Xbox One to take on PS4 in its home country of Japan on Sept. 4

If I’ve learned anything from karaoke, it’s that you shouldn’t give up just because people really don’t like you. As it is with me crooning Danzig’s “Mother,” so it is with Xbox in Japan.

Microsoft revealed today that it will release Xbox One in Japan on Sept. 4. This is the first official date for Microsoft’s planned 26-country expansion for its latest gaming hardware. In March, the hardware manufacturer revealed that it would head to Japan and other territories in September, and now it has set a date for at least one of those regions. This Japanese release will come nearly 10 months after the console debuted in its 13 launch regions in November. It also comes nearly seven months after Sony started selling the PlayStation 4 in Japan. Microsoft only sold around 1.6 million Xbox 360s since 2005. Japan also has a shifting gaming landscape that sees consumers spending more time and money than ever on mobile, which will likely also present a problem for the American machine.