Why on earth would they do this. China and them were setting it up. But at the last minute they go: "gotta wait now..."

I posted this on the other thread, but I think it's also relevant here. Basically, some of the Chinese consumers are not pleased with the X1's price and region locking. Here's some of the comments that I found on this article: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6b8988220102v17q.html

I can read some Chinese though I had to use a dictionary because I can only read traditional. And never use Google Translate! Some of my translations are interpreted because if you directly translate each word, the sentences won't make sense.

"卖那么贵 还锁区"
Translation: "So expensive for something region locked."

"太贵了"
Translation: "Too expensive."

"可以不锁区吗？锁区的话，可以不要禁二手吗？都来的话，我还是买水货"
Translation: "Can you not region lock it? If region locked, can you at least allow 2nd hand games? If not, I will import."

"阉割版的，畸形版的，谁要啊，等ps4吧"
Translation: "Castrated edition, deformed edition. Who wants that? PS4 it is."

"双向锁区+禁止二手交易+世界最贵价"
Translation: "Both region locking and banning 2nd hand games, plus the world's most expensive price (console)."

And there are a lot more comments than just these five.

It's funny some Chinese still thinking PS4(Chinese ver) won't lock anything

Xbox and PS4 are own by same company in China, simply brother consoles.

Just import the HK ver, i always tell them do that.

Yeah, importing is the way to go in mainland China. The Chinese gov't is very sensitive to anything that even implies just a tiny bit "anti-communist" (which is ironic because China is capatalist). The PS4 will be no exception to the region locking and DRM.

Maybe MS just wants a fair playing field and is waiting for the PS4 release date. xD