Microsoft Japan Media Conference Liveblog Tonight 10PM PST

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makingmusic476 said:

FinalEvangelion said:
I think Mistwalker at this point has received the same fate as other MS 1st/2nd party devs and publishers with MS. Ensemble and Mistwalker were probably my favorite two devs under the MS banner. MistWalker is probably solidly with Nintendo now.

 

I personally think Microsoft sees little need to keep Mistwalker around. They formed their relationship with Mistwalker specifically to give the 360 an advantage in Japan, but they didn't really do much.  Square Enix and Namco have come along to pick up the slack, and Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean 4 have done far more for the 360 in Japan than either of Mistwalker's titles.

I think we might see a Lost Odyssey 2 at TGS, but if we don't, I'd consider their relationship to be over for the time being.

Normally I'd disagree with that notion but Mistwalker has been eerily quiet as of late. Then I read this thing from Game Republic...

SK: What happened with the other Xbox 360 title? Will it ever be resurrected?

YO: The other title is gone for good. In the beginning, Microsoft was funding it, so we developed it up to a point and showed it to them. They said they didn't really like it that much. After that, we continued to develop the game with our own money for nine more months, thinking that they'd come around, but when we showed it to Microsoft again, they said they didn't need titles for the Japanese market any more. That's why the game ultimately got canceled.

Mistwalker might be getting the boot!