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[coolbeans]

Machiavellian said:

coolbeans said:

Maybe Xbox Japan had to show some decent numbers regarding money, interest, etc. before ironing out a deal.  It always seems like they're at the beginning of a locomotion starting up: the slow grind of turning those wheels over until getting a continuous cycle.

Why would MS Japan even be involved since this games sale pretty much better in the west.  Hell, the PS5 isn't even sell all that great in Japan so I doubt that would be the discussion.  If anything everything probably just hinges on the deal Square has made with Sony and Square future deals with Sony.  Sony is the 800 pound gorilla and all Japanese publishers and developers first consult with them before doing anything Xbox/MS related.

That's not what I was talking about.  I didn't mean Xbox Japan only relaying Japan-centric numbers.  I just meant that 'field office' doing the work to convince SE the deal's worth it with overall stats and whatnot.