Xbox One: 'It's A Matter Of Time Before Xbox Shines In Japan' - Suda51

NowGamer: Despite Microsoft's struggles to make Xbox successful in Japan, Killer Is Dead director Suda51 believes "it's matter of time or some kind of hook that will let the Xbox explode or shine in Japan."

[TheLyonKing]

Um.... I really think x1 will struggle this gen too. If the 360 with quite a few RPGs and a year head start couldn't convince then Japanese the I doubt x1 will do much better.

Japan is really ps territory and it will most likely stay that way.

[sinncross]

Exactly, the market has just moved into Nintendo/ Sony. Xbox360 is merely just niche, which is not a bad thing in itself, but that does not give the X1 a platform to becoming instantly popular.

[user5575708]

if the 360 was any evidence its clear that the xbox brand will fail again in japan. unless they can land an exclusive monster hunter game and other jrpg exclusives their sales will suffer

[Blackdeath_663]

it won't even work in Japan at launch. Japan is not included in the 21 countries listed by microsoft. how anyone can claim it will "shine" in Japan is beyond me. besides its struggling to shine in the rest of the world let alone Japan with almost half the EU excluded from the list of countries where the XBone is playable at launch MS has bigger problems than figuring out how to reach the Japanese audience. they should start by figuring out how to reach their own audience

[FarEastOrient]

How much space does the new camera take to read properly?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

I agree and its highly unlikely MS will turn the table around but remember when NA was Xbox territory? Well it won't be much longer.

[kreate]

'Japan is really ps territory and it will most likely stay that way.'

actually the whole world is a ps territory excluding USA. oh oh oh.. and maybe the UK.

u could put in almost any country in that 'japan' spot and the sentence will most likely hold true.

[TheLyonKing]

Yes but the article talks about Japan solely which is why I said Japan will be ps territory but I do agree I fact I don't even think 360 is Xbox territory to a degree there isn't a white wash of sales difference between the two each week in the us

[kreate]

@lyonking

'I don't even think 360 is Xbox territory'

got a little mixed up there but i got ur point and i totally agree with it.

[fsfsxii]

How can he compare two different things?? Windows and Xbox.
I dunno, but i think the japanese people only support their country made console

[sinncross]

Its not a matter of jpn ppl only buying japanese consoles. American culture in general is very popular here. the iphone, and ipod etc... its everywhere.

the problem is that the first xbox failed to attract gamers with the PS2 being such a juggernaut. the 360 failed too but it has at least found a niche market.

I think Suda51 is being overly optimistic here... I dont see the X1 doing well at all in Japan. Especially if Sony is able to launch here first.

[rainslacker]

There would have to be a lot of Japanese developer support for the X1 for it to hit it big.

The reason Sony and Nintendo dominate Japan is because every Japanese developer makes software for them. MS tried for the Japanese support early in it's life cycle, but since then, it's barely seemed interested at all in all those titles that weren't Capcom/Konami/SE, and even then MS only seemed to care about the games which were more westernized.

Overall, any Japanese support for the 360 was so they could try to sell those games in the west.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

PS3 got One Piece as exclusive game... One Piece the greatest manga of all time *muhahaha*

[izumo_lee]

Microsoft has tried for over 7 years to get their brand recognized by the Japanese...they just don't care for it. The 360 was the best chance to win over the Japanese with all the Japanese content that Microsoft brought to the system. Even with all those games the Japanese just wasn't interested.

The XBone i do not see any success happening in Japan no matter how hard Microsoft is going to try. For whatever reason the Japanese gamers see it in a bad light.

[Baka-akaB]

I doubt its whatever reason . The 360 japanese centric content was there , but not immediately and plenty of it was still mediocreor average , bare stuff like Lost odyssey and Vesperia .

People forget they rickin' launched the console with stuff like Kameo and Perfect Dark zero of all things ! Hell dead or alive want even there at launch

The real support was from small studios produciong shmups and stuff like idol master .

Sure they tried hard , but wasted energy instead of being efficient , and too late

[creatchee]

Did you just call Lost Odyssey "bare stuff"? Please please please tell me you mean "barring stuff".

[Baka-akaB]

uh ? it means with the exception of good games like Vesperia and Lost odyssey Obviously

[Theyellowflash30]

Ummm...no Suda...no. The 360 got big budget exclusives like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Star Ocean, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, and still didn't crack the market. (some of those timed exclusives)

[DOMination-]

The 360 DID do well over there though when those games were first released. There was a period of several months where it outsold the PS3 every single week which nobody thought would happen.

Unfortunately, there was no sustained effort and the console ended up being largely forgotten, but those few months showed that people in Japan will buy your product if you release the right content.

The X1 so far doesn't have anything that appeals to the market that you can't just get on the PS4 though, so I'm not expecting a breakthrough any time soon.

[theBAWSE]

@dom don't chat shite the 360 hasn't outsold the ps3 for a total of 11 weeks in EIGHT years

Stop spreading your manure

[DOMination-]

How about instead of insulting me, you do some research and you'll see the 360 regularly outsold the PS3 between 2007-2009 due to those JRPGs mentioned above.

http://www.gamesindustry.bi...
http://www.edge-online.com/...
http://uk.gamespot.com/news...
http://www.techspot.com/new...
http://www.theregister.co.u...
http://www.pocket-lint.com/...

[EffectO]

n4g would implode if that happened.

[SilentGuard]

The Xbox would only do well in Japan if it was made by a Japanese company. The fact is the Japanese are among the most xenophobic people on the planet and do not buy foriegn products. If Xbox/Xbox 360 had Sony or Toshiba or any other Japanese name stamped on it it would have done well.

[hellzsupernova]

That is a lie
Explain the iPhones popularity there?

[SniperControl]

You are right, but you have to admit, the iphone is a style icon in it's own right, it is a fashion statement, a status symbol.
I am a good friend of a guy from Tokyo who i met at university, when it came to consoles this guy was Nintendo/Sony mad, he would not have a word said against either company, his friends back home were the same. That is the same for any Japanese gamer, they are fiercely protective of there home grown consoles.

[cyberninja]

Because it's made by a Japanese company, oh wait...

[Baka-akaB]

Seriously , some peopler really needs to travel and go over there . American stuff are quite trendy every time i go there .

[worldwidegaming]

Apple products are trendy and have many uses other than games.
Japanese believe why buy xbox when they have systems already.
Gamers in Japan Have different tastes. The apple argument is moot.
Check out their trade deficit or that they do not buy many things from us.
Yeah, they will buy apple and watch our movies, hell most of the world does!
Btw, i have been to japan for research on why they do what they do.

[Baka-akaB]

It is not moot .

You said it yourself , it's about taste . For too long they didnt cater to their taste . i'm pretty sure they dont care about perfect Dark . the good stuff came long after , and by then the console had a shitty rep in japan between fees , fps and the durability of the hardware .

But no let's pretend it's sheer nationalism , even xenophobia , and that we westerners would buy a console catering to other tastes than ours .

hell since we are so much better , they should release one with pachinkos /s

[nix]

oh.. i completely forgot about this guy.

[talisker]

Let him dream.

[news4noobs]

It will do well enough the moment sony announces the delay of the ps4. it's quickly becoming more than just a rumour, stay tuned.

[SniperControl]

i suppose you have inside info relating to that right? Show me your sources.
Goddamn trolling fanboys!

[GamePeace]

"For blubbering fools I've no more time, I have streets to walk and mountains to climb..."

[ironfist92]

well seeing as how not even the 360 "shines" in Japan, I doubt the Xboner will fare any better

[mmj]

If Xbox 360 couldn't conquer Japan with all that it had going for it then I don't see how Xbone can.

[valet_Smerdyakov]

XB1 will have troubles to sell well in Europe let alone in Japan, it will flop harder there than 360.

[KentBlake]

Yeah, of course. A matter of centuries, to be exact.

[ashade]

it's doesnt matter how powerful the bone be, or how long they release thier console before the other two company, they will never sell well in japan

the main problem is, MS and most of western journalist don't truely understand how asian think

[GARBAGE LICKER]

They need a title that is as big as pokemon, dragon quest, or final fantasy

[josephayal]

Funny Article

[DJMarty]

They delluded, Xbox will never shine in Japan.

[g-nome]

Optimism is admired.

[Hoffmann]

Suda can be wrong sometimes too it seems.

[sashimi]

The Japanese market does not take to kindly to foreign companies coming in and buying up exclusive contracts from 3rd party developers. If microsoft wants to make a dent invest in studios and develop their own IPs but thats too much work since they rather throw money around so they'll forever fail.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

Japan now has the fastest internet speeds in the world so that shouldn't be an issue. If they can bring some exclusive rpg games frpm developers and get Mistwalker studios going again they will be fine.

[Dude Dutch]

No just no!

[breakpad]

SUDA 51 is one of the very few untalented Japanese developers (is that type of japanese who wants to mimic and be liked by the west)..anything he has done until now is at best mediocre, i m not surprised that supports Xbox1 ...Ihope the true talented guys (KOjima)who collaborate with him do not be influenced by him....

[PSjesus]

Consider 360 sold couple thousands is a success,Japaneses 'll never adopt a spy box in their living rooms.and PS4 is already outsell Xbone in M$ home land.....PS is strongest gaming trademark in Europe Asia and Mid east believe me alot of people never heard of Xbox even 360 call it(360).....(X) in many part of the world means(wrong) or (
ambiguous).

[refocusedman]

Lol when during xbox 1-3. Xbox is a great system but the truth is tgat it hadn't sold in japan since its inception regardless of the software thwt been releaseed for it. Japan just isn't a viable market for them.

[LeRise]

Looks like Microsoft is telling us the opposite of what will really happen.

[Shadonic]

Suda you crzy

[Mikefizzled]

Even if it doesn't can we still have Mistwalker make Lost Odyssey 2? As it was one of my favourite JRPGs this gen.

[wishingW3L]

if the X360 was dead in the water in Japan with all its Japanese game exclusives then the XB1 will be even worse, 2CH hates everything Xbox with a passion. I really don't get how out of touch these devs are from reality. No wonder many of them like Sakaguchi were stupid enough to give MS exclusives like Blue Dragon and not to mention Namco with the Tales series. The idiots took almost half a gen to realize that most Tales fans were on PS3, can you believe that? And the same with Bayonetta, that even though it was an awful port is still sold the most on PS3.

But man, Mistwalker took the most poor decisions by only supporting the Xbox and Wii and look at them now... The company's near bankruptcy and only making crappy social games to survive. I don't know why Sakaguchi after so many years developing games for them now he hates Sony but they could have been so much more successful if their games like Lost Odyssey and The Last Story were on PS3. Who knows what kind of amazing JRPGs they'd be making right now if it weren't for them denying the PS3.

[PooEgg]

And bunnies will fly out of Major Nelson's butt tomorrow too. I'll believe it when I see it. : )

[DVAcme]

I knew Suda51 was crazy, but I now see he's delusional, too.

[ajax17]

lol, they are so delusional

[GraveLord]

Delusional

[Godlovesgamers]

Hey Suda 51, is it also only a matter of time before your games don't revolve around a series of 'dick jokes' that last 7-10 hrs?

Seriously, this guy is the perverted "Dude-Bro" game making Cliffy-B of Japan, no doubt.