RUMOR: Xbox One not hitting delayed regions until Q3 2014?

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http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/102544/Source:+Xbox+One+hitting+delayed+regions+Q3+2014/

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"As you may recall, Microsoft announced the delay of Xbox One's launch in eight territoriesback in August.

Since then there has been no word when these countries (Russia, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark) would be getting their official launch, but Gamereactor has now learned from trusted sources - the same ones that told us of the original delay before it became official - that they could be in for a longer wait than expected.

In fact, we're told Xbox One won't launch in the Nordics until the third quarter of 2014. Given a launch in July or the first half of August is unlikely, these countries are looking at a nine to ten month delay compared to the original November launch this year in other territories.

We have no confirmation on whether the other four countries mentioned above are looking at a similar launch date to the Nordics, and it remains unclear what this could mean to other territories (Japan comes to mind). The delay may mean Microsoft is either struggling with supply, or localisation is proving a massive challenge."


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They might as well double down with the US if this is the case. The chances of winning other regions outside the US were already slim, but this is the nail in the coffin if true. MS gonna get slaughtered this gen outside of the US.
 

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Yeah, I think we can pretty much expect Sony to be dominant this gen, as the majority of the world be will be Sonyland, with MS puttting most of their effort into North America
 

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I wonder if this is MS attempting to concentrate their efforts in areas where they feel they will be more profitable? Why send sh!t to Sweden if people in the US are willing to spend money on it. I don't know enough about this business to say that is what they are doing, but if that is the case, I can't say I'm mad at it.
 
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