official launch sounds good in theory but have some major obstacles

1. piracy. MS is still trying to combat pirated copies playing on xboxlive. so far, pirates 1 MS 0

2. official service, refund. support, warranty. official launch means hardware & software support. the machine having 3ROL while under warranty? they have to fix or exchange the 360. DOAX2 Asian version badly pressed kenot load? have to exchange with a new print?

3. lets not even talk about the 'bad press' angle when some clueless but rich parents find out their 10 year olds are playing GoW or DOAX2 on xboxlive with some unknown strangers across the globe and complaint to some ministry

4. all in all, i think an offical launch with assasin's creed might be possible. the hero & the theme might just go well with some ministers (the same ppl who tried to champion the saladdin CG film )


actually i only way i see MS xbox really prosper in korea, china and the smaller SEA countries is through cyber cafe/arcade licensing. bulk license the machine+games, with xboxlive, charging per play or per account will still bring in revenue. look at the sucess of WoW in china! those players play on the cheap, but their business model is legal and bringing in massive proifts!!

This post has been edited by acougan: Nov 28 2006, 12:12 PM

http://www.xboxaddict.com/news/view.php?News_ID=7505

brazil? $1399 after taxes? why do they tax imported stuff so high? brazil is socialist?

stereothug, dunno where u located, but if u wanna testdrive xboxlive, go visit djinn's shop

hmm, 2008. better late than never. maybe they trying to release most of their MGS games as localized versions with BM support and budget price? Msia xbox-hidup 2008 FTW!