And since some people seem to be doubting my Japanese gaming "street cred", here is a full listing of the JP games I have played at least some of since the start of last gen across all platforms, in backwards Chronological order using my profiles:

Xbox One/Xbox Series/PS4/PC/Windows Phone

• HiFi Rush
• Sonic Frontiers
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma
• Taiko no Tatsujin
• The Good Life
• Scarlet Nexus
• Panzer Dragoon Remake
• FF8 Remaster
• Phantasy Star Online 2
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
• Soul Calibur 6
• Yakuza 3 Remaster
• Crimson Dragon (this is so far up the list because I replayed it, also played the whole game at launch)
• Tekken 7
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Yakuza Kiwami
• Shenmue 3
• Shenmue 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (the only Souls-like I have attempted, quit after about 10 hours after hitting an insurmountable roadblock on both timelines)
• Dead or Alive 6
• Jump Force
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Kingdom Hearts 0.2
• Shenmue 1
• Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix
• Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix
• Sega Genesis Classic Collection (played several JP developed games within it)
• Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet
• DragonBall FighterZ (played it some on PS4 at launch, which is why I didn't play it on Gamepass)
• Monster Hunter World (put about 8 hours into it and didn't like it, which is why I still haven't touched MH Rise on Gamepass)
• Sonic Forces
• Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash
• Crimson Dragon Side Story (yes, I loved this game so much I even bought the Windows Phone version of it in the hopes Xbox would develop future Crimson Dragon games with Grounding Inc., to no avail)
• NitroPlus Blasterz Heroines Infinite Duel
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (played it on both PS4 and Xbox One)
• Nier Automata
• Yakuza 0
• Senran Kagura Estival Versus
• Hatsune Miku Project Diva X
• Final Fantasy 15
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2
• Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
• Jet Set Radio
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
• Sonic Generations
• Onigiri
• D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
• Dead Or Alive 5
• MGS V Ground Zeroes

Nintendo consoles

• Pokemon Soul Silver
• Pokemon Platinum
• Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
• Pokemon X
• Pokemon Moon
• Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu
• Pokemon Shield
• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond
• Pokemon Legend Arceus
• Fire Emblem Fates
• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Professor Layton and the Curious Villagew
• Professor Layton and Pandora's Box
• Professor Layton and the Lost Future
• Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy
• Ni No Kuni
• Senran Kagura 2

I won't lie and say it's a huge list for 9 years of gaming, especially since a fair few of them were left unfinished since I either didn't like them very much or had time constraints which prevented me from finishing some of them during rental periods and such. My budget and the lack of deep discounts from many JP publishers limits me and has prevented me from playing some that do interest me, while lack of Xbox ports has also held me back some in recent years since I moved back to Xbox from PS4 Pro as my primary console thanks to Series X. Just saying don't doubt that someone cares about JP games simply because they haven't played Persona 5

Updated too soon...

Rounding up some of the leaked maps.

I think most people do agree with Shika's core point of Xbox getting more JP games in game pass, as variety is what game pass is all about. I mean Xbox did say JP was one of their fastest growing regions. I think the frustration comes from the sheer panic everytime JP games leave gamepass, after what many would call a historic JP Game pass month we just had in Jan where Xbox got 2 personas, Monhun, the first ever internal JP game from Xbox, and even jojo.

Then we have the games already announced coming that Ryuu graciously listed, plus a few rumored JP games like Ys VIII and Octo 2. And I'm willing to bet there's even more unannounced or known. I think Game Pass will be good on JP games tbh, and if it isn't then we'd need a discussion when we start getting to that point. it's the games that can't secure a deal or just don't want to come to xbox at all, which as the xbox community need to support these smaller niche titles if we want to see them because they are going by sales. Anyways, I dont see anything wrong with discussing JP games leaving and look at all the convo it sparked lol

I'll take Japanese games posts over Ryuu's crappy Linkedin/Halo posts.

I'm dead

Hogwarts Legacy is so amazing. I love exploring this world so much. Love being an asshole, the sheer details and secrets in Hogwarts itself is crazy. This better not be the last Hogwarts game. Only like half way through, but trying to do some of these insane collection amounts. Cheevos for collections kinda annoying, but not really fair imo to mark the game down for that.

Also Hi-Fi Noble almost at 100K on TA, so probably near a million players total. COME ON HI FI, GET OVER A MILLION!!!

Also... since we exposing people on their gamin cred. 

@ice What is your February JRPG going to be pimp? I believe you mentioned a one JRPG a month? (Should have just said 12 a year like I did).  

The court wants to know your progress. 

I personally don't mind the healthy debates and not agreeing with everyone. Makes for more fun and natural discussion. Imagine if we all agreed with everyone... Obviously it should be in fun :P, but we not PS Nation or the other place. We are.... XBOX... EMPIRE.