Digital Trends has confirmed with Microsoft, that the new Xbox ONE console will be locked according to your region. That means, any of our fellow Japanophile gamers or gamers that figured they will just spend the extra loot to have the game added to your collection– it’s a NO GO.

“Similar to the movie and music industry, games must meet country-specific regulatory guidelines before they are cleared for sale,” a Microsoft spokesperson said. “We will continue to work with our partners to follow these guidelines with Xbox One.”

While the above quote does soften the blow, our current gen consoles the Xbox 360 allows studios to choose if their games can play across all regions and Playstation 3 is completely region free. Still no word on the Playstation 4 and if it will continue the PS3’s region free legacy.