Microsoft officially welcomes Xbox One to South Africa

MWEB GameZone writes: "South Africa is the only country in the world to receive a dedicated welcome video from Xbox's Graeme “Acey Bongos” Boyd.

South Africa has always had a strong Xbox fanbase. Will they continue their support or have most players already bought into the PlayStation 4?

The Xbox One launches in South Africa in 7 days."

[SonZeRo]

Better late than never, can't help but put the blame square on MS shoulders for crappy sales figures, too much crammed into the Xbox One that isn't gaming.

[Gazondaily]

"too much crammed into the Xbox One that isn't gaming"

Eh? You mean like all that media support that people have been asking for ages and now have?

It's still a gaming console and so far has had a decent line up of games and a great 2014 line up too. So yeah, its on point in terms of its game offerings so why not offer other things as well?

[XBLSkull]

I certainly want a device that can do as much as possible besides gaming. I'd probably stick to Nintento systems if you just want a purely gaming experience.

Xbox has all the must play franchises. If I had to pick between my X1, PS4, and r9 290x gaming PC, the Xbox wins no contest.

[Foehammer]

So sales better than the 360, even though the 360 launched in 36 Countries and the X1 in 13,are considered "crappy", lol.

[xHeavYx]

Because we all know that sales will skyrocket once the One is launched in Burkina Faso, right? /s

[Foehammer]

Must have really bothered this troll to see the X1 as the best selling console in Japan last week, lol.

[plut0nash]

Going to buy one I rate :)

[Sillicur]

Do you have a PS4 yet? :)

[plut0nash]

Not yet. Probably going to be a while till I get one :)

[TheFallen1327]

Yes its in south Africa already

[TongkatAli]

Get both, they're both amazing and worth having. Take your time, don't spend too much money all at once.

[lord zaid]

I love how you're all "Get both", but then "don't spend too much money all at once". Funny :D

[akurtz]

He did say "take your time"

[TheBrit]

And you assumed it's a 'he'.... :)

[Sillicur]

Nice to see it is finally here! Wonder how many people will buy it in South Africa

[Torque_CS_Lewith]

You can count me in. Been waiting a long long time. Getting the Kinect version too. Might as well jump all in.

[poppinslops]

It's worth it just for the voice control.

I can drink my tea, smoke my cigarette and surf the web without so much as reaching for the controller... Until I reach a text box.

Cortana (Microsoft's Siri) is still in beta, but functionally 'she' is already ahead of the competition. If/when they integrate 'her' with the xbox, It'll be pretty futuristic...

The gesture controls are occasionally useful, but yeah, if your hands are free you might as well just use the controller... Unless you're Tom Cruise.

[HoldenZA]

So cool that they did a personal message to us Saffers :)

[lord zaid]

Did you catch the outtakes at the end of the video? Hilarious!

[hkgamer]

what region is south africa counted as anyway?

thought they only had:

eu, basically PAL regions including australia
j/a, ntsc asian regions
us, ntsc american continents.

this the first time a console been offically released in the african continent?

[mkis007]

Those are the bigger regions, hence why they have their own place. Everywhere else is just counted as rest of world. Hence why global sales are always different then the other 3 combined is.

[Niv]

PAL and eu psn store

[lord zaid]

South Africa falls under EMEA. So the parts of Europe that aren't cool, the Middle East and Africa. We tend to get everything last.

And no, we've all the console here, all the way back to the NES in some form or another.

[Jihaad_cpt]

Um no SA had the PS4 relatively early

[Torque_CS_Lewith]

We fall under PAL. We have had officially launched consoles since the days of the PS One. Heck, I had a NES growing up but I don't think it was official.

[guyman]

Um, what ignorance. ridiculous - o and by the way, common house pets in South Africa range from elephants to lions to hippos, that's only if you have a pool of course.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

I would like an elephant, lion, & hippo as pet's.
Of course I would have a pool w/ water slide, and water fall to keep them all entertained. (;

[Torque_CS_Lewith]

I actually once told a guy over Xbox Live that I was skipping work because my elephant was feeling sick and he bought it.
I had to tell him that I was kidding and that we do not ride elephants to work.

[ScorpiusX]

Good for them and much success.

[ScorpiusX]

Haters are so sad . Wow

[psnCAShville_615]

i hope they fail miserably, this gen not because i like ps4, but because they try to take the customer rights away, and above all that they have the guts to say, we have the best games.

your terrible microsoft, i hope you fail miserably oh and thanks for ruining last gen, with your exclusive dlc bullshit, know we have pre orders for dlcs because of you.... BIG EFF TO YOU

[Gazondaily]

"i hope they fail miserably, this gen not because i like ps4, but because they try to take the customer rights away, and above all that they have the guts to say, we have the best games. "

Ugh...what a load of sensationalist nonsense.

[Wikkid666]

Wow! someone needs to settle down