Xbox One's Phantasy Star Online 2 Is Not An Exclusive In The West - E3 2019

@Marky360: Yes it did have online :)

@Marky360: eh? Must be magic connecting me to private PSO servers on Game Cube then?

@gamingdevil800: @Tidus1012

So the big question is - do you put all your resources in a market you have successfully penetrated about as well as its going to get, or start trying to find new customers. And a good Japanese developer will help you with that.

So the USA market for xbox has been flat for a couple generations. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ The xbox sales very well here in the states, but the growth market is EU, India, China, and S AM. Asain studios are doing much better since the Japanese developing crash (2011-2017ish), or at least a few of them are killing it. Take Atlus, Square, Capcom who have found a happy middle ground between AAA, mobile, indy, and those $15 dollar games that sold so well on the Wii. Some of those developers/publishers are penetrating the India/China market as well as beloved throughout the EU.

A good portion of Sony's success this generation is due to marketing directors of the 7th gen who pushed PS products throughout the EU. I know its seems weird here in the USA, but it was not as easy as going a couple of miles to your local walmart - picking up a console and a few games, or having Amazon get it to your door. It is much easier to purchase something when its right in your face, and MS games is generations behind Sony/Nin in many markets. Even if there is a huge demand for a certain xbox game--, in Poland, Turkey, Spain, you need it to be there in the isles and in that customers face. Not all purchases are online. You can buy xbox products in most any country, but Nin/PS is so much more 'present' for its potential consumer. And Ease is hard to beat.

Right now, the 800lb gorilla is the USA market that spends more then any other... but all the other markets combined probably make up 4-5 times more then the US. And these markets are only getting bigger. So if Xbox wants to do well in the 9th gen, and beyond- you better have some chess pieces spread out. EU, India, AU, and other love Ninendo/PS because they are so used to them. They see them at grocery stores, TV, fast food.

If I was Phil Spencer, I would already have a couple Japanese developers as part of my 1rst party line up. Even if they lose money now, you need those franchises to build your consumer base later on. First person shooters and bro games cannot be what defines your console completely.

@gamingdevil800:

They should buy Valhalla Game Studios Tonabu Itagaki's studio and get the to do a spiritual successor to Nintendo Gaiden