multiplats not on wiiu may as well be considered ps4 exclusive in japan. Who would buy an xbox when ps4 will get all the Japanese games.
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AFP:Japan launch of Microsoft Xbox One a damp squib
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multiplats not on wiiu may as well be considered ps4 exclusive in japan. Who would buy an xbox when ps4 will get all the Japanese games.
it would outsell the PS4 for sure, probably the PS3 too
It means the spokesperson has a remarkably low opinion of the gamesplaying audience.
Baleoce
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This'll force them off of their pedalstool xD
Castef
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Just replace graphics with visuals and it makes more sense.
It's an AFP article, yahoo has nothing to do with its content
Didn't the Xbox 360 sell over 3x what the original did?
I definately think it's a case of MS not keeping up their initial burst when it launched, when the games of that calibur dried up, so did the sales.
Meanwhile Sony enjoys games from Atelier to Ni No Kuni and the other Tales of games throughout the generation from beginning to end.
ReplacementPelican
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Japanese people obviously haven't seen Titanfall.
Orbis Tabula
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It's what I came in here to say.
Bomber Bob
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lol I bet this guy is a reverse weeaboo
Aquamarine
Member
Well what do they expect?
Xbox One may very well be the worst-selling Xbox console in Japan...maybe even worse than the original Xbox.
At least Microsoft tried to actively court Japanese developers back when the 360 was released. Now? Very little effort on their part.
Nikodemos
Member
Wow. They really did try with the 360. What happened? Is the whole "Lel Western companies" thing really that entrenched in the Japanese buyer's mind?
maquiladora
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It's an AFP article. Major international newswire, like Reuters, AP etc.
http://www.tradenewswire.net/japan-launch-microsoft-xbox-one-damp-squib/
It's an AFP story.
MadJackChurchill
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Yeah, the biggest search engine in Japan knows nothing about Japan. So blasé, right?
Mikey Jr.
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Hold on now, Ms gave a great effort with the 360 launch.
Japan just does not give a fuck.
Eddie Griffin
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Eddie Griffin
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I'm sorry doesn't Yahoo use BING now for the last few years?
SolidChamp
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AP article. So, no, not Yahoo.
MadJackChurchill
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I'm sorry, does that NOT make it the biggest search engine in Japan?
Oh, no? Hmmm, well then.
Eddie Griffin
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I asked you a question smartass.
Actually I don't think 360 was doing that bad for a first few years in Japan since it really was loaded with exclusives of all kind of genres, but then MS just gave up all of the sudden, I think it was around Cry On cancelation (2008?), after that new big budget exclusives just stopped coming (last one was SO4), and all the gamers who bought 360 for that exclusive stuff just switched to ps3.
Sho_Nuff82
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The 360 also sold 3x as much as the Xbox in Japan, and MS didn't actually develop any of those games internally. They also STOPPED publishing and moneyhatting Japanese exclusives after about 2008. What do they have lined up for the Xbox One? What games are in development by their Japanese studio(s)?
It's always going to be an uphill battle, but saying "fuck this, the Japanese hate us, they get nothing" isn't going in the right direction. I've said the same in Nintendo threads - if you're no longer willing to invest to make your platform competitive, you're not really worth being a platform holder.
MadJackChurchill
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The way you capitalised BING suggests sass.
And no, Yahoo! Japan is not Yahoo!
Yahoo! Japan is 75% SoftBank.
Eddie Griffin
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blazeuk
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Not really a surprise is it? It seemingly just arrived without people even being aware of it and in a country where everything video game hardware related is selling badly there was little chance the Xbox One was going to light up the console scene. The PS4 is doing terribly there and even that is almost certainly nailed on to perform better no matter what.
FonkyByNature
Member
Well it's not like it's a surprise or something, nobody in Japan gives a shit about Xbox. The Xbox One is already struggling in the US. I just don't see how they can be relevant in Japan.
Interesting. And noisy. Don't know whether it's faulty gain settings on the mic or what, but I suspect I'd need earplugs to go shopping there.
Nikodemos
Member
Story of the fucking forever. Microsoft is doing relatively not-bad, but since they aren't doing as well as their internal over-inflated estimates, they decide to pull out. Then, when they try again, they wonder why nobody would give them the time of day.
sublimit
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Well in their defense the Japanese console market today is hardly what it used to be around the 360 launch.
It's not, but AFP - the news organization that wrote the story - is.
Saying Yahoo isn't a respectable news outlet is like saying Bing or Google aren't respectable news outlets -- because, they're not. They're aggregators.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Well at least the Xbox One is loaded with graphics. I was afraid it might be a text adventure machine.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
First thing I thought of. Fucking Roy.
Maybe he meant that the Japanese appreciate a laundry machine that can be loaded with a month's worth of gaming related graphic T's.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
They can't crack it when they do invest in it. I'd love to see a Blue Dragon 2 on X1 though.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Fixed.
I think cause its actually happening now.