It definitely seems like the Japanese situation for Xbox is looking more positive than it has looked since early Xbox 360 days.

-Xbox seemingly has big stock in Japan 4 weeks in a row, week 1 and 2 were both over 6k sold and week 3 seemed like it was even bigger based on the number of JP people tweeting about seeing stock at retailers that quickly sold out, and now week 4 is also off to a great start with lots of people posting restock pictures and tweeting about buying Xbox

-We discovered this week that Sarah Bond has been hiring new 2nd party Xbox people to oversee the development of 2nd party JP exclusives

-Atlus coming to Xbox for the first time since 360 with Soul Hackers 2, added onto their earlier Persona teases and Nick saying that Persona was coming to Xbox, it's a pretty safe bet that Atlus will begin releasing most of their games on Xbox again (Xbox should go for marketing and day one gamepass on Project ReFantasy to counter all the Sony Final Fantasy hats).

-Some positive signs that SF6 might be coming to Xbox.

-Rumors this week that FF7R is still only Sony timed exclusive and wasn't made lifetime exclusive like that one insider claimed, assuming they paid for 1 year console exclusivity a port should release on Xbox in June (really hope MS gets day one gamepass on it because you know Square is going to charge full price $70 for it just like they did on PC).

Love to see it! Hopefully the rumors about Persona 6 being PS exclusive are not accurate either. Really want to believe they are moving forward with Xbox now, but I have my doubts. I also hope that Soul Hackers 2 is getting a physical copy in the west for xbox, but we'll see with that as it's digital only in Japan. 

So Soul Hackers, isit more like a traditional JRPG or a checklist charade like Persona?

No announcements for physical copies in the west for now. I also hope we get one, but sadly when it comes to Xbox it will most likely be either physical copy or GamePass launch. Don't see both happening at the same time.

The first one was more like first person dungeon crawler from what I've seen (haven't played it though). This one from what was shown is more in line with what modern SMT and Persona games look like. I guess it will be somewhere in the middle between mainline SMT and Persona games.

Launch the Sea of thieves expansion just before skull and bones. For the lulz