Microsoft ei ole koskaan saavuttanut onnistuneesti jalansijaa Xboxille Japanissa. Xbox Onen kanssa Microsoft hädin tuskin edes yritti. Viimeisen muutaman vuoden aikana Xbox-pomo Phil Spencer on kuitenkin tehnyt matkoja Japaniin, ja joitakin japanilaisia pelejä onkin saatu Xboxille. Näitä ovat muun muassa Nier: Automata, Yakuza-pelit ja Phantasy Star Online 2.
Jeux Video pääsi haastattelemaan Phil Spenceriä, jonka mukaan japanilaisten kehittäjien panostus Xboxin suuntaan on kasvanut. Entä nähdäänkö tämän viikon torstaina 23. heinäkuuta klo 19:00 Microsoftin esityksessä myös japanilaisia pelejä? Jotain ainakin.
"Our Xbox team in Japan is working very hard to build relationships. We know players around the world are clamoring for amazing games from some of the best creators on the planet. We also know many of those are Japanese developers. We want to be a platform of choice for these games. I am proud of our progress over the past four or five years. At E3, we've had a strong presence of Japanese games on stage. We know that we are not a Japanese platform company, we know that we must work to rebuild a climate of trust with Japanese designers. We believe that will happen over time, continuing to listen to what they need to reach a large audience around the world."
"I'm proud of what we're going to show on July 23, I like our roadmap for working directly with Japanese creators to build great Xbox games, you will hear more about that in the future. We know it's vitally important in our strategy to make sure we have compelling Japanese developers, and that they know Xbox is a platform they can be successful on."
