XB1 to completely ignore the Asia Market for up to a year after release

There's been many moves that I can't understand by Microsoft but this ranks high upon this list.

Xbox One will not be available in Asia at all until the end of 2014, and there are no current plans to release the console in Japan.

Let that sink in. One of the biggest countries in spending money and console use, and they're not going to play at all.

Does that make sense?

I mean, it's not like the previous consoles have done particularly well in Japan to start with, but I mean, if you don't play, you can't improve at all. And you'd think nations with the highest density of ultra-fast Internet connections would be more ok with the "Nearly Always On" nature of the Xbox One.

But, Microsoft has decided they can't win, so they're not going to even try to make Sony spend resources to defend their home market.

How would you like to be in Xbox PR Department right now? It's been nearly a month of agony, punctuated by Sony absolutely owning Microsoft with the low price and relaxed used games announcements at E3.