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AceHigh:
Nah, "multi country" doesn't sound that impressive once you realize that most of the world use 230Volt +/-10V at 50Hz, while the other part mostly uses 120V at 60Hz.
In practice that means you place a very small red switch on the back of the PSU with 120/230 option and ship the console with the power cord that fits the country's plug. It's that simple, really.
Tanis:
I don't see why that sort of thing hasn't been standardized yet.
Side not:
Fuck the English units of measurements.
This Yankee uses the metric system.
megido-rev.M:
Metric > imperial
zherok:
--- Quote from: Tanis on August 15, 2013, 04:07:06 AM ---I don't see why that sort of thing hasn't been standardized yet.
Side not:
Fuck the English units of measurements.
This Yankee uses the metric system.
--- End quote ---
I think you answered your question.
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: Tanis on August 15, 2013, 04:07:06 AM ---I don't see why that sort of thing hasn't been standardized yet.
--- End quote ---
Infrastructure is expensive to change. Besides Americans cheated instead and hotwired 2 live phases with 120V each, effectively getting the 240V by bypassing the neutral connector entirely. So the only advantage we in Europe have with our single phase 230/240V is that we get three phases in, making it very simple to connect asynchronous AC motor without any fancy converter equipment.
Anyway back to topic. My country is small and everyone knows each other through a "friend of a friend". Anyway that means that the rumours are often credible because they come from someone working at the Norwegian branch of Microsoft. ANyway this it the rumour:
MS did not pull out of 8 countries because of "local content". They pulled out because of the pre-order disaster. You may have heard that PS4 preorder is 4 to 1 compared to Xbone. With the limited supply of consoles during release Microsoft deemed it a better business strategy to fully saturate the "core" markets where they have a chance. Obviously the traditionally Sony loyal Norway is not one of those markets and I bet neither is the rest of the 8 countries.
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