Kurorac Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Following the big reveal of the Xbox One last week, news about the upcoming new console continues to trickle out slowly. Now the latest bit of information regarding the system has arrived and it will likely strike few people as a surprise: the Xbox One will indeed be region locked. According to the website Digital Trends, a Microsoft representative sent them the following statement on the matter: “Similar to the movie and music industry, games must meet country-specific regulatory guidelines before they are cleared for sale. We will continue to work with our partners to follow these guidelines with Xbox One.” So there you have it. I am sure we all anticipated this as being the likely outcome, all things considered. I think I would have been far more shocked had the Xbox One not been region locked. Still, at least it is something in the way of a hard fact and honestly the Xbox One cannot have enough of those at this point. Stay tuned to Blistered Thumbs for continuing coverage of the Xbox One and be sure to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below. Source: http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2013/05/microsoft-confirms-region-locks-for-xbox-one/ Can it get worse? I hope the PS4 doesn't have Region Lock, because many games I like to play don't even have an EU release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakenSilverwing Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Just another reason in the ever expanding long list of reasons why i will not ever be getting an Xbox One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanilla Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 it seems every week there is at least 1 new reason not to get the xbox 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowwindow7 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 is microsoft trolling with the XBOXONE? so far i never heard a single good news about this console, and peoples think the Wii U is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vacio_Luna Posted May 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) Xbox 1... Edited May 28, 2013 by Vacio_Luna 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordIchikyo Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Region Lock, just like 360 heh... Hurry Cave! Stop making games on 360 and XboxOne and go develop on PS3, 4 and Vita! Everyone wants to play your games! , especially free region ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfyRaiden Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Lol wtf is wrong with M$.. Last week they forgot to register there domain name..lol..nice one M$! This piece of junk is not worth even 1 cent with all the negative things that it has, but sadly there will be a lot of morons who will buy this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVolloxx Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Xbox One = Xbox Fail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aranea Highwind Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Only XBOX fanboys would defend the XBOX One really wtf wants that big good for nothing box? most of the things the supposed "console" does others things do it if i want to watch tv i just turn on my tv not a console and with all of that social media crap the XBOX One is definitely not my thing i buy a console to play games that the whole point of having a console i hope the PS4 is not region locked as im planning to buy some imported games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latikos Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 it seems every week there is at least 1 new reason not to get the xbox 1. Sad but true. Before there were all those "great" news about the new Xbox, I thought it might be difficult again to chose the next console... I'm gonna wait before I might get one anyway, but MS makes a good job to yell "get the Ps4" at people. Sony hardly needs to do anything. Now I just hope, Sony doesn't screw things up with some news about their console... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightRadiance Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well considering the 360 was region locked this doesn't come as a surprise but Microsoft is only harming themselves. At this rate the Xbox One might just become the Vita of the console world being as its a device with potential but the makers screwed up the formula for success along the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latikos Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well, there were quite some games on the 360 you could actually play even when they were from a different region. The problem was, that you had to check before, because it wasn't for all games. Which was basically bad luck for them, because it's not a good argument to have a region-lock if the most dangerous competitor doesn't have that nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorry777 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 it just keeps getting better and better as time passes by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoValium Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 It makes you wonder if they know what we (the consumers) actually want? Or have they just blinkers on while they go ahead with this so called console of theirs lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Mayus Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I don't get why anyone has region lock nowadays. That is just more incentive for people to hack your machine to open it up for playing games. The thing is the people who import games are probably the same people who know how to CFW your system so just cut out the problem and allow imports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohellyeahh Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Oh dear. Cant we just take a shot whenever Microsoft make another announcent that puts the Xbox One on its deathbed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemisthemp Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Xbox 1. We learn 1 thing - Blu-ray is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeiFangHelenaFan Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The more bad news I hear about the Xbox One, the more the console is destined to fail. Seriously, Microsoft. What were you thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memnoch Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Price will win the battle - oh and the list of games too - lets wait until post E3 before getting knickers in a twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemisthemp Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 The more bad news I hear about the Xbox One, the more the console is destined to fail. Seriously, Microsoft. What were you thinking? They think, that Xbox Fanboys is as stupid as Apple ppl, so they will buy a Betamax player, if they just put Xbox on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolvie_181 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 What are the pros & cons of Region Lock consoles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteVega Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) What are the pros & cons of Region Lock consoles? There isn't much of a pro to it...just that the devs will earn the money from wherever that game sells and not more in one place. Example is Persona 4 arena, it was region lock as a business move from Atlus. Since people in asia could buy P4A cheaper in the US, they wanted to make sure the game was been supported where it was selling. The con is if it's a Japan only game (Like Miles edgeworth 2, I'm looking at you capcom.) then you cannot play it on your american console not even in a EU console ether. It has to be played in a japan made console. People don't like region lock if they are trophy/achievements type or want to play that japan only made game. Hope I was able to explain it well Edited May 29, 2013 by EliteVega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latikos Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) Cons: If there's no region - none (edited) Pros: You can import games from everywhere no matter where you live. Meaning, I can buy games from the US (NTSC) and would be able to play them, even though I'm from Germany (PAL). Edited May 29, 2013 by Latikos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolvie_181 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 There isn't much of a pro to it...just that the devs will earn the money from wherever that game sells and not more in one place. Example is Persona 4 arena, it was region lock as a business move from Atlus. Since people in asia could buy P4A cheaper in the US, they wanted to make sure the game was been supported where it was selling. The con is if it's a Japan only game (Like Miles edgeworth 2, I'm looking at you capcom.) then you cannot play it on your american console not even in a EU console ether. It has to be played in a japan made console. People don't like region lock if they are trophy/achievements type or want to play that japan only made game. Hope I was able to explain it well Oh,I get now. I wouldn't mind playing Japanese PS3 or PS4 games I love their 2D side scrolling shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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