Head of Xbox Phil Spencer is in Japan 'Talking to Studios and Publisher About 2020 and Beyond' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 May 2020 / 2,800 Views
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer via Twitter announced he is once again in Japan taking with publishers and developers about 2020 and beyond.
"Great to be back in Japan with the team talking and listening to amazing studios and publishers about 2020 and beyond," said Spencer. "Really strong energy and excitement here about gaming's future."
Great to be back in Japan with the team talking and listening to amazing studios and publishers about 2020 and beyond. Really strong energy and excitement here about gaming's future.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) January 20, 2020
Spencer has previously stated he would like open "an Asian studio, in particular a Japanese studio" and has shown interest in acquiring a studio in Asia.
Microsoft's next generation console, the Xbox Series X, launches in holiday 2020.
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Lost Odyssey sequel and Blue Dragon sequel please.
Maybe some new IPs while they're at it? If it releases on XBox in Japan, it'll definitely make it west, so this would be a great chance to get some new IP.
Yeah, okay, we've seen this song and dance for years now. Come on Phil, it's time to actually make with the action part, rather than more of the words part. Actions speak far, far louder than words. Make it happen post haste.
Perhaps this 4th time they hit gold. Good luck.
I don't think they are buying up Japanese studios, but rather ensuring more games come to the new system. Plus this also means that these games will get a PC release.
With Sony's censorship board it would be interesting if Microsoft allows the niche titles as well, but I doubt it.
Sony haven't paid for exclusivity on basically any game on Japan the whole gen. Even more preventing release in PC.
The games that were exclusive were decision of the devs not to make a port. The sole case I can remember of Sony paying for exclusivity is SF V, FFVIIR and RE7VR portion.
Errr perhaps you misread, Sony paid for these games, and we don't know if they paid anything or was just the free marketing for Shenmue III. The 3 cases I pointed Sony paid for (SFV they openly said they paid for the development of the game, still released on PC day one), FFVIIR and RE7VR I haven't seem a formal statement but yes I would bet they paid a good amount for the timed exclusivity.
I was saying that Sony didn't pay for many games to be exclusive and listed the ones I did remember.
Bloodborne would be another one but yes funded and developed in partnership (like Spider-Man).
And the case of SFV got a PC version at the same time of release, RE7VR mode was a timed exclusivity then got a PC release, FFVIIR is timed (1 year) and we don't know when it is going to release after, Shenmue doesn't seem to be paid and also got PC release at the same time.
So my point was that Sony didn't really damaged the come of games to PC this gen on the few games they paid for, and most of the exclusives for PS4 hadn't Sony payment involved.
@DonFerrari I see. MS also mostly bought timed and console exclusives. Truth be told I don't like the practice no matter who does it. If you are going to have exclusives do them the first party route like Nintendo or Spider-Man, Infamous and all the other platform exclusives. This way the game can be optimised for the platform and you don't waste money preventing other platforms from having a game like SFV (not that it was any good).
Yep, I don't bother much with timed or even full exclusivity bought, but also don't like. I much prefer open new studio, buy a studio or anything that really improves the speed and quality of games released instead of just blocking it from showing in another platform.
Can we stop the exclusive buying for the new decade?
Scalebound project lives! You heard it first here (if it turns out true)
Waste of an air fare...
Why? Even if Xbox is irrelevant in Japan, people in other countries buy Japanese games.
I am not sure what he's doing there exactly, but Japanese support has improved on his watch.
its Microsoft...
People in other countries don't buy Japanese games on Xbox, they buy them on PS4 or Switch.
This gen maybe.
Microsoft needs to give up on trying to sell Xbox to Japanese gamers or American gamers who like Japanese games. It's never happening. Stop wasting everybody's time and money.
Competing in Japan would just be a waste of their money. If anything, they may just want increased support on Xbox and Microsoft Store. MS has also encouraged Japanese studios to put content on Game Pass.
If they are giving jobs to Japanese game developers then its a win win situation.
Yeah... no. That was a disaster on 360. Pretty much every Japanese studio that worked with Microsoft ended up regretting it when their games didn't sell. Almost all of them tried to recoup their losses on PS3. Even the multiplat Japanese games the Xbox does get don't sell well on Xbox compared to how they sell on PS4 or Switch. It's time for Microsoft to accept that Japan is a lost cause for them.
No. Xbox already gets major games from Japanese studios. Increased support of niche stuff would be cool, but its not that significant. Realistically there isnt much MS would ever do to compete in Japan. Its a waste of resources.
The 360 did better world wide when it was more competitively priced against PS3. In theory a competitively priced Lockhart and notable exclusives to hype could help them internationally.
Didn't even know one was in the works, hope it is an interesting game.
