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Sonic Mania Not Available on Xbox One in India

Sonic Mania Not Available on Xbox One in India 51s3t

By Rishi Alwani | Updated: 18 August 2017 17:20 IST

Highlights

Xbox One owners cannot purchase Sonic Mania in India
The game is not on the Indian Xbox Store
Sonic Mania is a digital-only release

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Retro-styled platform Nintendo Switch. If you’re in India and own an Xbox One, you’re out of luck. Sonic Mania is not on the Indian Xbox Store. Searching for the game on the Xbox One, Xbox website or the Xbox app via smartphone throws up a “no results for this category” message. 5z2qh

This isn’t the first time digital-only games haven’t made it to the Xbox Store for India. The likes of indie darlings Firewatch and Virginia could not be purchased by Indian Xbox One owners either.

PS4 and PS3 Exclusive Persona 5 Not Coming to India

However with Sonic Mania being as high-profile as it is, it does raise a host of questions about Microsoft and Sega’s intentions for the market. It probably reflects the state of the Sony having a near monopoly on mindshare and console sales.

Nonetheless, with Xbox having an Indian presence, even its own exclusives don’t release at local retail, such as Persona 5 skipped India too.

If you must, absolutely play Sonic Mania on the Xbox One and live in India, there is a fix involving changing your region. You can check out our handy guide here.

We’ve reached out to Sega and Microsoft for comment and will update this story the moment we hear from either company.

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