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Microsoft Promises More Japanese Support For Xbox One At E3

Kotaku: "Microsoft has traditionally failed to sell Xboxes in Japan, so it could be safe to conclude that the publisher isn't all that interested in Eastern products. So we asked Microsoft vice president Phil Harrison: where are the Japanese games? His answer: we'll see more at E3."

moegooner884004d ago (Edited 4004d ago )

" We also asked a Microsoft representative if the console will be region-locked—that is, if each system will only play games compatible with its specific region.

Their answer: no comment. "

Either Microsoft hasn't made a decision regarding such issue, or the console will be region locked and Harrison is attempting to limit the " gamer unfriendly " news.

ABizzel14004d ago

Instead of showing no Japanese games, we'll show One.

It's a waste of time for them to go after Japan. They need to do the bare minimal, because Japan is never going to go for Xbox, especially with the design of this one.

All they can do is get as much 3rd party Japanese support as possible, and keep a small amount of XBOne's in Japan for the 1+ million users over there, and put their focus on the US and UK, because they're going to need it if the mass market doesn't care about Xbox TV.

Maddens Raiders4004d ago (Edited 4004d ago )

So...The shit storm really is going global....?

All it took was one reveal to change the balance of "console war" power forever (before it even began). Something tells me E3 is not going to fix these intrinsic and inherent problems. These are company philosophical and ideological decisions that have been made and are baked in... Good luck changing all of that within 3 weeks.

Theyellowflash304004d ago

Bullshit....No Japanese developers are going to support this. Unless it's the big guys like Konami

Mr_Nuts4004d ago

Did you see Kojima in the Xbox One reveal intro trailer at their reveal. It was like a 2 second clip, wonder how much that cost them

SpiralTear4004d ago

Kojima must have something big planned for next-gen. His already creepy, alienlike grin was even creepier during that 2 second clip.

rainslacker4003d ago

The big guys will support it just like they support the 360 now. It's because the Xbox has a big piece of the market outside of Japan. The smaller devs won't support it because, like now, most of their games aren't made for localization. The few that do get localized aren't enough for MS to really care about it. This was proven at the beginning of this gen when they actively sought out the JRPG market, then realized it wasn't as lucrative or worth supporting as they believed. Sony and Nintendo's heavy Japanese support is due to both of them having a heavy piece of the Japanese market. Other markets benefited from this. Unfortunately I doubt MS is going to make any headway into the Japanese market this time, and I question if they even really care that much.

izumo_lee4004d ago

Haven't we heard this BS before from Microsoft when talking about Japan? Simply put the Japanese do not care for the Xbox brand & no matter how hard you say you are gonna be committed if people do not care they do not care.

No matter how many bullet hell games or visual novels you put on the Xbox One the majority of Japan can care less. Heck that box is so massive it'll barely fit in a Japanese home.

GenericNameHere4004d ago

But advertise that box as an Idol Master box, and the Japanese will eat it up.
Have exclusive Idol Master stuff on Xbox One, like IM concerts as an exclusive X1 Live show, have an X1+IM bundle, anything! In fact, also put in those interactive love drama novel things on the Xbox. Won't even sell 1/10th COD sales, but at least you're still grabbing the Japanese audience and giving them a reason to own one!

*Whisper*... The enhanced Kinect... Use that in an Xbox One exclusive hentai porn game.

OlgerO4004d ago

Their are japanese homes that are smaller then that monstrosity that Microsoft calles a game console!

Tapani4004d ago

Precisely.

Japanese prefer smaller objects in general. The notion is already built in their own racial size, which eventually is reflected, for example, in architecture, handicraft or technology,

It is absolutely unintelligible that nobody ever at Microsoft thought that the actual design of the box was the reason they didn't gain foothold of this, admittedly difficult, lucrative and unique marketplace.

This just shows how out of touch the arrogant people at Microsoft are. Luckily, it is reflected on their balance sheet.

SatanSki4004d ago

MS should leave japanese crap for Sony and make western players happy instead.

maniacmayhem4004d ago

Thank goodness you're not running MS then because this westerner loves that "japanese crap"

rainslacker4003d ago

And yet, the biggest criticism of this Japanese "crap" is that it's "crap" because it's trying to much to be like western "crap".

Also, western players isn't accurate. You meant to say "make me happy instead".

SatanSki4003d ago

Chill out hehe. Its only my personal opinion. I know there are people who like those games although i dont know how one can stand all those emo gay characters ;-)

maniacmayhem4004d ago

People in America aren't going for what MS's X1 is offering I strongly doubt the Japanese will.

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I Think It's About Time We Realize Fallout 4 Wasn't That Bad

Ahmed from eXputer: "2015's Fallout 4 received harsh criticism upon launching, but I think it was unwarranted and the game deserves more praise than it got."

helicoptergirl7h ago

It was totally that bad. I couldn't finish the campaign it was so bland and boring as I recall. Got so sick of it. 1000 stimpaks on hard. It is very rare that I play half a game and then just quit. I usually always finish it. But i was so bored with this game I just stopped and never went back and never regretted it. Just thinking about that game makes me shudder

Furesis5h ago

That's exactly what happened to me too lmao
Fallout 4 is not a fallout game period it's a bethesda game

Vits5h ago

The comparison with Skyrim is mind-boggling. Yes, Skyrim has streamlined many of the systems that Morrowind introduced. However, it did not tamper with the core of the Elder Scrolls franchise; it did not diminish the freedom and sense of exploration that made Bethesda RPGs famous. Fallout 4, on the other hand, did exactly that to the Fallout series. It eliminated what made Fallout such a beloved series to play. There are no consequences for your choices, no reason to explore, and barely any interesting set pieces in the game.

It's not terrible, but it's a painfully mediocre game in a franchise that typically doesn't produce such mediocrity. So that is why people see it as bad, the bar is just much higher.

anast1h ago

They both feel the same because they are, it's just that one has swords and magic and the other has swords and guns.

anast1h ago

I'm replaying it now. It sucks. I'm about 30 hours in and thinking about quitting again. I am so tired of the dialogue I just spam a random button because it doesn't matter. The upgrade just feels like a graphical mod, everything else is not good.

Good-Smurf1h ago(Edited 53m ago)

I couldn't play the game as-is it was insanely boring and grindy and the grind itself are not fun at all.
Mods helped me stomach the game a bit better but after a while I just stopped playing and uninstalled it because the game did nothing after the first few hours to give me any motivation to keep playing it, it just became a mindless looter shooter with obsession in settlement building and defending.
Compared to F3 and FNV, F4 was barely a mediocre game it wasn't bad but it's also very forgettable entry.

MrDead57m ago

It's not that bad after 300+ mods that fix it's issues and make the game fun... but lets not talk about mods right now as they are f****d.

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