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Microsoft reduced the wing for the launch of the Xbox One

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NY – Microsoft U.S. computer group announced Wednesday that its new video game console, Xbox One, would be launched in November in fewer countries than expected

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“We announced that the Xbox One would be available in 21 markets around the world to launch. It was an ambitious goal,” recalls a message posted on the official blog of Xbox.

“To meet the demand, we adjusted the number of market receive the Xbox One November 13: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand, “he adds.

The device should then be launched “as soon as possible in 2014″ in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland, he says.

One Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, sold 77 million copies since late 2005.

Microsoft had officially unveiled during May, posting at the time its intention to impose the device as a platform essential entertainment in the living room for video games as well as other activities.

Xbox One example can zap instantly between a video game, a television program or surfing the internet. Microsoft has also integrated its

Call by Skype internet video system.

Microsoft is not alone in renewing its range. Japanese rival Sony has also announced the release of a PlayStation 4 at the end of this year, and the third largest manufacturer of console, Nintendo of Japan, launched its Wii U last year.

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