MS: “Japan Must Wait For Xbox One, Don’t Be Negative!”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 2, 2013 22:42 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Copyright, DRM, Interviews, Microsoft, PS4, TV, Xbox One
Microsoft has confirmed the happy news that its new Xbox One console will not be released in Japan or the rest of the lucky “tier 2” world in 2013, asking only that this fantastic announcement not be reported “too negatively.”
Though for some reason Microsoft Japan avoided mentioning the matter of the Xbox One’s Japanese release in its fiscal 2014 press conference, when interviewed directly their CEO did confirm what all Microsoft’s other announcements curiously neglected to mention – and to avoid ruining all the suspense they also masterfully declined to provide any firm date:
Well, for Japan the Xbox will be Tier 2 rather than Tier 1, so it will be part of the second wave of launches, and delayed a little from the North American launch.
The Xbox One is really planned as being based on a North American lifestyle, so whether it will be launched like that in Japan is a matter for further consideration.
With all the music and video entertainment services, Microsoft as a whole has to establish what to prioritise for each country. Honestly, we couldn’t really just release it as is in Japan.
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It’s being billed as both a device and a service. I can’t help but think it would not be possible for Microsoft Japan to establish a content delivery system for everything from games to music and video, both technically and in terms of scale?
Well, the rights, you know – especially music, really…
What about releasing it without music? Personally I see MS Japan having more luck with video than music…
We’ll have to see how things go in the US proper.
[Similar “it depends on the US” answers follow]
So you’re saying it all depends on how things pan out for MS in the North American market?
Yes.
So, Japan’s launch is Tier 2. Tier 1 is November, so there is no chance of a 2013 release in Japan?
Right. It’ll be some time after.
How long will those who want to play it have to wait then?
It won’t be delayed from the US that much.
Will this delay be measured in years?
No way! But we’re still in planning.
The interview concludes with MS entreating them “to please not write too negatively about today’s press conference” – although why they thought the Japanese or other Tier 2s would respond negatively to such happy news is far from clear.
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They would't have time buying it anyway being preoccupied with playing with their PS4.
More like no Banjo, Killer Instinct & Forza for you. Only snotty little kids play Halo and Japan has none, just middleaged /v/irgins.
lol downvoted for truth. the weaboos on this site always make me laugh.
No Japanese cares about any XBOX or MS at all, just admit it MS.
Unless they release Idolmaster 3. lol
Xbone exclusive for a year, then real version on PS4. It's gonna happen again, don't worry.
Say that to all the CAVE shooters you never got.
why are there millions of xboxs in Japan then I wonder. Why will there be millions of xbox ones in Japan I wonder. All of this japanese playstation ass kissing is ridiculous seeing as though in the end they are pretty much going to sell about the same everywhere in the world. sigh weaboos..
I don't know...must be something you ate.
Millions?
Japan sales figures
PlayStation 3 – 6.3 million as of 1 April 2011
Xbox 360 – 1.6 million
Thats an estimation and by wikipedia of all places. I see you were too embarrassed to post the source. If thats what they estimate then the reality would be far more because of the scores of units unaccounted for. This is not the wii we're talking about, If you honestly think theres a 5 million unit difference in Japan of all places when there isn't even that big of a spread worldwide or anywhere else on the planet and theres only 1 million xboxs in Japan then you are a stupid monkey and believe everything you read on the internet without critical thought.
And in any event my point was the two would sell pretty much the same worldwide anyway and that same wikipedia article you quoted from tells that but I see you didnt post those numbers. If Japanese were better at English it would sell more there too like it does in the rest of the English speaking world. Singling out Japan is retarded either way just like you.
I'm sorry, you are incorrect.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/members/taylor/activity/914397
Having an install-base of around 1.6 million in Japan actually isn't that bad if you consider that it's a foreign console competing against one from a popular Japanese company.
And Taylor, I'm pretty sure the stats are pretty close to correct, if a bit outdated. According to VGCharts, the Japan totals are now:
PS3 - 9.4 million
360 - 1.6 million
http://www.vgchartz.com/embeds/japan_totals.png
Most Japanese stores actually quit selling Xbox 360 hardware a while back, so the total hasn't gone up much over the last couple years. On the other hand, the 360 outsold the PS3 by quite a wide margin in North America, so global sales between the two consoles are just about matched. More detailed stats can be found here:
http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/
The wiki stats he posted show closer margins in places there should be larger ones from that I knew the source was invalid. I know the difference is wider than 5 million in Japan. But theres no way theres only 1 million xboxs in Japan. These stats are like trying to estimate AKB record sales there is alot not taken into account including the fact there are alternate ways to get a 360 other than buying from a japanese store. when xbox one gets the early us release many will have it shipped where it was not yet released. thatll count as a US sale. Not to mention unofficial online sales of the 360 and used sales are not taken into account on your numbers. If I bought a 360 used it for a while then sold it on ebay to some japanese person a few months later that will still just be my one us sale. Japan isn't like the us where anything you want you just go to the store next door and get. They are used to buying foreign products and having them shipped. And why buy it in a japanese store when you can get it online for cheaper. or just go get one for 20 dollars in china somewhere with 50 games haaa.
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not to mention Japan has country pride and would prefer to get foreign products unofficially off the books somewhere for cheap rather than buy it officially in a store unlike foreigners who ass kiss playstation and other japanese things. Im not even making that up they have this great nippon we are the chose people mindset so anything foreign including people is frowned upon. this is why im always amazed at all the japanese ass kissing going on on this site. These people dont realize japanese people dont fuggen like you hahah.
Like them Japanese care about your shitbox ... Don't lie to yourself, MS
The only thing that makes Japanese want that shitbox is "The iDOLM@STER".
When that i-DOLL move to PS, XBox is over
That has already happened. The PS3 version of Idolmaster 2 is actually far, far better than the 360 version.
I'm hoping that they would re-release IM@S 1 and L4U on PS3, but I'm not holding my breath. It's all about social gaming for the IM@S franchise these days.
Wrong! Multiplat Titles are practically identical almost EVERY TIME.
What a load of shit. Cross-Platform ports are a constant source of drama due to their being better or worse than the original.
Timed exclusivity is important. im@s, dream club and all are important when they're released a year or so in advance on the xbox.
That alone is a serious advantage. And as you know, even timed exclusivity doesn't alwasy work out. Like with im@s 1 and L4U.
your wrong 1412. everything japanese is always better didnt you know.
Idolmaster only get to Xbox because PS3 was released years later and it costs too much, now Xbox One Shit doesn't have any chance, don't expect any japanese games for it...
Better than what, your mom?
Moved already anon, you are too old, heck even Im@s shiny festa series is on ipad now.
Forza is one of the title that is quite attractive to Japanese (ACG fan to be precise) gamers as well, the paint editor is awesome, and the itasha community is huge back in Forza 2 - 3 days.
The Xbone blows horse balls, But first you have to plug your horse online to get it to work
i once saw xbox one suck off a homeless guy, true story.
I once saw a movie about The Xbox ONE Disaster; they renamed it "Apollo 13" and hired Tom Hanks.
If you Nipongers don't care about the shitbox, why are you butthurt about being Tier 2 in the rollout. All you were going to do was complain and bitch anyway. As far as I'm concerned, you should be Tier 10, right after Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
I think its quite a cultural phenomenon to watch so many people ass kiss a corporation like playstation as if they're getting paid for it when instead they are just handing over what little money they have to big business and doing it so proud and happily.
Xbox is probably one of the best things to happen to playstation seeing as though apparently a lot of the reason you people are buying it is emotional angst. A lot of these rants sound like you're buying an playstation solely for the purpose of trying to spite xbox lol. Embarrassing.
I'm still waiting for you Japanophiles to tell me what makes playstation SO MUCH BETTER than xbox. All I see on this post is angry anti xbox/american rants, cute re namings of xbox which I guess you think is clever. And shit talking on how xbox sucks compared to ps with no reasoning or details. I see people type 'M$' as if playstation isn't a multi million dollar company interested in money and they love you so much and they arent charging you 400$ to play video games and 60$ per game plus all the accessories and other added shit you have to buy including a upgraded tv. I've yet to hear a good SOLID argument on why its worth 200 comments of praise by you people when on paper the two consoles do pretty much the same thing.
So I am left to conclude you just like it better because its Japanese which is sad and pathetic. There is no other plausible explanation for this extreme amount of hate for one and adoration for the other.
Not to mention the fact either way you're giving your hard earned scraps of money to smarter than you millionaires, and despite all of your anti xbox RAGE the two consoles will sell world wide pretty much the same amount and thus your displaced anger is both retarded and futile.
Everyone! Good news!
"Steve Ballmer replaces Don Mattrick as Xbox One chief"
Microsoft is doomed LOL.
http://www.geek.com/games/steve-ballmer-replaces-don-mattrick-as-xbox-one-chief-1560846/
Now this doesn't sounds that absurd does it? http://www.geek.com/games/analyst-believes-microsoft-will-sell-off-xbox-division-maybe-even-to-sony-1536615/
lol yellow journalism at it's best
lol yellow journalism
LOL ,don't be negative. Not getting a One is SUPERB news. Who would want that piece of shit?
"wanted" isnt that from cowboy movies? they use guns just like americans, right? i think cowboys could interpret "want" or "to want" differently. thats the first "interpretation problem" which occurs imho.
Now this is a bizarre troll post...
at least i have achieved a "bizarre TROLL post" on sankaku. there arent any medal of honors for that right? ^^
the profession i was missing was "bounty hunter". i just noticed that there are now "tier" in japanese . the same tier in star wars probably. and not the same tier in german language.
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I wonder if you males wear lipstick when you pucker up and kiss that Japanese ass.
MS: "Fuck you! But in a good way!"
Zero fucks where given that day.
http://playstationgang.com/ps4-releasing-in-usa-and-uk-before-japan-due-to-competition/
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/413824/sony-still-gauging-whether-ps4-can-launch-in-japan-this-year/
So far there have been at least 2 or 3 articles trolling MS for doing the exact same thing that Sony is doing, which was breaking news weeks ago. Around the same time it was announced that MS would have a staggered release.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/06/11/ms-no-xbox-one-for-japan-asians-wait-another-year/
The last one was a month ago, and I knew it was uninformed crap then. A month later and both the author and the commenters are jabbering away in their own little universe where MS scorns Asians by making the exact same business decisions as Sony.
-_-
The Xbone has problems, but being mean to Asians isn't one of them. The fact that Asians and e-pals already want to feel like victims, reality be damned that's the problem.
Xbox sucks.
Oh Xbone Sony has left you an opening in Japan by not releasing the PS4 this year there.
All you need is to release with some goof Japanese appealing titles ,which other than FF and KH3 neither console has those Japanese games.
What a smart thing to flip of a country of 127 million people and an FUCKload of gamers. Way to go, Microzoft.
Read up on how 360 did and you will understand why they are reluctant to release it in Japan.
Especially since it´s far worse than 360 ever was.
Considering how PS3 beated Xbox 360 on every continent with a huge margin besides North America where they were they almost tied and the original XBox was a failure I would say that MS had their ass kicked and they are retreating. They know that they can't win this next generation anywhere besides North America and are focussing in the only place they can still win. If they will return in future console wars, will slowly die or become a Amecian only curiosity only time will tell, but currently they are slowly dieing.
THIS!
"Considering how PS3 beated Xbox 360 on every continent with a huge margin besides North America"
EU
PS3 31.1
360 24.3
JP
PS3 9.4
360 1.5
NA
PS3 26.8
360 44.1
The numbers state that outside of NA & JP, PS3 only beat 360 by 21%. That's hardly a 'huge margin', you silly fanboy. A 'huge margin' is like the STOMPING both consoles got in their rival's home country.
And who cares, Wii outsold them both. Bragging about who got the silver won't help them take the gold.
You just had to say some bullshit statement about the Wii outselling them both.
No one gives a fuck about the Wii.
@00:57
TOP LEL
Would you listen to this faggot rage? It's a fact that Wii outsold both consoles in all territories. The numbers are posted on vgchartz. Deal with it.
Except Nintendo
21% is a pretty big difference. The Wii was a console marketed towards casual gamers and has a very small attach rate. By that logic I could say the DS outsold XBOX and PS3 combined.
that said, you should take into account how many of the xbox sales were due to replacing broken hardware.
"21% is a pretty big difference."
It's really just a 1 in 5 people sales advantage. Which is not enough to call it a 'huge margin', nor say the console flopped in those markets either.
"The Wii was a console marketed towards casual gamers and has a very small attach rate. By that logic I could say the DS outsold XBOX and PS3 combined."
It's funny you say that when PSN/XBL both sell multimedia content & push social networking, which has nothing to do with gaming. By that logic, the system for casuals is more console than the two of them.
And you may as well start comparing PS3/360 against PC sales, cause in a sense the two are just glorified PCs running a custom MiniOS. Even more so with the upcoming generation of consoles.
That said, Nintendo's handhelds are always the silent sales kings. At least til everyone trades in their DS/3DS for an android/iOS device. Cause Vita will never be a sales threat.
Consoles are dead in Japan. North America sold four times the number of Wii units sold in Japan. And in Japan the Dual Screen sold more units than all three consoles combined.
The truth is that Nintendo & Sony only have new consoles because of the North American & European markets. If you think otherwise, you're a fool.
Did you know the PS2 sold 21 million units in Japan, while the Wii sold 12 million units? The best selling consoles of the last two generations and the sales have dropped off by nearly half.
The same thing will continue to happen with the next generation, making it impossible for Japan to fund major console releases like Final Fantasy without the foreign market.
Yeah.. around PS2/NGC times consoles died anyway. Internet got more popular during those times and it's easy to waste your time on it. No need for consoles to keep you entertained anymore.
I blame it on Japan's declining youth. Business men don't have time to play video games at home. Instead, they play them away from home. Which is why their mobile & handheld markets are so strong.
So yeah, I blame declining youth. Which makes a lot of sense, when you consider the fact that in major cities like Tokyo the birth rate has dropped to one child per woman. Which may sound good on paper, but that does not take into account who fathered that kid. As in for every two people, a single person will eventually replacing them. Suddenly that sales decline makes a lot of sense.
While there may have been a slight reduction in console sales, your selected statistics exaggerate the difference, since in the PS2 generation, the other consoles sold fewer units than in the current one:
PS2: 23.18 million
GCN: 4.04 million
XB: 0.53 million
Total: 27.75 million*
Wii: 12.73 million
PS3: 9.35 million
360: 1.64 million
Total: 23.72 million
Source: http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/
*note: I didn't include the Dreamcast, since it was arguably between generations, and was discontinued right around the time the others were coming out. It would only add another 2.25 million to the JP total though.
In any case, another thing to remember is that these consoles are still selling, so the total for this current generation will continue to rise. Despite the next generation of consoles being on the horizon, over half a million current-gen consoles have been sold in the first half of this year, and sales at reduced prices are bound to continue for some time to come. By the time all is said and done, the total consoles sold in Japan should be nearly at the level they were the prior generation.
The majority of gamers own more than one console. Including additional sales figures only gives the market an artificial boost in total size. Clearly, you're not taking this into account, thus believing the market is larger than it actually is.
@20:42 I guess this depends on how much this holds true in Japan, of which data might be a bit harder to come by. And while a lot of 'core gamers' may own multiple consoles, that isn't likely the case for more casual audiences, which make up a lot of console sales.
What you have to remember Aris, is that 127 million people if that where not going to by the xbox to begin with, why waste resources in a country, that only maybe 1% of the population is going to by your product. and besides Sony and Nintendo been doing the same thing for decades now. Releasing there product in Japan first.
Xbox was never big in Japan.