I always wondered why microsoft  doesnt own any japanese companies they might help mistwalker but  why dont they actually own some  companies under the microsoft game studios

They just need to get some moar studios in general.

Agreed 100%....

then why dont they actually get more new studios other then rare lion head and turn 10 like they dont give a damn or what the deal lol

Maybe because they can't afford it or don't want to.

it would be a very good idea, would push hardware if they bought a company to make JRPG's but i wonder if they really care about the japanese market as much as the NA and EU (of which they are both larger markets)

isnt that kinda retarded tho for the money millions of whatever amounts they pay for time exclsuive they could actually own the studio and keep it fully exclusive sooner or later mgs is goin have to be like sony and own more studios

A million bucks or two would not buy a studio unless It's in It's early stages. Most studio buyouts would be large. Microsoft already did their big purchase years ago: Rare.

Obviously looking at it from the Rare stand point It's not worth the money to buy a studio, rather lure more companies into putting their games onto the 360.

I don't think money hatting is always needed either. I doubt Namco just put Tekken and Soul Calibur on to the 360 after Microsoft sent them millions of dollars, it was more of a case that the 360 install base was getting larger and staying exclusive on one system was not as profitable.

While It's nice to have a few highly touted studios under your wing to develop AAA titles I believe Microsoft doesn't see much profit in it, and are content with having few studios as a whole (Having the Halo name rights will generate them millions till we're all dead, Forza and PGR they own those names as well and can have other studios develop those titles if worst comes to worst. Let's see how well Bizaree Studios does with "Blur".)

yea you bring up a good post monstamack but wouldnt microsoft want to own a few japanesse studios to help them move hardware and get a larger penatration in japan and the millions i was talking about was each game microsoft paid to get time exclsuive all that money they spent could of got them a studio or two maybe more who knows that could really helped them in the land of the rising sun

I'm not sure what to think about Japan for MS anymore. I think once I saw FF13 wasn't going to be released in Japan on the 360 they half given up on Japan with the 360 in terms of JRPGs. I understand it wouldn't sell much in Japan on the 360 but it would have given people more options and It seems like MS didn't really care about that.

But we'll know for sure if Lost Odyssey 2 ever gets released and how Natal effects Japan. Otherwise I think MS will give Japan another shot with the next XBox but will play it cool for now.