Could be, with no FF game on the system to measure there's no way you can really say definitively either way.
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Phil Spencer: You will see JRPGs on Xbox One
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Could be, with no FF game on the system to measure there's no way you can really say definitively either way.
Ol No Bones
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Ahh I thought you were talking about Xbox in general. Many 360 owners bought the worst 2nd worst FF game ever made.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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That's what I was saying. If MS wants an exclusive JRPG, they're literally going to have to buy it outright. Anything less than "We'll pay all your expenses & here's some profit on top besides" isn't going to cut it.
Sorry. I guess I just assumed. Do FF/KH games sell on XB?
Makoto Yuki
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Same here, I've never associated Xbox with JRPG. Iv'e always associated it with CoD and Halo, it's not Xbox without Master Chief. The Super Mario of Microsoft.
Yeah they want good exclusive games, but exclusive JRPGs on a system that Japan basically ignores? Lost cause.
ShogunDarius
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I wouldn't be shocked if MS did something and a proper Breath of Fire game happened, i'd say at this moment that's the most likely IP, or a none FF/Dragon Quest Square Enix one. Unlimited Saga maybe?
BananasWithGuns
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Nothing that I'm aware of. Video Game Awards would be the only thing and I'm not expecting any announcements there.
Nightengale
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It's a... fan meet-up with a chance to win tickets to the Game Awards.
http://majornelson.com/2014/11/24/win-way-game-awards-next-week/
Basically "Come meet Major Nelson at Las Vegas's Microsoft Store!"
I don't think it would make financial sense to develop an Xbox One exclusive JRPG because it would tank in Japan, and as far as the West is concerned, I remain unconvinced that there are enough Xbox One owners who would buy JRPGs on the console, to the point that it would be a positive sales number.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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YESSSSSSS!
If it's funded, it does make financial sense.
wapplew
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Basically, everything on PSX will be PS exclusive, therefor, anything on TGA will be Xbox exclusive.
That's what I get from the hype thread.
Awesome?
Then I will consider purchasing the Xbox All-in-One Games and Entertainment System by Microsoft
... or multiplat?
SmokedMeat
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I'd love to see Blue Dragon 2.
dragonelite
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Isn't the japanese next gen console market so small compared to the west?
Is this meant to be serious? Scalebound is being made by Kamiya so that tells us all we need to know about what type of game as well as the quality level it will be at. And Scalebound is not a JRPG.
Easiest thing to do for Phil would be to help Atlus get Persona 5 on Xbox One.
I think PG could add in some RPG elements if that's what is necessary, and we can then call it an RPG, or JRPG.
Yeah, Microsoft has nothing to worry about. They can throw a great deal of money at any endeavor and not be hurt by it because of their immense budget. But I wonder if they feel that's it's a fool's errand to fund JRPGs again, as they did for Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. Certainly it's a win for us consumers (at least those of us who own an Xbox One), but would Microsoft see it as a waste of time and effort?
I think they should test the market by remastering one of the 360 jrpgs. it wouldn't be that big of an investment if it failed
But then they still have to worry about horrible character design... ugh... that's literally the ONLY thing unappealing about Scalebound. That character design is down right awful.
Going back to FFXIII sales, I believe the split was about 60% in favor of the PS3, however that was when the 360 was still very much dominating sales, so I feel it will be more skewed once FFXV releases.
But who would buy it? The demographics just don't work out when it comes to buying JRPGs. The Japanese have already demonstrated they don't care about Xbox, and the majority of Xbox's userbase is focused around the US/UK, where the primary genres are shooters and sports titles. Just look at D4, it was published as an Xbox One exclusive, and it sold terribly, Swery himself said so. I don't fault them for trying, but it doesn't make much business sense to do so.
They do, but only as a fraction of total sales. I bought FFXIII on Xbox 360 because my brother had my PS3 at the time, but anecdotally from talking to the EB Games cashier, 3/4 sales were PS3 versions.
It doesn't surprise me. Despite the early focus on JRPGs in the console's life, the Xbox 360 wasn't really a JRPG machine the way the PS3 was.
Microsoft's problem is they're not willing to take a profit hit to establish a franchise. If a game underperforms financially but does well critically, they still shitcan the series rather than growing it.
Their current first party lineup is pretty anemic, really.
Even if it's a constant loss/barely break-even situation, they should have a couple B-tier studios working on relatively niche titles like JRPGs, etc. You don't get surprise hits like Demon's Souls without taking some risks.
Begaria
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There hasn't been a single Kingdom Hearts game yet on a Xbox platform. So putting Kingdom Hearts 3, technically the 10th game in the series, and is finishing off the entire "Xehanort" story arc on Xbox One is REALLY weird.
I would also hazard a guess that every Final Fantasy game that has been put out on both Sony and Microsoft platforms has sold better on the Sony platform. I have no numbers to back this up, nor any sources, just simply a guess. Still, Final Fantasy is a series that doesn't depend on having prior game knowledge to play through a game, so that's less of a problem comparatively to KH3 being on XBO.
Um ...there were quite a few jrpgs on the 360.
It's a generic and obvious answer to a dumb question on twitter. How on earth does it sound reactionary to anything?
The only real news here is that they haven't talked to Sakaguchi in awhile
That's interesting to know. Thanks man. I wonder if XB owners would even want KH games. If they presumably think of something like Sunset Overdrive as too kiddy, what will they think of KH? By that same token, are there any family-friendly XB1 exclusives that have (a) done well and/or (b) are not Kinect/"whole family"* games?
*I would say "family friendly" is stuff like Banjo, and "whole family" is stuff like Kinect/party games.
Lee Chaolan
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Lost Odyssey 2 or 1 remaster would be amazing
It's an Xbox exclusive, don't you know how incredible they all are?Lol, no actual footage seen yet, just a 30 second CG trailer, and it's already better quality than your "usual jrpg". Also, probably not a JRPG.
Still sore from Deadly Premonition
Mendax
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if its anything else than that im gonna pile up all ms stuff from the whole town and burn it
Hey Phil, I'd love an RTS like Halo Wars 2!
Thanks for writing, EA have a new Tetris in the works for XBO!
slavesnyder
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What else could he say?
sublimit
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He will never "have" Japan though,which is the most important market for JRPGs.
That sounds like a challenge, and if we all know Phil Spencer, he's always up for a challenge.
This is literally the first thing that went through my mind. The better question would have been:
"Mr. Spencer, do you actually intend for the XOne to compete in the JRPG market or simply allow the Japanese developers and companies like Atlus/XSeed to flood the PS4 with JRPGs while you do nothing."
Or... You could get a PS3 or PS4.
MagnaderAlpha
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"What he says and what he means"
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