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It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014. It is the first Xbox game console to be released in China, specifically in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone.
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Let’s first look back at the history of Xbox in Japan. That it never caught on outside of a small group of dedicated players is an understatement, with the Xbox 360 being the most successful in the console family. It helps to remember that in the early days of the original Xbox, Japanese game publishers dominated the console landscape, from the ear...
With these numbers in mind, it wouldn’t be surprising if Japan weren’t at front of mind for Microsoft heading into the next generation of consoles. But with the Xbox Series X (the most powerful console in Xbox history) and Series S (the more compact, affordable, digital-only ‘lite’ version of the X) on the horizon, Microsoft finds itself in a posit...
So far, Microsoft is ticking the right boxes building up to the Series X launch in Japan. The Xbox Series X and S will launch in Japan near-simultaneously as the rest of the world; while it likely won’t arrive on the same November 10th launch date as North America, due to differing retail practices in Japan, it will still launch in the same month. ...
But is anything going to change regarding Xbox’s traditionally Western-focused stable of exclusives? Microsoft has certainly been busy acquiring studios, in part as an effort to rival Sony's admirable game catalogue. In 2019, it acquired studios such as Double Fine, Obsidian, inXile, and Ninja Theory, and, as of only a few days ago, announced the i...
Xbox’s newer strategy of focusing on an ecosystem, rather than a singular device, plays into the fact that most people in Japan spend the majority of their time on smartphones. This is where the typical Japanese gamer consumes games, videos, and interacts with social media, and while the same can be said for the West, it’s more of an acute social s...
In speaking with Hinton and Bond, however, it’s clear that they view Game Pass as the real game-changer for Xbox Series X. It’s been a game-changer everywhere else, giving Microsoft a winning formula that Sony and Nintendo have yet to counter. In the context of Japan, this could have huge implications. While slow to adapt to new things, Japan consu...
One of the things that makes Microsoft unique in the competitive and crowded gaming landscape is their willingness to share some of their key investments across multiple platforms. Admit it. You were as surprised as anyone when Cuphead and Ori and The Blind Forest appeared on Nintendo Switch. Maybe you were less surprised when certain Xbox One fran...
Every few generations seems to find every console maker tumble in the undertow of their own hubris, followed by a rebirth of innovation and, sometimes, success. Where Sony went from the wildly successful PlayStation 2 to the misfired PlayStation 3, then recovered with the PlayStation 4. Nintendo set the world on fire with the Wii, fell on its face ...
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Jul 16, 2022 · While Xbox One launched in North America in November 2013, it didn’t launch in Japan until September 2014. Overshooting the initial launch window by no less than 10 months, Microsoft effectively killed any goodwill left by the Japanese community at that point.
Xbox One will launch in Japan on September 4, Microsoft has confirmed. The news ends months of speculation about when the company's latest console will be available in the Japanese market,...
Rough waters. Xbox release dates in Japan (February 22, 2002) and Europe (March 14, 2002) soon followed, though the system failed to catch fire in either of the two regions with the same...
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Sep 9, 2014 · In launching the Xbox One in Japan, Microsoft's console becomes the last of the new machines from "The Big Three" to come to the region, following the Wii U 's release in December 2012 and the...
Jan 27, 2024 · When Did The Xbox One Come Out? The Xbox One was released on November 22, 2013, in North America, South America, Australia and parts of Europe. For other countries like Japan, China, and other European countries, Xbox One didn’t come until September 2014.
