I don't know, but this idea that if they weren't owned by another company, they would be too much for MS is laughable.
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Phil Spencer & team currently in Japan "talking & listening to amazing studios and publishers about 2020 & beyond"
- Thread starter Klobrille
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Great to see their continued commitment to bring content from Japan to the Xbox platform.
As a reminder, at X019 they announced
and
- Yakuza 0
- Yakuza Kiwami
- Yakuza Kiwami 2
coming to Xbox / Game Pass.
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
- Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
- Final Fantasy XV
Also we have
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 Remix
- Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days (HD Remastered Cinematics)
- Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (HD Remastered Cinematics)
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
will come to Xbox One in 2020.
And of course, at E3 2019, they announced Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to Xbox in 2020.
Some good first results from Phil's regular trips to Japan.
I would add that they managed to grab Nier Automata and Tales of Vesperia, and the world premiere trailer of Dragon Ball Fighter Z and Jump Force. So X019 wasn't their first success with getting back Japanese games.
The next on the list seems to obviously be Persona 5.
Your not getting what I'm laying down. Majong buy was immediate in making them money for their return on the buy. Minecraft sells millions, and they opened it up to more devices.
From software is limited to right now consoles with a few PC releases, and is not a wide mainstream software that would be installed to an OS. Which minecraft is.
Minecraft is basically the new Windows Solitaire. It's on every machine that has windows now. And is available on iOs,Android I believe you can use it in a browser in CHrome OS as well.
That is something that would be taken into consideration.
From Software is a full video game development studio that has been on a current streak of successful titles for a while. MS buying them would be investing in their first party as well as show confidence that future games will continue their success as well as widen their appeal to fans of From to get into the MS ecosystem.
This is obviously something that would be taken into consideration
We know that Game Pass has seen many players discover new genres and franchises have made new fans. I think those Square-Enix and SEGA titles entering Game Pass might open up some possibilities to see more ports on Xbox. I'm positive but there is still work to do.
I would expect Square Enix to announce stuff when they will officially unveal the PS5 release of the game along with Xbox Series X. But we might have to wait for the next expansion for that (which is planned for summer 2021)
Just spent two minutes giggling at this - great stuff!
IMHO the Yakuza and Final Fantasy gamepass anouncements were big news....as I game primarily on Xbox I'm excited to get into these japaneese franchises and try them out, and gamepasss is a really risk free way of doing it.
Never played an FF or Yakuza game and excited to try.
Hope they can do some more wheeling and dealing :-)
No, modern business is all about social 'engagement'. Tweeting about shit and placating the fanbase is part of his job.
It would have really sucked to not get Vesperia DE, given the original game's history.
Unless they're a PC focused Japanese dev? No idea how many, if any, Japanese devs fit that description, though.
Yeah, that would certainly leave out the ones people are hoping for, or worried about.
Absolutely, get all those niche japanese titles on board and maybe I'll think about extending my subscription.
TBH, they would be crazy not to do this, especially with Xcloud and Game Pass together.
If it is like the past few years, I'm expecting more late ports from Sega, Bamco, Square Enix, and that's it.
Deport Doritopope back to Canada. I have the sudden urge to throw snow balls at him.
Oh man, imagine next gen Xbox getting Japanese games day-and-date with their PS counterparts BUT VIA GAMEPASS. That's the world I want to live in. Phil is laying the groundwork, and I could totally understand why any Japanese studio skipped out on Xbox One, but hopefully next gen will be a new start for Xbox and Japanese developer/publisher relations.
Since Tekken 7 hit Gamepass recently I hope it's an Xbox One X Enhancement check.
Anything to make Tekken 7 run higher than 720p. The game is STILL getting updates and yet it's looking like it might still be 720p on Xbox Series X.
Yeah the fact that it gets so many updates and no enhancements is really dumb.
First was shocked "he's here and ghosting me?" but if he can get this done, would buy the SeriesX day one :)
(nitpicking but really love Lost Odyssey: DLC with actual queen-like outfit for Ming, pleeaase?)
Can he stop by From and get Dark Souls 3 patched too while he's at it?
This is a valid request outright, but doubly so with your avatar and name.
I still play Outrun Coast 2 Coast on the PC in 4K. I need more.
Might as well update the thread with Phil's follow up tweet:
Pretty happy to see the Japan connection strengthened. I also posted this in the other Xbox Studios thread but I feel like it fits more here, what do you guys think about maybe Hajime Tabata & Hideo Baba as potential talent poaches for an Xbox studio in Japan? Tabata started a new studio called JP Games, Inc. that could benefit from being acquired. Hideo Baba's quitting from SE and Studio Istolia being disbanded was disappointing but I think recruiting him could work as well, the Project Prelude Rune trailer looked pretty cool and Xbox could use that guy's talent to make RPG's for them.
Would be nice to have that magic that Lost Odyssey 2 and Blue Dragon had as good Microsoft produced JRPG's, would even be neat if they got a team to work on the Blue Dragon IP again as well.
Pretty happy to see the Japan connection strengthened. I also posted this in the other Xbox Studios thread but I feel like it fits more here, what do you guys think about maybe Hajime Tabata & Hideo Baba as potential talent poaches for an Xbox studio in Japan? Tabata started a new studio called JP Games, Inc. that could benefit from being acquired. Hideo Baba's quitting from SE and Studio Istolia being disbanded was disappointing but I think recruiting him could work as well, the Project Prelude Rune trailer looked pretty cool and Xbox could use that guy's talent to make RPG's for them.
Would be nice to have that magic that Lost Odyssey 2 and Blue Dragon had as good Microsoft produced JRPG's, would even be neat if they got a team to work on the Blue Dragon IP again as well.