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- Sep 3, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Sep 4, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Xbox One to launch in Japan
- Microsoft Japan announced in April 2014 that Xbox One would launch in Japan on September 4, nearly 10 months after North America and Europe[1]
- 48 companies were listed as registered publishers, but the launch line-up had few JRPGs; Ars expected Sony's lead to keep Microsoft at the bottom of Japan's sales (the author's view)[1]
- Famitsu recorded 23,562 Xbox One units sold in Japan from September 4 to 7, far behind PS4 (about 322,000 in two days) and Xbox 360 (62,135) launches[3][4]
- Top launch software was Titanfall at 22,416, Kinect Sports Rivals at 14,191 and Dead Rising 3 at 7,330; photos showed empty queue lines near midnight[3][4]
Notable features
- Xbox One is Microsoft's eighth-generation home console and the successor to Xbox 360, marketed as an "all-in-one entertainment system"; it first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia and South America in November 2013 at US$499[2]
- It is powered by an AMD APU with eight x86-64 Jaguar cores at 1.75 GHz and 8 GB of DDR3 RAM (68.3 GB/s), with 5 GB available to games; the GCN-based GPU has 12 compute units (768 cores) at 853 MHz for an estimated 1.31 TFLOPS[2]
- The launch console has a non-replaceable 500 GB hard drive and a Blu-ray Disc drive, and an HDMI input that passes through a TV set-top box so live television can be overlaid with an enhanced program guide[2]
- The redesigned Kinect 2.0 sensor provides motion tracking and voice commands; from June 9, 2014 Microsoft also sold cheaper bundles without Kinect, at US$399 in the United States[2]
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- [1]90%arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/xbox-one-to-launch-in-japan-on-september-4arstechnica.com· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Sep 3, 2014 ✓· Ends Sep 4, 2014 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per arstechnica.com: "Xbox One to launch in Japan on September 4 Microsoft teases “Halo for Xb…"
- [2]78%Xbox One - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 100% of score
Wikipedia's Xbox One article gives the 1.75 GHz 8-core Jaguar APU, 8 GB DDR3 (5 GB for games), 1.31 TFLOPS GCN GPU, 500 GB HDD and Blu-ray, Kinect 2.0, the US$499 launch price and the US$399 Kinect-free bundle from June 9, 2014.
- [3]82%Some Pretty Tough News About the Xbox One's Japan Launch Salestime.com· Published Sep 10, 2014· 0% of score
Time reports the Xbox One launched in Japan on September 4, 2014 and sold just 23,562 units in its first four days, matching the pin's stored date and underscoring the weak Japanese reception referenced in its title.
- [4]80%Xbox One launch didn't ignite Japan, just 23K consoles soldengadget.com· Published Sep 10, 2014· 0% of score
Engadget corroborates the September 4-7, 2014 Japanese launch week and the same 23,562-unit sales figure, independently matching the pin's stored date.
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