Microsoft’s release policy for its new game console, the Xbox One, has basically been one long middle finger to Asia. The console was released in North America and Europe last November, but it still has yet to launch in Asia.

A release for Japan is scheduled for later this year—not that anyone there is going to care—but is the Xbox One going to get its official Hong Kong launch first? Chinese gamers are wondering just that after Hong Kong’s official Xbox website got an update yesterday with a shiny new page promoting the Xbox One.

Whether this means anything is hard to say. As you can see, the advertisement on that site is still in English and doesn’t have subtitles, and the word “testing” appears in the URL. Moreover, if you scroll to the bottom and try to find retailers for pre-order, all you get is this error message.

Even so, though, it’s obvious that Microsoft Hong Kong is working on getting ready for launch at some point, and the fact that there’s a “Find Retailers” button at all would certainly suggest the company may be starting pre-orders soon. We’ve contacted Microsoft Hong Kong for comment and will update this post if we hear back.

http://www.gamesinasia.com/is-the-xbox-one-about-to-be-released-in-hong-kong/

"Microsoft’s release policy for its new game console, the Xbox One, has basically been one long middle finger to Asia".
I wonder what this person thinks of Xbox brand sales in Asia. A fist up MS's rear?

I don't know. There's always a possibility.

The top rated comments are somewhat more funny.

"The PS4 is much better than the Xbox one ...." and "What about PS4", or "better experience to buy a PS3".

But another question one could ask, when the heck is Wii U going to be released in HK?? Seriously!

Cool. Surprised they didn't release it earlier, since Hong Kong and Singapore are usually the Asian cities that get stuff first but I guess the kinect language recognition was an issue.

For all the 2 people who haven't grabbed a PS4 yet.

A business associate of mine commented on the situation a few weeks ago that there's been a shift since the early 360 days in HK, back towards the PlayStation brand, the accessory production companies are in full swing for ps4 but only a few of them are producing Xbox one accessories and most of those are packaged for export to Canada and the US through middle parties like target and GameStop, there is demand in HK for the Xbox one but it is never going to have a major impact on monthly totals.

As far as I can tell, Hong Kong's gaming market is minimal, at best. I'm pretty sure I saw more McLaren stores than places that sold video games. Never once met a (non-white) person who wanted to talk games.