MontanaHatchet on 26 September 2009
It's mainly because Microsoft stumbled blindly into the Japanese market with the Xbox, an oversized console loaded with shooters and western style action games. Then, they thought they could salvage their brand name by buying off some developers to make average RPG games. This may sound mean, but it's true. While Japan is a proud nation, and the citizens do have a preference for domestic products, it's not the end-all-be-all that some people make it out to be. It also has to do with the fact that Microsoft completely screwed up.
