Tag: Japan
News Xbox Made Progress In Japan Last Year, Despite Being Heavily Outsold By PS5
The 2021 sales figures are in
Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo sales figures from Japan in 2021 have been rolling in over the past 24 hours, with GamesIndustry.biz reporting (via Famitsu) that 95,598 Series X|S consoles were sold in the country last year. Unfortunately, that's miles behind the 5.3 million Nintendo Switch units sold, and ten times...
Random Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Has 'Finally' Secured An Xbox Series X
Just in time for Halo Infinite!
Xbox Series X is in demand around the globe, and even in Japan, there have been shortages due to the pandemic and various other factors in play. Game Pass and xCloud have also increased the system's popularity and Halo Infinite is just around the corner, too. Taking this into account, it seems the legendary Super...
News Xbox Series X|S Appears To Have Already Surpassed Xbox One's Lifetime Sales In Japan
Excellent news for Microsoft
It looks like Xbox's efforts to crack the Japanese market might finally be paying off. After one year of availability worldwide, the Xbox Series X|S model has apparently already outsold the lifetime sales of the Xbox One in the region. This information comes via Game Data Library. It's apparently shifted around 116,119...
News Xbox Series X|S Has Now Sold Over 100,000 Units In Japan
It's close to overtaking the Xbox One's lifetime sales
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S appear to slowly be making an impact in Japan - a territory that has largely avoided the brand. New sales data confirms the consoles have now reached over 100,000 units sold, pushing it close to overtaking the Xbox One's lifetime sales of around 115,000. As...
News Starfield Will Be Bethesda's 'Largest Translation Effort' Ever
"Over 300 actors and over 150,000 lines of dialogue"
Yesterday during Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream, Bethesda's Todd Howard made a brief appearance thanking Japanese fans for their support of series' like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Along with this message, he touched on Bethesda's new space RPG, Starfield - sharing some exclusive news for...
News Xbox Is Working 'Every Single Day' To Increase Its Line-Up Of Japanese Games
Phil knows it's important to fans
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has mentioned on a number of occasions how the company would like to bolster its Japanese video game offerings, and the subject was briefly raised again during Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream. During a chat with Shinji Mikami - the found of Japanese studio Tango Gameworks (a developer...
News Japan Is Now Xbox's Fastest Growing Market Worldwide, Confirms Exec
"We've seen phenomenal growth"
Xbox’s head of the Asia region, Jeremy Hinton, has been talking to IGN Japan as part of an all-new interview, confirming during the chat that the region is now "Xbox's fastest growing market worldwide." Hinton pointed out that they have "seen phenomenal growth" over the past twelve months, with a high percentage...
News Square Enix Responds To Acquisition Rumours, Says It's Not For Sale
"We do not consider selling off the company"
Update: In response to Bloomberg's report, Square Enix has issued a statement to confirm that it "does not consider selling off the company or any part of its businesses," and has not received an offer from any third party. "Bloomberg has reported today that there is interest from several buyers to...
News Atlus Wants To Know What Games It Should Port To The Xbox Series X
Where do we start?
It's no secret that Microsoft wants the Xbox to be a great system for Japanese games, and to make this happen, it needs more developers and publishers from this region to sign-on. Phil Spencer has already managed to secure games like Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age for Game Pass, and now it seems the company Atlus -...
News Xbox Japan Shows Off Yakuza Themed Controller That's Held Up By A Crayfish Stand
But sadly it's an image only
We've seen Xbox teams from all around the world show off their own crazy designs and now it's Japan's turn. To commemorate the local release of Yakuza: Like a Dragon on the Xbox Series X|S earlier this week, the team within this region shared an image of an appropiately-themed Xbox controller. What makes it particularly...
News Xbox Has Reportedly Approached Several Japanese Devs About A Buyout
"from small to big"
One major area of focus for Xbox in recent times has been improving its library of Japanese video games. A new report from Bloomberg sheds some more light on this, revealing how Microsoft has approached "several" Japanese developers (of all sizes) about a potential buyout. "Several Japan-based game developers, from small to...
"Phil, let's do it again together"
Following Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase recently, head of Xbox Phil Spencer spoke about how one of his favourite moments of the entire event was when Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age was announced for the platform. "It's just an area of focus for us to make sure all creators globally feel like Xbox...
News Dragon Quest Was One Of Phil Spencer's Favourite Moments Of The Xbox Showcase
And ours too, Phil!
Phil Spencer has been working hard to improve Xbox's relationship with Japanese creators, and it looks like we're starting to see the fruits of his labor. At Microsoft's showcase earlier this week, the team revealed multiple Japanese titles are on the way to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass. In the same interview with the YouTube channel...
RPG fans rejoice!
During a recent Ustream event, the CEO of Experience In., Hajime Chikami, talked about two new titles that are in development by the company for Xbox One. Chikami mentioned that while it's difficult to release Xbox One exclusives in Japan (presumably due to the low install base), releasing digitally worldwide via the Xbox Games...
News Kinect-Powered Dance Evolution Arcade Game On the Way
Kinect leaves the living room
Next year Kinect will throw off its living room shackles and join the arcade scene, as Konami has announced it's working on an arcade version of Dance Evolution (or DanceMasters) for release in 2012. The game is currently on test at certain locations in Japan, with the sensor tucked away inside the arcade cabinet...
