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Microsoft to skip Tokyo Game Show 2015
- Thread starter John Bender
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This part's important:
I had noticed this through the exhibitors list before:
I had noticed this through the exhibitors list before:
It stood out because they've attended the ones in recent years. An event of their own would explain it.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Should've put "Shocking News" in the title
Katana_Strikes
Member
Why bother now they have a blog over there.
Captain Smirk
Member
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Honestly don't know how anyone can buy that comment. Its more likely they're just (finally) admitting its a lost cause and its a bunch of fluff to save some face.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Xbox Heaven?
SerTapTap
Member
This seems highly unlikely. They can't possibly think they're going to move the needle at this point.
Primethius
Banned
Was there even anything last year aside from a reshowing of western titles?
John Bender
Banned
Sounds more like some kind of digital stuff. Announcing/showing their trailers on their blog, etc. Don't think it will be an actual "event" like TGS.
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That seems like a stretch.
This is what I would think, as well. A live stream or "Nintendo Direct" of their own.
But yes, it's not as if an independent platform for their own announcements would really change their current situation.
sensui-tomo
Member
I wonder how much idolmaster sold on the xbox back when it was exclusive to the console (since i'm sure that game outsold ToV, BD, any other japanese made game besides FF and maybe monster hunter G(whatever the online game is) Cant really see what they'd show at TGS that would wow people.
Kudo
Member
Microsoft was heavily involved with the indie event earlier this year, then again if its event only for Xbox-related things I can't see that going out too well.
Anyway, not a big surprise, they just don't have anything to show for Japanese market and probably don't care too much, we're talking about under thousand/hundred sales weekly, total rejection.
Anyway, not a big surprise, they just don't have anything to show for Japanese market and probably don't care too much, we're talking about under thousand/hundred sales weekly, total rejection.
I wouldn't interpret that as meaning they're going to host their own event at all. "...were making various preparations to deliver the latest Xbox news to fans and media" sounds much more like "We'll write some posts on the newly-opened Xbox Japan blog to cover the event."
Considering Scalebound is being shown at Gamescom, they don't have much to exhibit to the Japanese audience anyway.
Considering Scalebound is being shown at Gamescom, they don't have much to exhibit to the Japanese audience anyway.
travisbickle
Member
Wow, Sony has a real chance to overshadow MS in the Japanese press. Huge mistake by MS!
dead monkey uk
Member
A chance, its well past being overshadowed. MS could cut the price of the Xbox One in half in Japan and still be overshadowed by Sony. MS is only selling around 200 a week in Japan.
sensui-tomo
Member
Did they have a footing to shoot at in japan to begin with?
They've been overshadowed for over 10 years. Be a waste of their time and money to start caring now.
dead monkey uk
Member
And there is no one watching to call an ambulance.
Nightengale
Member
Just to give context, even though MS in recent years never held any sort of conference stuff in Japan, they do still have booths and big presence in TGS to at least show indie games, localised first-party games and 3rd-party deals like CoD.
It's common to not have any sort of announcement platforms, like a presser, etc. It's a bit more uncommon to directly skip out a big trade show.
It's common to not have any sort of announcement platforms, like a presser, etc. It's a bit more uncommon to directly skip out a big trade show.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Seems like Sony have TGS pretty much to themselves this year, with MS skipping it and Nintendo in that weird place inbetween Wii U and NX.
It's unlikely Nintendo will announce anything about their future plans this early, so until they are ready to talk about whatever NX is (which will likely be around E3 time next year) they won't have much new stuff to talk about other than a bit more info on Zelda.
It's unlikely Nintendo will announce anything about their future plans this early, so until they are ready to talk about whatever NX is (which will likely be around E3 time next year) they won't have much new stuff to talk about other than a bit more info on Zelda.
So that's "Wait Till Spaceworld"? ^_^
I'm not sure they admit this way that's it's a lost cause rather than the fact that it probably doesn't worth the investment and trouble. Nintendo usually don't attend TGS either.
Microsoft Game Studios aren't huge, and 3rd-party XBOne games will still be on TGS, like 3rd-party Nintendo ones are (on 3DS at least, but a couple years ago, there were also plently of giant Wii booths at TGS).
SprachBrooks
Member
Well when TGS for Microsoft would go something like this..
Lol, this can't be real.
sixteen-bit
Member
At least we can see Scalebound @ Game Scom
Nightengale
Member
It doesn't really work that way. In general, companies have games shown at events, even if they're already announced/exhibited in other events already. I mean, I can safely say that Youkai Watch and MHX will be the among the biggest games at TGS 2015 this year, and both are already announced/shown earlier this year.
lol. Nintendo (3rd-party) will easily be one of the biggest presences at TGS this year by the combined power of Youkai Watch and Monster Hunter X.
The only way Sony matches Nintendo is with DQ Builders and the assumed DQXI.
More than likely there will be more mobile games than anything else. Sony will probably have a pre-TGS show
BlackBuzzard
Banned
This is a parody of the Microsoft is taking Europe because Sony is not doing a Gamescom conference?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Not really, because who will really go to that?
Nightengale
Member
Sony's pre-TGS is for announcements. They'll still have booths, livestreams, stage shows, and all the usual TGS jazz there.
I mean, in the first place, few companies announce games at TGS itself. Not that it doesn't happen, but it's always few in quantity. I recall last year's TGS announcing 3-4 games total?
Majority of the games are either announced at Sony's presser, earlier Nintendo Directs, Famitsu/magazine scoops (DQ Builders, example), or stuff like Level-5 Vision.
Why? Sony would overshadow them in Japanese press no matter what.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Now Sony can win TGS.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Well that parody wouldn't work because Sony will be at Gamescom and Sony is killing it in Europe right now and will be at the Paris Event (which obviously is in Europe).