Firstly, why I’m posting this? Because it’s a topic, that is ignored too much. Maybe this does not affect you, but yet it still affects tons of gamers around the world. So that’s why we need to fight on this case together and get Microsoft attention. Because if they really care about all the gamers, this is where they need to start to make changes.
So to the topic, the last time that Xbox expanded their support was in 2014 when Slovakia and the Middle East continent got Xbox Live… 9 years ago… There are tons of gamers in those yet unsupported countries that would love to enjoy Xbox games, Xbox services and other Xbox stuff, but they can’t without using VPN, changing regions and using fake address in a supported country. (And tons of casual gamers will not even do that).
I’m from Europe and in a country that is an EU member. There are 9 countries inside EU that currently do not have support, and 19 countries in the whole Europe (List here) this already isn’t a small market and where is the rest of the world. In short Xbox officially support less than 50 countries based on their official list.
The Funny thing is, tons of those countries (that have no Xbox) have full support on Steam, Epic, GOG, Origin… Spotify, YouTube Premium, Netflix, HBO, Disney+ etc. All fully officially supported. Even for PS and Sony services and Nintendo and theirs…
But yeah, I know. That’s not fair, Microsoft is this tiny little start up that can’t expand into a global brand over 10 years. And I’m acting like they’re one of the biggest corporations in the world or something. Sorry /s
TL;DR: Xbox officially support less than 50 countries and the last time they expanded was almost 10 years ago.
