Microsoft Xbox One Loses Its Japanese Market

Microsoft only sold 100 units of Xbox One after E3.

Microsoft Corporation did relatively well in pulling off an exceptional show this year. The company’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was a major success and many perceive that it was successful in even overtaking Sony Corp. for the very first time since its launch in 2013.

The battle between Sony and Microsoft is nothing unheard of where both the companies are trying their best to reign over the industry. This year too, the E3 showcased this rivalry with ample zeal and enthusiasm.

Microsoft utilized this opportunity to showcase the trailers of its popular video games. these trailers were the expected editions of the famous franchises that were shown parallel to HoloLens- which is a headset, that is aimed to enrich the virtual reality experience.

At this point, Microsoft has several things to be worried about regarding its gaming consoles. The company has not done quite well in Japan, however many expected that the game might change for them after their E3 success. But this is not the case anymore since their gaming console sales in Japan are on their all-time low.

According to the data obtained, Microsoft had been successful in only selling 100 consoles in the Japanese market. This is a very disappointing state for the company since the Japanese population accounts to 120 million where only 100 units were sold despite the hype created by E3.

The staggering performance of Microsoft in the Japanese market is not big news since previously the head of Xbox division in Japan also resigned due to the same issue. Their unit sales performance shows that the company is not even trying to revive its position. The tech giant basically started off with selling around 23,562 units only within four days of its launch. In the third week, it sold 1,314 units only which is down to merely 100 now. Clearly the Japanese market has lost imminent interest in the Xbox One since mostly Asian gamers enjoy Sony’s PlayStation comparatively.

On the other hand, Sony has been doing fairly well in this market where 322,000 units of PlayStation 4 were sold in just a matter of 2 days. This is said to be 15 times more sales than what Microsoft Xbox observed during the same time span. Microsoft at this point needs to take several major steps that can help them to redeem themselves but at this point it seems like a relatively difficult task.

Microsoft Upgrades XBox With Voice Messages

The tech giant has plans to update Xbox One with voice messages and new chat options by the end of April

The most popular device among the young people, the Xbox is all set to be upgraded by the Microsoft Corporation for its update scheduled for April 2015. According to the latest technological news, the tech giant was recently seen talking about experimenting with updating the device with voice messages and chat options that have excited the users to no extent. These are some of the features that the users of the gaming device have been looking towards since the first time they got their hands on the product. For the company to have finally come up with such options for the upgraded version of the gaming device, it has not come as a surprise to the tech analysts.

The update on the Xbox will include the addition of voice messaging service and will also allow a platform where a group of users will be able to entertain a group chat. These messages will be easily designed to transfer from Xbox 360 to Xbox One which means that all the Xbox users will be granted permission to use the special offering of the company.

These voice messages are needed by the gamers at the time they are engrossed in a game during which it becomes quite difficult for them to type a message to their partners in games. Through this voice message service, they will easily record a message which will then be sent over to the other party on the server. This new update will give gaming a whole new experience and the users will be able to enjoy playing games even more than before.

With the help of these additional offerings by Microsoft, the users using the Xbox are allowed to enjoy the actual feel of gaming without any interruption during the extraordinary experience. The tech giant has also made a much-anticipated change in the Xbox in which the users will be able to take a preview of their games as well.

Tech analysts have predicted that Microsoft Corporation might have to face some issues before finally releasing the chat feature on the Xbox as there are some NAT settings that need to be taken into consideration before carrying out any plans. The software giant has decided to overcome all the problems related to technology in the upcoming update that it has decided to make in April.

As for when the Microsoft update is actually going to get launched in April, it has not yet been finalized or announced by the officials. Analysts believe that if Bill Gates’ company is taking time to launch the update, then it is probable that they are working hard to produce great results.