I think Microsoft being a non-Japanese company has everytime to do with the failure of the Xbox and the Xbox360 in Japan. But it's not that the company is not Japanese in origin, but it's that the way it does business, even IN Japan, is as far from Japanese standards, culture and understanding as possible
Microsoft's failure is that it doesn't understand Japan one bit, and doesn't seem to want to learn how to be more Japanese while operating in Japan. Simply moneyhatting games that are Japanese in origin isn't going to do jack shit unless you know WHY the Japanese like those games in the first place.
Microsoft's failure is that it doesn't understand Japan one bit, and doesn't seem to want to learn how to be more Japanese while operating in Japan. Simply moneyhatting games that are Japanese in origin isn't going to do jack shit unless you know WHY the Japanese like those games in the first place.