Gamertag : leenaz
No of units : 1
purchase date (month/year) : Jan 2007
no of games : 9
Device Failure : dvd-rom unable to read disc
Failure Date : mac 2007
Problem solved? : solved
How was problem solved - Send back to sg

I managed to meet someone ( in a high level position)  in Microsoft Malaysia by chance recently and asked him abt future of support in Malaysia and he mentioned that there were some discussions at his level but nothing forthcoming.  I then suggested that if some data would be helpful in pushing the case for support / official launch in Malaysia, and he said it would really help. Addtionally he also mentioned that given the right situation, there is also the possiblity of establishing a 'back-door' support channel in Malaysia ( i.e no launch in M'sia but support ). So I took his name card and told I that I'd be in touch if I can get some data.

Here's where I need everyone's thoughts. I was thinking,... with everyone's help here ,..I will need to compile a database with the following ...

*Gamertag * No of units * purchase date (month/year) * no of games* Device Failure : 3rod/ video/ power ..etc * Faillure Date ( month / year) * Problem solved? (Yes/No) * How was problem solved - Self repair / 1 to 1 exchange *

no of units and games would provide an estimate of the amt spent on xbox 360.
Purchase date will provide a trend of increasing users in Malaysia from the time of launch
gamertag will provide authenticity of users

obvoiusly all this info is for ORI 360 units and games.

Please bear in mind that this is a longshot at best but I thought we can at least try do something. Of course help from everyone here is critical. Would you all support this? has this been done before? is this data worth compiling ? need your thoughts.

yo dude, not to burst your bubble but the eventual decision does not lie in the hands of someone in Malaysia.

I've met microsoft E&D folks from Malaysia, Singapore and even from Redmond and no one really is saying much right now. Trust me, if they really wanted to find out what the market is really like in Malaysia, they would have and should have done it a long time ago. 

All I can say now is don't get your hopes too high up. Will it ever happen, no one can really for sure but what i do know is everyone should just enjoy their game and get on with it.

PS: I've pointed the thread with all the local gamer tags to the "right" ppl at Microsoft Malaysia before just to let you know.

send back to sg and repaired or 1 to 1 exchange?

I hear you bro. In fact this is quite a longshot BUT I feel we should just do something and see where it goes.
Additionally, my contact did also mention that it is MS is interested to build a relationship with the gaming community here in the long term. I know this might not be really true and I am not naive to think that MS even cares about us, but lets just see where this takes us,... might not be anywhere, might be somewhere, we have nothing to lose right?

yeah its been questioned alot by tons of people if MS will actually launch at all, but in the end there isnt a single person tht wouldnt want a official LAUNCH