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Microsoft not doing a keynote at TGS this year
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Nightengale
Member
You realise XB1 releases in Japan before TGS?
Mysterious
Banned
For what it's worth: Electronic Arts, Square-Enix, Sony Computer Entertainment, Google Japan, Samsung Japan, KONAMI, Capcom, Microsoft Japan will all have booths at the TGS this year. Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive and Nintendo will not.
iamnosuperman
Neo Member
That is in like what a week and a bit. We would know by now (also announcing games at launch is a little antiproductive. It should be done before
Pankratous
Member
Can't have a games show with no games. And any games that they might have, they will probably show around Sep 4th.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
But let's be honest here, the "big" announcements at TGS will be mobile games. Maybe Sony has 2-3 games but yeah TGS is hardly exciting these days.
Necromanti
Member
Would you say that it is markedly more low-key than it was for the 360?
Miles Quaritch
Member
Probably have nothing to show.
D4 is MIA, Scalebound is still a good 1.5 years away and probably isn't in a demo state and I doubt there's any other Japanese titles in development of note.
D4 is MIA, Scalebound is still a good 1.5 years away and probably isn't in a demo state and I doubt there's any other Japanese titles in development of note.
intheinbetween
Member
iirc Microsoft use to hold a press event pre-TGS every year
StealthGoblin
Banned
I'm hoping that means that Microsoft haven't moneyhatted a load of games that will eventually sell poorly because they are on the least sense making platform.
It doesn't make sense for anyone.
Harms the IPs or at very least that game in the series.
Microsoft has to spend a lot of money for little return.
Fan's are left angry.
It doesn't make sense for anyone.
Harms the IPs or at very least that game in the series.
Microsoft has to spend a lot of money for little return.
Fan's are left angry.
They're launching Xbox One with 31 games (6 exclusive) while Xbox 360 launched with 6 games (4 exclusive).
For comparison Wii U launched with 12 games (4 exclusive) and PS4 with 27 games (6 exclusive).
Nightengale
Member
That is assuming that there's anything to moneyhat in the first place.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
sörine;126807527 said:
I was talking about their last conference in 2007.
I'm looking forward to AAAA mobile games.
Nightengale
Member
I'm sure there's many countries that the XB1 will sell worse than that product actually does in Japan... ( countries like India has lifetime sales of PS2 topping slightly over 1 million, and that was the most successful console by far )
There's no loss in shipping units into countries that will sell low volumes. The unique thing about Japan is that it still has pedigree as a distinct gaming market of its own caliber, and that to succeed in Japan, you have to invest specifically for Japan, which is a risky proposition in this day and age.
Same here. I need this right now
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Must be SE you're referring to, because the others generally manage to deliver their products on time.
Black Mantis
Member
Looks like MS will go all out at their Japan launch, makes sense.
plasmawave
Banned
The system is launching in few weeks. What are they doing?
plasmawave
Banned
Pretty sure that's MH4G for the 3DS.
Nightengale
Member
Considering that any amount of money they invest into Japan for marketing will unquestionably have negative returns, why even bother?
Just launch it there with as low an ASP as possible is probably smartest thing to do for Xbox.