The possibility of an Xbox console launch in the country has been long teased, going all the way back to 2010. — Photo by Billy Freeman on Unsplash
The Xbox Series X video game console has been spotted on the online Sirim (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia) database.
Its listing on the database states that the console had received approval from Sirim back in Dec 20 last year under the product model 1882, which refers to the Xbox Series X with 1TB of internal storage.
Interestingly enough, searches on the Sirim database also turned up earlier approval listings for two variants of the Xbox Series S (under the 1881 and 1883 model numbers).
These were approved back in 2020, shortly before the original global release of the Series S and Series X consoles in November the same year.
Despite the older listings, however, Microsoft’s fourth generation of home video game consoles, like its predecessors, have thus far remained absent from the Malaysian market, making the latest listing no confirmation of a local launch.
When contacted, an Xbox spokesperson had this to say: “We look forward to bringing the joy of gaming to more people and hope to share more in due time.”
The possibility of an Xbox console launch in the country has been long teased, going all the way back to 2010, with then-CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer promising an Xbox console release in Malaysia.
In an interview with LifestyleTech (then In.Tech), Ballmer said that such a release would be during his “working lifetime”. He has since left Microsoft as of 2014, with current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stepping up to the role.
More recently, Malaysia saw the launch of the Xbox PC Game Pass back in 2022, and subsequently the official availability of the Xbox Wireless Controller in 2023.
