Buying NTSC game is not a problem if we purchase it from Amazon or play-asia.
I am more concern about the authentication of the XOne when connected to net. Will it block us from playing XOne <US, NTSC/U> in bolehland (with NTSC/U game of course)?

Btw, just for sharing, way back to 2007 when I first bought X360 <Asia NTSC/C> we can't simply connect to Live. In order to do that we have to create an US hotmail account with US address as well as US credit card info. Things might change in recent year though..

Yes, the PS4 Standard Edition = looooooooongggg Q, Good Luck!

Free shipping to Sg, what a great news! I were staying in Sg for the past 6 yrs and just back to KL permanently since last Sept... anyway shipping to My doesn't cost much it's merely USD19.90 so it's cnosidered cheap though..

What restrictions? Bad idea to get the US version?

This is the official allowed list:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States

Xbox One will not work in Malaysia

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/pre-ord...-one/disclaimer

Well, Microsoft is implying that it's best to just wait for the Xbox One to launch in the specific region/country before trying.

Hmmm, dangerous if I get it and it refuses to work here.

For me personally, most of the X1 content offered in US 1. doesn't interested me, 2. doesn't accessible/offered in Bolehland, ie TV, movie, music, etc. The reason I bought X1 is solely because of Forza 5  .

If I cant get it day one, I wont lose much since I still have F2, F3, F4, GT5, GT6, NFS, DiRT 1/2/3, GRiD 1/2, F1 2011/12 in either X360 & PS3. Just my personal intention of X1 here.

Note that X1 is not a bad machine as a overall content services provider. It still have those audience looking towards this as a ONE machine that rule the house  . If in US is even better due to the content (TV, Movie, Music, etc) offered.

I believe if we wanna a complete gaming experience, we gotta get both PS4 and X1 eventually since both machine has its pros and cons.

This is truly a tricky part that not being answered directly by M$. Hope some light from someone soon regarding the IP thing.

The 24-hour authentication IS an issue because it won't work in Malaysia.

It's not that XB1 will "invalidate" your games,
it just won't validate them at all in the first place because you're trying to use them from an invalid region.

This is what the twitter exchange here suggests
http://i.imgur.com/5ATLlWV.png

It is an issue. And this is coming from someone who is blessed with Unifi in a highly urban area like Subang Jaya with a decent PC to boot, plus a smart phone with data plan. Even with Unifi, it DOES go down once in a while. A minor inconvenience yes, but you won't feel the negative of the 24 hr login issue unless you encounter a situation like:-
1) You played Forza 5 last night. Managed to unlocked the Mclaren. Since it is bed time you shut off your Xbox one and go to bed
2) The next day you did a little overtime and return back later than usual. It is Friday night, and you want to race in your just unlocked Mclaren.
3) But then you realized that there is no internet connection, which means.....
4) .. you cannot authenticate your Forza 5 with Microsoft servers since the late time you game, which is last night.
5) ...so you try to connect using using your smartphone, because you have a smartphone with data plan.
6) ... but then realized M$ decided to make you download a huge ass patch to update the Xbone before you can game (speaking from experience with Games for Windows Live)
7) ... but your data plan while is has 3GB or unlimited data cap it is not as fast as broadband
8) ... so unable to login and play with your just unlocked Mclaren you wish you bought a PS4 or any other device which has non-restrictive DRM.

Sony has made a pretty bold statement with its no DRM stance. I am not a Sony fanboy, but if Sony decided to backtrack on their statements you can expect a huge backlash to them.

This is the relevant exchange



bloody hell, they really plan to restrict our game's activation by IP?

Are you suggesting that we shouldn't take Xbox Support seriously ?

If we can't get into XBLA, don't you think that it will affect the dreaded online check as well ?

the "family members share"? here how it works according to major nelson.

- only one gamer can play at a given time.
- if you share let say with 3 gamers, they CAN NOT play the games simultaneously.

this feature i think works best for Single player games.

So we are losing the ability to share games now? 1 Gold Live for whole Family? Disc Based games need disc to be in tray for authentication? Online Pass coming back? what about renting/resell policy?

It kinda suck now, everything goes back to stone age (like xbox360 other than no region lock, GT Lock like PS3?) no more Premium Console.

The only good thing about steam is the sales.

Otherwise, you're stuck with one game identity, one copy.  Which is the worst DRM inplementation of the current generation