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So, after months of waiting Microsoft has finally told the world when they can get their hands on the Xbox 360. For our European readers that will be December 2nd, over a week later that our friends in North America who will be enjoying the new console from November 22nd. While I shouldn’t really moan about this (Japanese Xbox fans don’t get the new console until December 10th) as it’s pretty close to a simultaneous worldwide launch, it’s ever so slightly annoying.
It might just be me being incredibly impatient, but on November 22nd when the console is released in North America those ten days or so are going to seem like an eternity. Five years ago, when the internet wasn’t as widespread and people didn’t discuss their every move on internet forums, this wouldn’t have been a problem. Five minutes after launch on November 22nd every gaming forum on the planet will be full of early impressions of the console and its games.
It’s going to be hard to resist reading these forum posts and the inevitable mix of glee and disappointment, but I wish I could. I’d like to be able to experience the console for the first time at the same time as everyone else – not after I’ve imagined every game in my head through the words of thousands of Americans.
For anyone who turns into a small child over the excitement of new gaming hardware it just isn’t going to be the same. Sure, importing is an option, but with the ten day gap your mind says it’s a stupid thing to do. Microsoft so nearly got it right. A simultaneous worldwide launch would have been a very beautiful thing, but it’s not to be.
This article is part of Pro-G’s regular Sunday Supplement feature.
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