Despite pulling out of the Tokyo Game Show this year, Xbox Japan will be hosting two Xbox One experience events in Tokyo and Osaka on the 26th September and 4th October respectively. Demos for what we’d presume are new and upcoming games will be available for users to sample.
The event makes a lot of sense from a strategic standpoint. At current, Xbox One’s AAA first party lineup only holds niche appeal in Japan’s video game market, which itself is decline. Hardware and software revenues last year were at their lowest in 24 years, and Xbox One has been at the bottom of the heap since it launched, selling only a few hundred units a week at best. What’s on offer currently just isn’t what the (mass)market is looking for.
Turning out to the Tokyo Game Show with that sort of lineup will do Microsoft no favours, so a couple of lower-key events are the best way to go about things in the short-term. There are still a handful of unique games coming to the platform from Japanese developers but they are, like the AAA first party lineup, niche.
A smaller, low-key event like this seems like the best way to show off these titles. Expect to see new games from Experience Inc. (Demon Gaze, Knights of the Round), Toy Logic (Happy Wars, Happy Dungeon), Milestone (Raiden V), Access Games (D4: Season 2), Triangle Service (Shooting Love Trilogy), Mages (Mistereet F, YU-NO) and more. A few ID@Xbox games from Japanese developers were announced recently over at the Xbox Japan Blog, too, though it's looking like slim pickings for now.
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They're still giving it a go
