Microsoft and Nintendo Rejected Yakuza; Now They Want it According to Toshihiro Nagoshi

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twintail said:

pokoko said:
I'm not surprised about Nintendo, both the initial rejection and now the reversal, but I am kind of surprised about Microsoft. They were actually going after the Japanese market back then. I guess maybe they thought it was tooo Japanese.

Good on the producer for sticking to his guns. The Japanese gaming industry trying to replicate what the west was doing was a mistake.

The JPN push came with the 360 and not so much the original Xbox, which is where it would have released had ms said yes.

So it's not that surprising. 

Well the X360 was released in Japan before the first Yakuza did =p

Anyway just preorderd kiwami 2 on psn :)