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Devil_Survivor on 14 March 2014
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Mr Puggsly said:
Devil_Survivor said:
You can say the same about the West, they doesn't get Japan either. Look at Microsoft for example with Xbox, the OG and 360 sold next to nothing there and MS might not even release the One in Japan. Like the other here saying developers should just be themselves and make the games they want to make not worry about having to make the game appeal to average dude bro who plays COD, see RE6 for what I mean when a Japanese developer sells out their creative vision.


If MS wanted to do much better in Japan they would simply have to buy major support regularly, but that simply isn't a worthwhile eandeavor. Buying western exclusives appeals to a wider audience.

Sony does nothing really to appeal to the Japanese audience, they simply rely on 3rd parties. People in Japan buy Playstation consoles because they know its going to get the best 3rd party support. Sony knows that as well, so they cater to western audiences.

Why shouldn't MS release the X1 in Japan? What other countries would you like to deprive of the X1? Its going to be available in many.

Didn't MS try to get Japanese exclusives at least early on? So either Japanese gamers weren't interested or MS gave up too easy, its probably the latter.  Sony the advangate of being a Japanese company , and as you said they are really the only game in town for 3rd party games, however a lot of those games are Japanese which what we are talking here; what appeals to a certain audience, and Sony turns their internal development towards Western games.    

I never said MS should "deprive" anyone of the Xbox One, even Japan. I only said they might not release it in Japan because of the past histoy of Xbox and the general preception that Japanese people don't like to buy foriegn products.