--- description: Microsoft will launch its flagship games console in 26 new markets this fall. title: Xbox One to Launch in 26 New Global Markets in September image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f36b4bb845111c1/6986827fd0b6f2560e302ec1/xbox-one.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft's Xbox One Could Make Up Lost Sales Ground Big Time in September by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 5:24 PM CUT  Microsoft by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 5:24 PM CUT Let’s review the numbers: Sony’s PlayStation 4 was available in 53 countries in December, and it’s added four since, most notably Japan in late February, bringing its worldwide tally to 57\. Microsoft’s Xbox One, by contrast, is in just 13, and [that’s where the platform remains](http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/disclaimer "undefined") today. The PS4 is thus outselling the Xbox One by leaps and bounds on the world stage. Is that a revelation? It shouldn’t be. Stories of PS4 supply constraints notwithstanding, if competing products aren’t being sold in the same countries at more or less the same time, sales comparisons are going to be off (and in this instance, with so much market disparity between the two, _way_ off). That’s going to change come September, when Microsoft says it’ll add 26 new markets to the Xbox One’s purview, bringing the total to 39\. Here’s the list of additions, [hot off Xbox Wire’s press](http://news.xbox.com/2014/03/xbox-one-new-markets "undefined"): * Argentina * Chile * Colombia * Czech Republic * Greece * Hungary * India * Israel * Japan * Korea * Poland * Portugal * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * Slovakia * South Africa * Turkey * UAE Joystiq [notes](http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/xbox-one-rolling-to-26-new-regions-in-september "undefined") that eight of the above — Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland — were supposed to make the original November 2013 launch. Microsoft scrapped those plans at the eleventh hour, so while tales are rampant of Sony’s PS4 sales not representing demand because of production issues, it’s actually Microsoft that seems to be having the more egregious manufacturing troubles. I can’t imagine the company _wants_ to be in roughly a quarter of the number of markets Sony is today. Bear that in mind (and I’ll keep making note of it) as we do these sales comparisons rolling forward. **MORE: The History of Video Game Consoles – Full** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/"},"headline":"Microsoft's Xbox One Could Make Up Lost Sales Ground Big Time in September","datePublished":"2014-03-18T17:24:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:45.738Z","description":"Microsoft will launch its flagship games console in 26 new markets this fall.","url":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","sales","xbox One","Microsoft"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f36b4bb845111c1/6986827fd0b6f2560e302ec1/xbox-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f36b4bb845111c1/6986827fd0b6f2560e302ec1/xbox-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"xbox-one","caption":"","creditText":"Microsoft","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/","name":"Microsoft's Xbox One Could Make Up Lost Sales Ground Big Time in September"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Video Gaming Consoles","description":"The full series on gaming consoles packed into one video for you to watch.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/c8bQ37tV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-08T16:50:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/c8bQ37tV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/","duration":"PT23M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/28963/microsofts-xbox-one-could-make-up-lost-sales-ground-big-time-in-september/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```