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"Microsoft just want Halo, Forza and Gears. **** everything else" - Phil Spencer

No way /s

Honestly scalebound was the one game that could have connected with the Japanese gamers

I mean NIS games are wouldn’t do well on Xbox, they are very niche. I could see why their vision and MS vision aren’t in line and they don’t want to work together.

Microsoft needs to leave gaming asap.

Nope that's why you see most of them only come out for PS4 and PC.

This just in...water is wet and Trump is a 6 time chapter 11, international relations moron.

Japanese gamers have shown through out the years that they don't support MS consoles. 360 had TONS of jrpg's yet Japan didn't support the console. Why should MS keep wasting money when they don't see a return? That's bad business. Japanese games are not what they use to be anyway. American made/style and indie games are what's popular now.

Unsurprising, really.

NIS can go back to making games for other platforms and the Xbox fans that endorse this can go back to calling the rest of us weaboo trash.

Another day in the life.

So what.

They tried, but to be fair japan isn't supportive of western games like the west is to japanese games. A american console with very western based games will never do good over there. Its no mystery why microsoft isn't very supportive. I doubt scalebound would have done anything in japan. They had tried to develop japanese gaes, but because they weren't on a japanese console, they didn't want them.

Xbox single player games don't sell well enough anywhere. You could also argue that some Japanese titles don't sell big on ps4 either. Yakuza 0 didn't even shift huge units, and it's a big goty contender.

And this is one of the factors why MS is meant to fail so many times.

Microsoft doesn't get that to have an attractive eco-system, you need to have a variety of games, even if it means taking a loss on some. They always want to hit "home runs" which is a $hitty strategy.

A library doesn't consist solely on Best Sellers.

They need to skip Japan, and just focus on the west. It's not like they would get offended anyway. The Japanese have shown for years, that they would rather die than touch an Xbox controller. The Japanese probably cringe, when porting a game onto Xbox. Microsoft need to actually invest in their first party, and stop trying to get the Japanese to like them, when they won't even invest in the proper material to make their

The usual MS BASHING

MS would have to have some 1ST Party Studios pump out some beautiful looking classic turn-based RPGs or RPG in general that appeals to a general audience to include Japanese lore. Spells, summons, casting. Fable was probably their closest to succeed globally. Shooters and Racers and shooters. Have their limits.

Xbox One is an "American" a console. It doesn't have any appeal to people from the rest of the world, especially Asia. Scalebound was Xbox's only chance to win Japanese and broader audience.

Xbox could be made by Samsung, and the Japanese still wouldn't touch it.

Ms isn't really supportive of or to anyone, been this way for a while. Hard to imagine xbx ever having a chance to be a top platform

And this is why I don't own an XB1.

Hate to point it out but this is nothing to do with MS and more to do with western culture. Western gamers on the whole prefer western games which is shown in global sales.

Japan is equally guilty of the same in reverse.

First off MS doesn't seem to understand that the gaming culture in Japan has changed. So how are they even supposed to market a console to an audience that for the most part has shifted towards portable and mobile gaming. Not only that but they also seem uninterested in providing any kind of real investment in their own in house studios and allow them the creativity to expand and create new Ip's. So if they can't even seem to let their own studios the freedom to create how in the world are they ever going to even try and compete with Sony and Nintendo in Japan.

Seems most Japanese gamers don't support xbox either and probably never will tbh. MS flogging a dead horse in Japan.

Quickly... start to talking about a lack of content in GTS. 😨

Just buy a PS if you want to play Japanese games.

Zero reason to put them on Xbox.

Easy. Because American culture is too concerned with ego than the arts and humble creation.

Its not surprising since Microsoft have been skipping Tokyo Game Show since 2015 XD

I am still surprised Microsoft is still trying to sell the Xbox in Japan generally Japanese consoles do better in Japan then an American made console just ask Atari. A Japanese game on an Xbox would be weird take Hyper Deimension Neptunia playing that just wouldn't fell right those kind of games feel better on a Playstation or a Nintendo console. Now if there was say a weird Japanese game like say an Xbox version of Gal Gun Double Peace in North America I would grab it because it would be unique and collectible.

Whatever became of Spencer's trip to Japan? He made a big deal about it yet we haven't seen anything major come as a result of it.

Microsoft not supportive of It's own products. Windows phone, Xbox one, band 2, surface rt, groove music, Zune hd.

That is why I own Japanese VG hardware.

Unfortunately this is not surprising. Dating back to the OG Xbox days MS have had problem with japanese games. I still remember what happened with True Fantasy Live.

we've known this for years. and in all honesty, their fanbase isnt really into rpgs, especially jrps in general. on one hand, you have Microsoft saying "ok our fans are more into fps, racing games amd whatnot so we wont focus on jrpgs" and on the other hand, they made their fanbase like that. if you spend years of pushing out these kind of games, you kinda shape ur fans taste. its ok xbox hasnt jrpgs in their line ups. we still got sony and switch.

from a certain perspective, I can't blame them. In the 360 generation the first years they did a really goo job trying to access the Japanese market. great exclusive games from the best and most beloved directors (blue dragon, lost odyssey, tales of vesperia), broke the exclusivity of all ps only brands like final fantasy and hand bundles with it, a ton of exclusive indie or smaller games (360 has an incredible amount of exclusive visual novels), a lot of money spent in marketing, demo booths etc. And even so, the console was barely selling any units. Seeing that disaster, I am not sure what else they can do and I can understand why they don't wont to put any money again in what appears to be a loosing battle. I think they are happy to just get most of the japanese games and maybe miss 1-2 heavy hitters per year and thats that.

Japanese games don't tend to have micro-transactions and loot boxes.

Looking at their statement it appears more so that they simply aren't interested in developing for MS in Japan due to the small user base there than anything.

so bring them to steam

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That sentiment goes both ways!

Heard similar reports when the Xbox 360 was around. Same old MS

Japanese games tend to be lame. Can't blame MS for not caring about them as much as fanboys would prefer.