Slimebeast on 10 June 2008
| FaRmLaNd said: No reason to boycott SE or be pissed off at Microsoft. Sony is the one at fault here as they have all the cards in the HD arena. They have the larger userbase, they're a domestic Japanese company (thus they would understand Japanese business culture alot more the microsoft) but yet its Microsoft getting all the JRPG's. They must be doing something right and if its a little money then so be it. And please, its completely illogical for them to abandon Japan or the JRPG genre. LO has sold several hundred thousand more then Blue dragon (with lower sales in Japan!), Microsoft is creating demand for Japanese games in its userbase, and its working. Microsoft need more Japanese developer support if not for this gen then for the next. |
Yes. You gotta give some credit to MS for trying. Also, like you're saying, it looks like MS has a long-term plan with all this - the Xbox3. I'm pretty sure they've realized by now that these J-RPGs hardly sell more than 500,000-1 million each and we don't even have to mention HW sales in Japan, so this gen is not their main motivation on this area.
So the conclusion is that MS is trying to build up a good reputation for the future, not just among Jap devs but slowly in the mindset of gamers too.
