Xbox One’s touted voice commands will only work in 5 countries at launch

Microsoft plans to launch the Xbox One console in 13 countries this year, but only players in five of these nations will get to use the device’s Kinect voice commands, which enable players to control many of Xbox One’s functions just by speaking.

The company recently published a “Get The Facts” post on Xbox.com that goes over the many features of the next-gen hardware. Whenever it mentions the new Kinect’s voice features that control the box, however, it refers to a clause in the fine print that reveals that functionality won’t work in more than half of the nations it will launch in this November (via NeoGAF).