Microsoft delays Chinese launch on Xbox one consoles
- The console was due to be formally launched and go on sale in China on 23 September
- Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are gearing up to enter the Chinese market after a 14-year ban on foreign consoles was lifted in January
- Microsoft buy Micecraft for $2.5bn
Microsoft launch for the Xbox One cancels two days before its release on 23rd of September.
People who pre ordered the console will be offered a pre order bonus for the inconvenience of the release date. The delay is due to Microsoft is being investigated by Chinese authorities who have accused it of violating its anti-trust laws. Either of the next generation consoles have been released in China as the ban still remains that video games are not permitted to sell. This ban is currently looking to be released and Sony may the first console to be released in that country.
The Xbox is currently not doing so good and is being dominated by Sonys playstation by outselling each console at a 3:1 ratio. Despite that microsoft is looking to come out of the gaming industry as they have acquired the games development company mojang for 2.5bn dollars. The Playstation 4 has reached over
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