Ka-pi96 said:
Arkaign said:
Actually if it causes a net loss in terms of investment vs. return, this merely does harm to the Xbox brand. Less money to pay for in-house development, less money to pay for extra content from 3rd parties, etc.
Given the ludicrously huge marketing/localization/infrastructure costs involved + tiny profit per console, there's virtually zero chance they will recoup anything from bringing it to Japan. In all probability they will end up eating several hundred million on the deal, or even worse if they have any agreements to take back unsold inventories (which may be necessary to even get stores to offer them any shelf space at all).
PS4 is DOA in Japan and likely won't recover. WiiU is eking out a modest but tiny spot. Xb1 will be deader than dead there.
Mobile is god in Japan, everything else is basically dust to dust.
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I think you are seriously overestimating the costs involved.
Besides it's just a matter of time before the Japanese wake up and realise mobiles games are just not very good and they all come flocking back to consoles.
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Have you worked for a multinational corporation before? I'm not being flippant, I am just curious. I've worked for several, Microsoft included, and they are KINGS at wasting absolutely stunning amounts of money. From exhorbitant executive salaries to stunningly expensive duplicated waste at every turn, Microsoft simply hemmorhages cash at every turn with everything they do. Look at what their Surface/Phone lines have cost them.
As for a return from mobile, I don't think so. We're going on what, 8 solid years of notable declines for home consoles in Japan? With no end in sight. With the devs fleeing home consoles there, it's inevitable that home consoles as a whole will entirely vanish.
