What was Microsoft thinking with those X1 Japanese launch games!!!!!

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Mr Puggsly said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

McDonaldsGuy said:
Japan is not as important as it was during the Xbox/ early Xbox 360 days, luckily for Microsoft. But it reminds me just how bad the Xbox 360 launch was. A lot of people said the Japanese wouldn't buy the 360 because they won't buy American products but look at the launch for the 360: Every Party, Perfect Dark Zero, Project Gotham Racing 3, Madden, FIFA, Tetris, Ridge Racer, and Condemned. Terrible for Japan.

Microsoft will never succeed in Japan because they do not know how to.

As much as you might not respect Japan as a competent market, Microsoft has stated numerous times that they do and they will continue to try. The problem with Microsoft is that they just do not really understand the market no matter how hard they try.

When MS was buying JRPGs that showed they understood the market. The problem doing that isn't financially worthwhile.

Sony tried to make games that cater to the Japanese audience, but they generally fail. So they're reliant on 3rd parties to make something happen.

Microsoft reached a milestone in Japan that most never thought they would reach. Its called penetration. Sony hasn't even begun to try to do anything for the Japanese market. Sony knows westerners are where the money is so they are trying to make as much profit as possible off of the back of westerners. They have the advantage in Japan because they know outside of Nintendo they are the go to brand for higher powered consoles so most third parties will give them exclusives by default if they want Japanese money.