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Informed by TechCentral.

Some important extract:

MICROSOFT chief executive officer Steve Ballmer was here to promote the software giant's venture into cloud computing but the biggest question in out minds was if the Xbox will ever be released here. This is what he had to say:

In.Tech: Will Microsoft ever release the Xbox in Malaysia?
Ballmer: Yes, but I'm not going to say when (laughs).

In our lifetime?
(Laughs again.) Yes. In my working lifetime, yes.

...eventually? Perhaps not the 360, but the 8th gen platform.

?? very unlikely.

x360 is nearly its lifetime.. it has roughly till 2012
valhalla is releasing mid this year.

it seems that jasper really done it..no rrod so far... 1 1/2 year already..

Hooray!! No more using NA, Singapore or EU account... But I seriously hope that the Xbox we adapt will be the NA region... That will surely be a bliss..

well the 360 product lifecycle is 10years (2015)

I'm guessing the earliest will be end of 2011?

xbox release here or not, i dun really care

I just want a official Malaysia based Live! server...

but that also means creating new account & there goes all my achievement points

+1 agree.. also localized MS points

so?..

Asyik tok tok tok tok tok tok tok but no action what for...
Dah naik menyampah dgr.

saya setuju. and judging by the looks of things, its not even close to happening la. in any case, i think its too late for the current 360 la. mungkin for xbox 3 or 720 kot.

i wan localized live points! haha bugger always convert 2 USD damn pain

If jadi, good.

if not, tak kisah .Singapore ada. that'll do. for now.

I wouldn't want a localised xboxlive. That would confuse matters even more especially with regional locking and so on. What i really want is a live service that's global. It's a bit ridiculous that MS points are region locked.

The only thing i care is IF they made it official then we might get the same kinda promotion as Singapore. and the warranty support.

The rest? I don really care but Microsoft CEO is talking and it's from The Star.

That worth more than any of the speculation and you thought. yeah.

Aya, talk and do is difference la.

So far in this 20 years, only Sega Mega Drive 2 and Sony Playstaion Console Series got official product in Msia. Some more the price for official product for console in Msia always much higher than import one due to stupid Msia Custom, I think difficult for MS to do it la.

klu xbox dtg pun kat sini, no point gak, bkn nya ada byk kedai yg support game ori kat sini mcm ps3. lg2 game lama2 mcm game gears of war, mass effect nak cari kedai online mmg payah. yg pelik nya bkn jauh pun singapore ngan sini, tak kan ambik masa kat 4thn nak sampai. tp yg pasti dlm tempoh 2thn ni takde xbox 720 or ps4.

720 ke ps4, belum perlu lagi, tapi kalau xbox masuk sini lagi bagus, ada sokongan online senang nak beli yg ori, paling penting senang nak recover warranty di sini,

no live like no life dude

mmg tak perlu, sbb kinect ngan move br nak kuar, take time utk diorang cover blk. ak br nk plan beli xbox...

I don't think so, Microsoft got a very effective way to control piracy. at least at shopping mall level. The reason it take time to come here is usually legal issue and not "distance".

Just wait and see.