S.T.A.G.E. on 28 March 2017
| Darashiva said: Well, it's not a bad thing for them to try, the problem is that most people don't really seem to care anymore. People who are generally interested in Japanese games are much less likely to go for a Microsoft console because they know the games are just not going to be there. And even if they were, the stigma of no Japanese games is already in place and it would take a concerted effort to get rid of it from Microsoft's part, which I doubt they are willing to go through at this point. Japan is pretty much a lost region to Microsoft at this point. There was a chance after the 360 became at least a moderate success in there, but whatever they won with that console in the region has long since been wasted by the Xbox One. |
I think Japan is product nationalist. If their home companies can make more diverse games that are focused on what they culturally like, then the question is why they should even look at Microsoft. This causes third party devs to not even look in Microsoft's direction. If the Japanese buy Xboxes, then Japanese developers in turn will put games on the platform. Look at the 360 when it was winning. It got quite a few Tales JRPG's and broke the Japanese exclusivity of many JRPG's. Microsoft truly does absolutely nothing different that Sony couldnt either do better or adequately replicate and thus, becomes the bland flavor in the corner. Its obvious FPS isnt of high importance over there, or else the Xbox One would be highly favored.
