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Xbox one officially launches in China
- Thread starter Kayant
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Indeed, Sony has dropped the ball on this one
Anything better than nothing.. you say?
GuitarAtomik
Member
They have a lot of strict rules on what can and can't be shown. I remember reading a story years ago about how their version of WoW doesn't leave the bones of your character's body when you die because they weren't allowed to.
Yes, current console gaming market in China is totally desperate, it cannot be worse.
I'm more upset with the government censorship!
Dreamgazer
Member
Well, as of the moment, there are no physical disc-releases of XB1 games in China.
Those game cases you see? They only contain download codes.
So in terms of download codes/digital releases, the language + one activation requirement is pretty much the norm.
Does it apply to physical releases or if there will ever be physical releases? we don't know.
As I ask in every single China thread.
How do we know if this is a "good" or "bad" launch or not? what are you comparing it to?
Maybe compared to the China experts that said nobody would buy it.
Really? This is the first I'm hearing of this. I thought that the codes on the back of the Forza packages were for the DLC that they included with the game, but I hadn't heard that there were no physical options.
Nightengale
Member
Don't even bother reading post by "experts" on both sides of the camp who has no regional understanding of China as a market.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
From the maker of Bad Rats?
Phat Michael
Banned
This is a whole lot different to that guy's fake XB1 launch thread from yesterday.
The US Saturn launch literally had no games in the stores and the only thing you could play on it was the super buggy Virtua Fighter port.
This at least has that beat.
Cornbread78
Member
Why? Why would a good launch "Upset" certain people? It would be good for the industry in general for new markets to open up regardless if it's MS, Sony of Nin.. I'll take that as flame-war bait at it's worst...
travisbickle
Member
Clockwork Knight, Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Virtua Fighter (pack-in game), Worldwide Soccer.
I'd take the Saturn launch lineup.
You don't think it'd piss off a few console warriors?
Come on. You know people were just ready to post some Forza photoshopped pictures. I mean didn't you see the failed thread yesterday
Ricky Ricardo
Member
This is literally what I came here for. To see how many microwaveable memes certain posters had at the ready to assault the thread with.
Gabotron ES
Member
Take a look at the X1 Japan launch thread...
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
The pictures look so much different when it's the actual launch day being taken and not the day before launch.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Looks like Lightning returns.
Anything but that :S
aspiegamer
Member
I pity the Chinese if that's the sort of software they have to deal with.
Their supply lines will surely be stretched with this kind of demand!
Side note-- I would freaking love to know what sort of stuff is inside the firmware on the Chinese Kinect 2.0.
PuppetSlave
Member
That is actually a really cool picture.
so, that infamous "return on drm" of microsoft, in reality is the code to digitally download the game?
like the code on that carton box of fifa that was included in my day1 bundle last november?
hehe, if true, I think we need better ..insiders in china
If there are no physical games (is this really true?) then it is a return to drm. There will be no used games.
Nightengale
Member
On the console front, Japanese games and western games.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Moba's and games where you farm a lot.
My guess is the issue with some of the games is relatively simple:
CoD probably has the Chinese army not being good guys
Destiny shows the downfall of Earth in the future, which implies the communist party failed
BF4 is definitely a no-go.
Halo on the other hand shows some sort of nebulous world government and you only shoot aliens.
CoD probably has the Chinese army not being good guys
Destiny shows the downfall of Earth in the future, which implies the communist party failed
BF4 is definitely a no-go.
Halo on the other hand shows some sort of nebulous world government and you only shoot aliens.
Oh come on.
It's the worlds largest country and economy that is (while slowing) one of the fastest growing newly rich nations on the planet.
This is a market that they absolutely must move into or they would be fools.
Western brands especially Western luxury brands are doing remarkably well in China and have been for some time. Not only was this move inevitable it was prudent.
Sony will be there soon enough, my guess is MS got the jump because their old DRM policy made it relatively easy to go all digital (harder to pirate) and to meet the Chinese government requirements (locked down region, etc)
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
That's a cool looking picture.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Those pictures of the launch are clearly fake. Everyone already saw the real launch 2 days ago with Duckroll's assistance in the thread
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Now we know were the marketing budget for Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland went.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Halo: MCC is confirmed to be coming to the Chinese market with official Chinese dubs
Yeah, because an imported XB1 is a lost sale for Microsoft?
Just take a look at the Japan launch thread.
Loool true it became very obvious as soon as we saw the localised content excuse was fluff.
- China has got localised games/Apps
- Marketing similar to launch countries from the looks of things.
- Free XBL until March 2015
- Launch blog
Japan is Tier 1.5
Should be interesting to see how it turns out given the market.
Chairmanchuck
Member
IIRC China actually has less censored PC-Games than Australia and Germany. There was a nice article in a german PC-gaming magazine a few years ago about that.
The last game that was censored/banned was BF4.
CoD isnt banned yet as far as I know. Tencent even offers the MP of some CoD for free on their QQ gamezone.