It's now been announced that, on launch, X-Box Live will only be supported in the regions shown in the map below (and listed in the spoiler tag). As we already know, no X-Box Live means no online, which means no game activation, which means no playable games. After Don Mattrick's blunt statement saying that if you have no internet then you better stick to the 360, now they're disadvantaging the people who have internet. Someone take the spade off Microsoft?
EDIT: It seems that the One will only be released in the regions given below, with the rest of the world given 2014 releases when they get XBL support for them. Even so, with Day One release in anywhere out of the US having virtually none of the TV features shown at the conference then it's a rather poor show from a company that should know better.
Regions
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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