Microsoft bringing Xbox One to 26 new markets in September this year

[Justin Kahn]

While many have criticized Microsoft for falling behind Sony in sales, with the launch of Titanfall we could see the new Xbox One start to turn things around. We also saw Microsoft finally add in full Twitch streaming support and it seems as though the company is ready to launch the new console in a number of regions around the world yet to see the new Xbox One officially on store shelves.

Microsoft has announced that Xbox One will be launching in 26 new markets including Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan, and Sweden to name a few. Unfortunately Redmond said the box wouldn't become available until September, but that it would start to share more data on the local level towards the end of next month.

According to today's announcement, Xbox One gamers are now currently spending an average of 5 hours a day on the system. As Microsoft's Chief Product Officer of Xbox Marc Whitten leaves to take on a similar role at Sonos, Yusuf Mehdi said today that last week the company saw the highest number of hours logged on Xbox Live since the Xbox One launched last November.

Here is the complete list of new markets the Xbox One will officially be coming to as of September this year: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UAE.

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[wastedkill]

All these people leaving microsoft you can just see its going to be better the more it goes on, Xbox one on the otherhand aint doing too good and I am not sure if increasing market reach will help much as Sony will just follow suit.

 

[je29836]

Yay now the nsa can spy in those countries via kinect too

 

[GhostRyder]

All these people leaving microsoft you can just see its going to be better the more it goes on, Xbox one on the otherhand aint doing too good and I am not sure if increasing market reach will help much as Sony will just follow suit.

Its doing better than Sony if you take into account the fact its available in half as many areas as Sony is and its just barely behind in Console sales. The other fact is there are more game sales going to XB1 because there are more games out for it so its doing better in the category that Sony said it was focusing on.

Yay now the nsa can spy in those countries via kinect too

If you really believe that, then you better get rid of your smart phone and laptop because they have cameras to.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

I wasn't even aware that my country hasn't got it yet. No big deal as far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't waste money on it anyway.

 

[wastedkill]

Its doing better than Sony if you take into account the fact its available in half as many areas as Sony is and its just barely behind in Console sales. The other fact is there are more game sales going to XB1 because there are more games out for it so its doing better in the category that Sony said it was focusing on.


If you really believe that, then you better get rid of your smart phone and laptop because they have cameras to.

16% less market share which is a big near 3mill sales which is hardly barely behind in console sales its very close to half which is massive!!

Sony is gaining 2.2 sales every time microsoft sells a xbox one lets not forget microsoft gives money to sony for each sale of the xbox one as well.