaking sense at all. They're killing themselves, it's worse than Sony with the PS3. They literally built the worst console ever and that thing still has rumoured heat issues and launches for 499 $ only in selected countries. All of asia except the russian part is excluded, half of europe, the whole of africa and only brazil in south america!

What in the bloody hell is wrong with those people? How can you screw up so bad? It blows my mind!

We already have a gigantig backlog of negative news about Xbox One and yet they somehow manage to make that thing even worse every single day. I'm not kidding, that has to be the worst fuck up in console history.

And yes, I know this sounds a lot like flaming, but it isn't really intended to. But it's just the truth, I mean, come on. How in the world could all this get possibly any worse? I don't mean to offend anybody and if you want to get an Xbox One that's fine by me. But even the most hardcore Xbox Fans will have to admit that Microsoft didn't do the best job of all time with that hardware, don't you think? I just wanted to share my thoughts. I just can't fucking believe what is happening right now.



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slowmo on 13 June 2013
Rafux said:

Overseas? Portugal is right next to Spain.

This whole thing sucks, I wonder how will journalist in Japan or Portugal review the x1 when they can't play games on it at launch even if they import it. What reason is there to not let you play the console if you want to import it?


No console manufacturer has ever supported importing of consoles to the wrong region, they've just never had a means to stop the process before.  The simple fact is that they've said you will not be supported outside of the correct region, this is a responsible message to give and doesn't mislead consumers.  I know I could easily get the console working in a region that isn't supported, it's not hard to do if you know what you're doing but why should Microsoft tell people how to do this.  If you live in Portugal then you'll have to wait until it's available in your region. 

I would add that I couldn't see the confirmation in the OP that they will be filtering based on IP address anyway so this still isn't confirmed they are stopping people from importing, it is merely the standard response any company would give regarding importing a product to a different region.  If they supported importing they would then have to provide warranty and technical support to that area which just isn;t going to happen.  Good luck if you buy a PS4 and import it to the incorrect region and have any problems as you will not get support for that either.



ironmanDX on 13 June 2013
KhinRunite said:
ironmanDX said:

Really? You're saying the servers are going to crash without the console even being released yet? History shows that Sony fans should be more worried. If DRM and used games are so bad, where are anonymous?

No where. You're trying way too hard.

It was just an assumption that servers WILL get hacked, crash, or go offline. See Sim City, Diablo 3, and just about any MMORPG out there. Eventually server performance gets better due to two factors: upgrades on the provider's part, or user population drop. About Anonymous's prescence in all this, I don't know. I haven't heard from them since the PSN fiasco.

My list is all inclusive. I doubt people would be changing their perception of the device if for example point 2 is resolved.


You assume for MS and give examples in other companies,not including Sony of course, yet don't mention Sony too could get hit again? Only MS servers can? LOL!

You're still trying too hard.



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ironmanDX on 13 June 2013
OdinHades said:
Microsoft just doesn't want to sell that console. Seriously, everything they are doing just doesn't make any freaking sense at all. They're killing themselves, it's worse than Sony with the PS3. They literally built the worst console ever and that thing still has rumoured heat issues and launches for 499 $ only in selected countries. All of asia except the russian part is excluded, half of europe, the whole of africa and only brazil in south america!

What in the bloody hell is wrong with those people? How can you screw up so bad? It blows my mind!

We already have a gigantig backlog of negative news about Xbox One and yet they somehow manage to make that thing even worse every single day. I'm not kidding, that has to be the worst fuck up in console history.

And yes, I know this sounds a lot like flaming, but it isn't really intended to. But it's just the truth, I mean, come on. How in the world could all this get possibly any worse? I don't mean to offend anybody and if you want to get an Xbox One that's fine by me. But even the most hardcore Xbox Fans will have to admit that Microsoft didn't do the best job of all time with that hardware, don't you think? I just wanted to share my thoughts. I just can't fucking believe what is happening right now.


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Now you're just embarrasing yourself. This thread should be locked. It's ran it's course.



Chevinator123 on 13 June 2013

oh god...



Rafux on 13 June 2013
slowmo said:
Rafux said:
 

Overseas? Portugal is right next to Spain.

This whole thing sucks, I wonder how will journalist in Japan or Portugal review the x1 when they can't play games on it at launch even if they import it. What reason is there to not let you play the console if you want to import it?


No console manufacturer has ever supported importing of consoles to the wrong region, they've just never had a means to stop the process before.  The simple fact is that they've said you will not be supported outside of the correct region, this is a responsible message to give and doesn't mislead consumers.  I know I could easily get the console working in a region that isn't supported, it's not hard to do if you know what you're doing but why should Microsoft tell people how to do this.  If you live in Portugal then you'll have to wait until it's available in your region. 

I would add that I couldn't see the confirmation in the OP that they will be filtering based on IP address anyway so this still isn't confirmed they are stopping people from importing, it is merely the standard response any company would give regarding importing a product to a different region.  If they supported importing they would then have to provide warranty and technical support to that area which just isn;t going to happen.  Good luck if you buy a PS4 and import it to the incorrect region and have any problems as you will not get support for that either.


If I want to import a console thats my decision to make and I know the risks (no official support) actually thats the only way most countries on Latin America get their consoles or even other products but at least they work and we don't have to wait until MS give us permision to use it.

I don't know if Sony cares about importing of their consoles but at least they are not stopping it and games are region free.



vfguy on 13 June 2013

A VPN blocker will take care of this issue. Lots of ex-pats in Japan use them to have full access to Netflix, Xbox Live, and PSN.

I live in Japan, but will more than likely get a US PS4 and Xbox One as they are generally cheaper and I want 100% compatibility with all US titles and full access to US PSN and Xbox Live.



slowmo on 13 June 2013
Rafux said:
slowmo said:
 


No console manufacturer has ever supported importing of consoles to the wrong region, they've just never had a means to stop the process before.  The simple fact is that they've said you will not be supported outside of the correct region, this is a responsible message to give and doesn't mislead consumers.  I know I could easily get the console working in a region that isn't supported, it's not hard to do if you know what you're doing but why should Microsoft tell people how to do this.  If you live in Portugal then you'll have to wait until it's available in your region. 

I would add that I couldn't see the confirmation in the OP that they will be filtering based on IP address anyway so this still isn't confirmed they are stopping people from importing, it is merely the standard response any company would give regarding importing a product to a different region.  If they supported importing they would then have to provide warranty and technical support to that area which just isn;t going to happen.  Good luck if you buy a PS4 and import it to the incorrect region and have any problems as you will not get support for that either.


If I want to import a console thats my decision to make and I know the risks (no official support) actually thats the only way most countries on Latin America get their consoles or even other products but at least they work and we don't have to wait until MS give us permision to use it.

I don't know if Sony cares about importing of their consoles but at least they are not stopping it and games are region free.


Where does it say they're stopping it.  Where is the confirmation that they're doing IP address filtering please?

 

If you cannot prove this then your title is wrong and the entire thread is your supposition from some tweets and actually trolling imo