Hmm, hope Microsoft manages to convince Mikami to stick around, apparently M-Two was formed with the intention of Mikami leaving Tango to join Minami, hence it being called M-Two, it is still called M-Two, Mikami refused because he wanted to finish Ghostwire but who knows, he might be intending on leaving after Ghostwire...Would be a pretty poor look if Mikami leaves immediately after Microsoft acquires them.

Tried it on One X already in the past. It's not lengthy actually. But yeah, loading into dev mode takes almost 5 minutes on One X so it was too much of a hassle. At least Series X has SSD so it shouldn't be a problem.

I don't think Phil Spencer didn't try. It seems more like he has nothing to offer to make Atlus interested in supporting Xbox. I really doubt there weren't any talks about Persona 5 port. It's probably the most requested Japanese game by Xbox fans.

Not sure how it works, but as far as I know, Atlus makes such decisions independently of Sega. And there is no way for Sega to force Atlus to release a game on a certain platform. The only thing Sega does is helping them to port their stuff (as in case of PC for example). It's handled by Sega Europe.

Hmm, hope Microsoft manages to convince Mikami to stick around, apparently M-Two was formed with the intention of Mikami leaving Tango to join Minami, hence it being called M-Two, it is still called M-Two, Mikami refused because he wanted to finish Ghostwire but who knows, he might be intending on leaving after Ghostwire...Would be a pretty poor look if Mikami leaves immediately after Microsoft acquires them.

I honestly don't think he'd care about swapping from one American company to another...He did say that he is stepping back from directing projects because he wants to give younger creators a chance, he's a big advocate for that and straight up said developers reach their prime in their 30s so I do believe he's done with directing stuff now.

So what would his role be at M-Two? Idk...But if I were Microsoft I would facilitate it to make it as easy as possible for him to find younger creators and give them a chance, under Microsoft he could do more of that than if he was indie restricted by funds.

Shinji sounds perfect to head up a publishing division catered specifically to Japan Tbh...It won't happen but it seems like he would love something like that.

Watching the FH5 part of that, I saw where they asked Grubb where he thought the setting was, and then Grubb said that he thinks he knows the setting and doesn't want to give it away by speculating, and then asked Gary and Mike to speculate while he made faces. Mike speculated Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift immediately, and Grubb's faces and reaction to Mike's Japan idea definitely seemed like he was hinting at Japan to me, same with his reaction to the off-camera editor saying that Japan would be dope (he quickly darts his eyes towards the camera when the editor says Japan would be dope, like a character in a movie or show breaking the fourth wall). His reaction to Gary's American southwest setting idea was far more muted, dismissive in fact, with Grubb making a joke about Gary wanting to play Pixar's Cars The Video Game (Horizon 1 already did American southwest, I guess Gary Whitta never played Horizon 1, lol). They then talk about Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift and Grubb says it's his favorite in the series. I definitely think Grubb is 100% on team Japan for FH5.

I'm really hoping that in addition to the new MS game announce that Grubb has been teasing for the Game Awards, MS also has a Gamepass 2021 montage trailer there teasing some their 2021 games, including more JP ports hopefully, such as Yakuza 3-6, Judgment, Sakura Wars, and more hopefully.

Marvelous wise, I mainly want Senran Kagura. I really enjoy the series, but Sony sabotaged the hell out of it with their censorship policy, which basically got Senran Kagura 7even cancelled. Nintendo tossed them a lifeline with the Senran Kagura pinball game, but they really should look into reviving 7even for Xbox/Switch/PC and just ignore PS and their censorship. 

As for other Marvelous games, Kandagawa Jet Girls would be cool to see on Xbox, that was made by the Senran Kagura producer after he quit Senran Kagura development in the wake of Sony's new censorship policy. Might play Fate Extella if they port it to Xbox. Might play God Eater 3 if they port it, but that is a Bandai decision, not Marvelous, Marvelous First Studio developed it but Bandai published it. Rune Factory 5 might be nice on Xbox.