Like, one and that's the Happy Wars developers.
Why bring more under their wing at this point in their console life when it's a pointless effort.
UNLESS they bring the money, no one wants to work with fucking Microsoft in Japan.
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Just 99 Xbox Ones were sold in Japan last week
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Like, one and that's the Happy Wars developers.
Why bring more under their wing at this point in their console life when it's a pointless effort.
UNLESS they bring the money, no one wants to work with fucking Microsoft in Japan.
You could equally complain about the west not listening to Japanese musicians. Make them something they like, and maybe they'll buy it. I don't think it's a coincidence that the biggest games on the Xbox (shooters, basically) are from genres that never really sell in Japan.
25000 ps4s in same week must be pretty good...
Do people still worry about console vs mobile? Or is that more of a Japan thing now? Because the West didn't swing that way...
They sure didn't buy all of those SEGA, From Soft, NAMCO, Square Enix, Konami, Capcm games that were clearly funded by MS to get that audience for the past 15+ years
"Try harder!" lol fuck outta here. You're delusional if you think any effort by MS in Japan is worthwhile.
BRocknRolla
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Oh man, oh man, oh man. That's gotta be a joke post. Gotta be.
First of all I don't even know what "higher history" means and second of all I know you think the more you claim something the more true it becomes but that's not how it works.
HUELEN10
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At least 99 people in Japan last week had impeccable taste in buying a forward thinking current gen console.
In all seriousness, the sad and true fact is that the Xbox has never really captured the Japanese market, numbers have always been low. Doesn't help that the hardware is bulkier than its competitors.
What really shocks me is Wii U numbers. I was expecting lower, but it's up there. I am happy for that at least.
In all seriousness, the sad and true fact is that the Xbox has never really captured the Japanese market, numbers have always been low. Doesn't help that the hardware is bulkier than its competitors.
What really shocks me is Wii U numbers. I was expecting lower, but it's up there. I am happy for that at least.
I can't think of much they've had that wasn't available on something people probably already had. Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey come to mind and not much else.
TheChewyWaffles
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Just one more and Microsoft would have gotten a set of steak knives!
Shooters in general are the most popular type of games on all platforms outside of the handheld market but that doesn't stop Western gamers from buying Japanese games and hardware.
walltowall
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lol.....No, it's not that... it's your series of constantly negative posts in any thread that has to do w/ the Xbox One.
A lot of Capcom's early catalog last gen wasn't on PS3 for a long time, hell some games still aren't like Dead Rising and Lost Planet Colonies. SEGA's Xbox Catalogue. At least three or so Square Enix RPGs that never got ported. Namco's stuff on Xbox / 360 never got ported. Otogi and Metalwolf. Konami's garbage last gen.
BlazingDarkness
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Shin-Ra
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What? We learned it in economics class as well man. Consumer ethnocentrism exists, especially in places like Japan, South Korea, China, US and Germany. Many citizens are often hesitant to purchase or associate with foreign brands, either due to socio-cultural reasons or greater brand affinity for their own national brands. Examples include not buying certain automobiles, certain electronics etc.
I mean, yeah, sure it might be the lowest so far (don't know all the numbers in my head) but we're talking 1-200 copies difference from a normal week, and we're in a slow sales period. If it sold like this during the holidays, sure. If it sold 0 copies, sure (if only for the absurdity). This? Eh.
But whatever, I don't decide what's interesting.
aspiegamer
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Don't do this. Please. It won't end well for you.
I see nothing about them buying the Happy Wars devs, just that they published the game. Google searches of Microsoft purchases or buys Toylogic showed nothing. So 0?
Oh, I only figured seeing as most of their catalogue is X1 only.
Yes, 0. But why would they purchase a developer in Japan, like what good would that do?
Honestly not sure there will be a next one. Selling to just the US and UK market and dying everywhere else seems like a nosediving business. Sony seem to have their shit together and know not to do anything too crazy like $599 ever again... I can't see anything Microsoft could do would help them against PS5 unless Sony goes batshit. What would be the point? They have less and less developers or publishers interested if they keep losing market share like this and in Europe etc, PlayStation 5 will be getting everything.
Just don't fuck up the next console.
Do you think the Xbone is like, SEGA Saturn bad
GAF is so lucky to have another expert of culture gracing us with their knowledge.
He's not wrong though.
Well it's kind of the chicken and the egg now isn't it? At some point Sony had to decide hey we're gonna try to sell our game console in the rest of the world we gotta put some real investment in countries outside of our own. MS just decided nah we won't ever try.
On another matter, geez the western ignorance in this thread is just embarassing from some of these other posts. I'm out.
DasPenguin
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I get what you are trying to say, but NFL would have been a better choice. Nobody in Europe knows who Tom Brady is. Everyone knows MJ or Kobe or LeBron. Basketball is one of the biggest team sports in the world with soccer, even though the main league is in the States. Pretty much every country in Europe has a pro league of their own and many have more than one.
This was to be expected in Japan, but the real problem is the terrible numbers in Europe. 360 was huge in my country, but nobody seems to play with Xbone.
Alpha Phoenix
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How long until people realize Japan isn't an Xbox fanbase?
Bear Force One
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Then why pray tell does Apple do so well there?
Interesting to raise Sega. Wasn't the Saturn generation where Sega died, it was the Dreamcast. Great games, powerful console, forward looking with online and the controller... Still did nothing up against a PS2 with a glut of 3rd party games and people like EA shunning the system. Xbox One isn't at that stage yet and Microsoft had enough money to moneyhat stuff like Tomb Raider... but going forward if PS4 is so dominant in 90% of the world the time might come where some publishers decide against Xbox one version. Microsoft is saved thanks to the tech being so similar between the two consoles that you might as well make a port and get a few extra sales.
Thing is PlayStation basically has everyone Microsoft has, plus many more, and everyone Microsoft haven't specifically paid to be exclusive on their platfrom. Microsoft have few things to really tout and even their biggest hitters like Halo and Tomb Raider have been disappointing.
Boombloxer
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Dr_LucienSanchez
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They sort of are though. You can't pin all of the Xbox's issues in Japan on ethnocentrism and call it a day. That's reducing and simplifying a complex issue and also completely ignoring other extremely successful foreign brands that do business in Japan (eg, Apple).
You can always frequent the mrxmedia website if you somehow feel that GAF is too slanted and you'd rather stay in a bubble.
SQUIDWARD360
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This
Or hell Disney products there.
I mean people like to pretend it doesn't happen but even Samsung went so far as to remove all traces of its name from their Galaxy S6 last year in Japan to try and boost sales, and to do away with the stigma of being a South Korean company, low quality, cheap etc. Just about any other country in the world would love to own a Samsung flagship, but a South Korean company like Samsung has had it very tough.
Bear Force One
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Frozen Capital of the World. Exactly.
Phoenix944
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I was this close to make a 999 joke but I realized that we're missing a 9.
Sad day indeed...
Sad day indeed...
There are a lot of varying factors to the failure of SEGA's hardware scene. The Saturn is arguably one of the biggest blows to it. Releasing a console with a difficult rendering setup as the competition the SAME DAy As its revealed with no warning to the retail space with a ridiculous price tag is a bad fufcking move
GameAddict411
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Actually, that's more than I expected.
It's not worth the time. It happens in thread after thread. They'll never give you an answer. Even if they do it'll be something like "those are exceptions to the rule!" which has no meaning whatsoever and does absolutely nothing to address the question.
It's just plain ignorance with a healthy scoop of "I gotta defend my favorite console by blaming something else other than my favorite console."
This can't be real. Xbox One has dozens of fans in japan. DOZENS!
Even Yusuf Mehdi knows that:
I cannot believe that he responded to that. Forza crowd gets them every time.
dragonzdogma
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So does all that TV stuff and cable stuff work in Japan for the X1 or are some features lacking?
Like the sports and exclusive channels work on japan or did Microsoft make like new deals with Japanese sports channels?
Like the sports and exclusive channels work on japan or did Microsoft make like new deals with Japanese sports channels?
HazySaiyan
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Why do Microsoft even bother at this point? The Xbox brand has never been popular in Japan and never will be, they should just pull the plug instead of sinking money into a lost cause.
Aren't iPhones really popular in Japan? You can't really blame the Xbox's failure on a 'because it's not Japanese' mindset.
Aren't iPhones really popular in Japan? You can't really blame the Xbox's failure on a 'because it's not Japanese' mindset.
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