From
TeamXbox: "Tim Chen, chief
executive of Microsoft China, revealed in an interview with Reuters that Microsoft plans to start selling the Xbox 360
in China next year (along with other [sic] eight territories) but stressed that the timing of its launch was not set in
stone."
It's nice to know that the mainland will be joining at least
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan,
Mexico, and Colombia in welcoming the 360 with open arms (and large wallets, though nothing's "set in stone") next
year.
How long did it take Sony to release the PS2 over there? Three or four
years? This isn't too shabby considering that the closest the original Xbox got to China was its
"special administrative region," otherwise
known as Hong Kong. (Of course, we have to wonder if MS meant Hong
Kong for the 360 announcement in the first place.)
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