Huge News.. Microsoft Cutbacks in Japan.

OK .. this isnt a rumour or specualtion, This comes from the horses mouth, Itll probably come out in the press at some point, but you get the news ahead of time.

Micorsoft is cutting back its activity at microsoft games studios japan. The reason is simply that "it is not going as well as they expected" (Not sure what that means but thats what i was told). A lot of staff are being layed off and no new employees are being hired. Im not sure how this will effect the production of lost odyssey (probably not at all). But It will surely point to a gradual roll back of microsofts plans to buy their way into getting more japanese dev support, (or maybe they feel like they are already in a strong enough position to convince japanees devs to work on the 360 platform.)

make of this what you will....... 

if this is true, then my reason for m$ for taking DMC and attempted rumors of taking mgs and ff are guess off.  M$ cant sell the 360 in japan and even the games that were made for japan arent selling as well as hoped.  I thought M$ plan was to take franchises that already sell well to the jp market on put them on 360.

 if they are cutting back then, that rules my theory out.

OK .. this isnt a rumour or specualtion, This comes from the horses mouth, Itll probably come out in the press at some point, but you get the news ahead of time.

 

Micorsoft is cutting back its activity at microsoft games studios japan. The reason is simply that "it is not going as well as they expected" (Not sure what that means but thats what i was told). A lot of staff are being layed off and no new employees are being hired. Im not sure how this will effect the production of lost odyssey (probably not at all). But It will surely point to a gradual roll back of microsofts plans to buy their way into getting more japanese dev support, (or maybe they feel like they are already in a strong enough position to convince japanees devs to work on the 360 platform.)

 

make of this what you will....... 

pippin73

If u want to seem like u have any credibility u HAVE to post a Link.

Well to be honest I cant give you a Link because "it comes straight from the horses mouth" .. you'll probably find out for yourselves soon enough, And then you'll look back and say .. " Gee that guy was right" And yeah from what i understand all the currently in development stuff will be ok.pippin73

so..what? is ur'e dad bill gates or something or lemme guess u work for microsoft:roll:

Well to be honest I cant give you a Link because "it comes straight from the horses mouth" .. you'll probably find out for yourselves soon enough, And then you'll look back and say .. " Gee that guy was right" And yeah from what i understand all the currently in development stuff will be ok.pippin73

 Riiiiiiight. Sorry but quotes from anonymous horses don't fly here.

How does one respond to such a stupid thread without getting banned for insult.MrGrimFandango

Why are you so angry? If it's true it makes sense to me.

[QUOTE="pippin73"]Well to be honest I cant give you a Link because "it comes straight from the horses mouth" .. you'll probably find out for yourselves soon enough, And then you'll look back and say .. " Gee that guy was right" And yeah from what i understand all the currently in development stuff will be ok.shsonline

 Riiiiiiight. Sorry but quotes from anonymous horses don't fly here.

It's a good idea. They have no chance of winning that market so pooring so much money into it is not a good idea when that money could be better spent elsewhere.Idonomeus

They poored so much money into every 360 they make.. they not long a go started making profit on the 360.. same with Japan eventually they can and will start making money there if they try hard enough. 

LINK or this post is flamebait.shsonline

Not really. Yesterday there was a thread with someone posting speculation as well without providing a link. I told him to provide a link. He refused and I told him again to do it and I got moderated. So apperently it's not flamebait. 

This is straight from the horse's mouth, so take my word for it: Sony has officially surrendered the console war in Japan. But don't ask me for a link, because it's straight from the horse's mouth.fuzzysquash

Unlike the tc your news is hardly believable lmao :P

Because Japan is the only gaming market and they have no possible way of pushing those games to any country outside of Japan.Chubnasty

You really think you're gonna win this console gen with Region weakest areas????? Heck PS2 outsold XBox with only JPN sales.

Thats Just how important a region can Be

[QUOTE="Chubnasty"]Because Japan is the only gaming market and they have no possible way of pushing those games to any country outside of Japan.Blinblingthing

You really think you're gonna win this console gen with Region weakest areas????? Heck PS2 outsold XBox with only JPN sales.

Thats Just how important a region can Be

Lol how stupid do you think i am? Microsoft are working harder in Japan than in America and Europe,they didn't fund mistwalker for nothing...

And if the 360 gets FF13 (which is looking very possible right now) then the 360's chances will explode. 

Well to be honest I cant give you a Link because "it comes straight from the horses mouth" .. you'll probably find out for yourselves soon enough, And then you'll look back and say .. " Gee that guy was right" And yeah from what i understand all the currently in development stuff will be ok.pippin73

I'm a sony fan...but you're going to have to do better than that.   Who exactly is the supposid "horse" that has told you something directly from his mouth?

[QUOTE="pippin73"]Well to be honest I cant give you a Link because "it comes straight from the horses mouth" .. you'll probably find out for yourselves soon enough, And then you'll look back and say .. " Gee that guy was right" And yeah from what i understand all the currently in development stuff will be ok.shsonline

Riiiiiiight. Sorry but quotes from anonymous horses don't fly here.

This is straight from the horse's mouth, so take my word for it: Sony has officially surrendered the console war in Japan. But don't ask me for a link, because it's straight from the horse's mouth.fuzzysquash

That is what Mister Ed said to me also.

Looks like MS is transitioning to a strategy of partnering with 3rd parties, rather than developing their own games for the Japanese market. Fine by me - put those resources into Bungie and Turn 10!lowe0

Perhaps if they are to heed the advice of Mistwalker and find more competent advertisers, then they can still improve the 360's image in Japan.

Because Japan is the only gaming market and they have no possible way of pushing those games to any country outside of Japan.Chubnasty

I think they have Mistwalker company making games for them there, and they could always support their japaneze games like Infinite Undiscovery ( i think it is called that), with a lot less people, they could always divert some work to US development teams

Also 360 gets more and more japaneze support, DMC4 etc, so it might actually be good to focus on getting more JRPG's and games that will sell huge like FF13, and keep the best of games they do make in japan, like those from Mistwalker

BTW are the news confirmed yet ?

No link for info, means this thread fails.

TC, trolling is bad.

Wow, this is pretty big if it's true. I had always believed MS would be willing to take really large hits to break into th market. I guess, they've already used up those resources now. If this is true, MS chance of winning this gen has just gotten slimmer.Pangster007

Call me uninformed, but what are those games the japaneze part of MS is making ? I know none !!!! So, what cut backs would those be ? If you mean those Mistawalker games, well they can cooperate with US developers to make them, you do not need full force in Japan anyway

 BTW is they divert money to getting FF13, then this move would eb the best ever actually, Mistwaker, Tri-Ace AND FF13 would really break into japan