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How can Xbox One win Japan?

Few onlookers could deny that the Xbox One console reveal was a very America-centric affair, with Japanese talent in particular conspicuous by their absence. Nonetheless, Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business president Don Mattrick has promised the company is still "committed" to Japan.

BadboyCivic3952d ago (Edited 3952d ago )

It can't , so don't bother

Blackdeath_6633951d ago

..well it won't if it doesn't launch in japan in the first place. i'm curious as to how the reversal of DRM will affect launch dates for the XBone and if the list of 21 countries still stands or if there is no problem now that the XBone is region free.

jc485733951d ago (Edited 3951d ago )

there is a very small fan base in Japan and they are happy about the reversal.

tuglu_pati3951d ago

"How can Xbox One win Japan?"

the can't period.

kreate3951d ago

microsoft can totally dominate japan.
but they choose not to do the work required to dominate, instead they just fuss about it.
they only got themselves to blame.

looking back at the 360, they made a nice push with the jrpg in the beginning of that generation. but that's all it was, a nice 'push'. they lacked consistency and gave up too fast.

with that kind of mentality, dont even try.

look how bad the ps3 was in the beginning, sony turned it around becuz they worked their butts off.

Godmars2903951d ago

If JP devs find their groove on the PS4 and there's a resurgence of interest in what they have to offer, then MS is going to have get something going in Japan by default.

MizTv3951d ago

They have been trying for over 10 years now!
The Japanese don't seem to like xbox but I don't blame them

2cents3950d ago

By changing ther name from Microsoft to Sony and changing the console name from Xbox to playstation.
S/

3-4-53950d ago

Ship the console in a Nintendo Grey Color and label it Nintendo 1

Their only hope.

They won't matter in Japan.

pixelsword3950d ago

If they blow-up Sony; and even then, they would have to go house to house to destroy any remaining PS4s.

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PFFT3952d ago

IT will be IMPOSSIBRU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KillrateOmega3952d ago (Edited 3952d ago )

It's very unlikely that Xbox will beat PS when it comes to the Japanese market. Or at least, this is true for the near future.

It's JAPAN and Sony is a JAPANESE corporation, bro. Sony started out with a home field advantage and currently has a very firm hold on the market there.

finbars753951d ago (Edited 3951d ago )

I dont think its possible for the Xboxone to beat PS4 in any country but the US right now.They seem very little enterested to catering to rest of the world at all.Its really embarassing for a company like MS to have pulled all the crap they have pulled to really get started any wheres else.If they had been staright forward about everything that has been going on especially the terrible PR thats taken place they actually could inch that foot through the door worldwide but it looks doomed before it even started.Sony has done everything right and really has captured alot of new fanbase after all thats been said and done.Japan would have been the first place I would have attempted where its such a huge market in the gaming industry.

ApolloTheBoss3951d ago (Edited 3951d ago )

Hate to say it but Sony being a Japanese company has nothing to do with it. I mean look how well Sony is doing in the UK and other countries besides Japan. Also with Nintendo. What do both of them have in common? They have GAMES, and lots of them, that appeal to the majority of the Japanese people, simple as that. If Microsoft made more games that appealed to the overall Japanese market then they wouldn't have this problem. But it's way too late now.

Heartnet3951d ago

Sony is doing well in the UK etc cuz we all love the underdog :P there not the underdog no more :D Ms will be victor ^^

Least thats my view on it anyway ^^ Sony have become to unproffesional more like an indie company than anything else so dunno how well they will do in terms of monetary value.. they got like no money in comparison xD

Heartnet3951d ago

The only game MS misses is Monster Hunter... thats how they can win Japan over... Xbox: Monster Hunter KINECT VERSION

ltachiUchiha3952d ago

Its going to be hard because they arent very consistant with any area including EU & US when it comes to support. My 360 been sitting there collecting dust for a while now. Id try out state of decay but im being honest, the last of us is the only game im playing at the moment & is so good that i feel if i buy state of decay i might not be impressed. Good looking game though but im just not ready to let go of the last of us.

Kingthrash3603952d ago

lol @ title question....... its like asking how can bin ladin be the US president.
or how can Cliffy B. not be a dicktard.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC6h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC4h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer6h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6025h ago(Edited 5h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya3h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde3h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil11h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx3h ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro10h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B8h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21838h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh8h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia7h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins8h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal7h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z12h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho5111h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise11h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel198911h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows9010h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

gerbintosh2h ago

Who haven't even played the game either

Inverno9h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA9h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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