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Xbox Games Studios Publishing Japan (First Party) Is Working With "top-class developers" On "large budget games."

JINX

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GING-SAMA said:
Publishing is building its team in Asia - this is a rare opportunity to join an incubating team with broad impact, working directly for Xbox and with world-class developers on cutting-edge games for a wide international audience, taking advantage of the backing and support of Microsoft
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GING-SAMA said:
Look like they work on large budget Japan games too 👀
We're looking for candidates with a strong background in software engineering for large budget games, great communication skills, and a self-driven approach to work. The ideal candidate understands large studio game development, enjoys collaborating with internal and external partners, and has a track record for delivering high quality software.
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www.linkedin.com

Microsoft hiring Senior Software Engineer (Xbox) in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | LinkedIn

Posted 12:02:51 PM. Seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer.Xbox Game Studios Publishing, the team behind…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Thread worthy imo, this is basically first time since 360 that Xbox rebuilding their publishing team in Japan.
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🤞 Please Lost Odyssey 2!!!! 🤞
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Diarrhea Day-Lewis

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I'm sure they are and I'm sure there is probably some big stuff and even some surprises but at this point it feels like a Nintendo "we are working with top third party developers like Activision, EA and Take Two on great games!" When we all know those companies will still insist on not bringing over gta, Cod, Madden, Battlefield, etc

Call me cynical but after 20 years of Xbox saying they're working on getting more Japanese games, I need receipts. Same with Nintendo and third parties since mid 90s

I've learned it's better to appreciate these platforms for what they do have and not really hope for more.

Edit: also very unfortunate he left the S off of Products lol
 

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That's pretty good news. The fact that he directly tags Xbox Publishing means it's first party stuff, and more funding for independent and big developers in Japan can only mean good things.

Question: is there any chance Futatsugi works with Xbox again? What is his team doing these days?
 
Brrandon

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BabyDontHurtMe said:
So does that prevent Microsoft from throwing their hat into the ring? The NetEase thing makes them a third-party developer.
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Its highly unlikely that xbox publishes a title from them, as theyll publish it themselves. Netease is really big and doesnt need to partner with a platform holder to get their titles published
 
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The amount of games MS must have in development between their own studios and publishing at this stage must be off the charts. Really is calm before the storm right now.. at some point these games will start releasing!
 
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BabyDontHurtMe said:
So does that prevent Microsoft from throwing their hat into the ring? The NetEase thing makes them a third-party developer.
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Microsoft would have no ownership of the IP, which in most cases when it comes to publishing they would have. netease also doesn't need Microsofts help to publish a game, which would mean they would share any profits.

Its why you don't see any platform holders partnering with tencent or anything like that.
 
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Sounds like normal recruiting language tbh lol, although at least they're going back to supporting Japanese devs this time
 

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I don't see the mention of « large budget games » in this series of tweets, but it's surely great jobs and positions for publishing.
 
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Gavalanche said:
Microsoft would have no ownership of the IP, which in most cases when it comes to publishing they would have. netease also doesn't need Microsofts help to publish a game, which would mean they would share any profits.

Its why you don't see any platform holders partnering with tencent or anything like that.
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Okay, that makes more sense. So NetEase has the resources to handle publishing and distribution on their own. All MS could do is make it third-party exclusive, which doesn't use Xbox's own publishing division.
 
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My gut feeling is that whatever Marvelous' First Studio is making now is it:
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Marvelous’ First Studio seeking staff for PS5 and Xbox Series games; large-scale RPG currently in development

Marvelous’ First Studio is seeking staff to bolster the planning and development of “high-end next-generation games” for platforms including PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, the com…
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Maybe with Tabata:
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JP Games developing two large-scale titles in cooperation with major companies

JP Games, the studio led by Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata, has two new projects in development, each in cooperation with a major company, Tabata told the latest i…
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It could be the awful sounding GAAS nightmare he once described as his dream project.

For some fun continuity, Marvelous absorbed AQ Interactive, which was made up of Feelplus (Lost Odyssey) and Artoon (Blue Dragon) employees.
 
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Gavalanche

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BabyDontHurtMe said:
Okay, that makes more sense. So NetEase has the resources to handle publishing and distribution on their own. All MS could do is make it third-party exclusive, which doesn't use Xbox's own publishing division.
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Exactly. Being publishing this would be companies like Platinum, White Owls, developers like that.
 
Helix

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since I have an Xbox now, I should probably look into playing Lost Odyssey.
 
Blackleg-sanji1

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All these lost odyssey 2 posts..and not a single cry for the better jrpg of the Xbox 360 days… that's right

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And now I run 🏃🏾🏃🏾🏃🏾
 
DontHateTheBacon

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Cool, hope they're cool and hope to see them someday. They've said this for like three generations, so one of these days…
 
SilverX

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Something tells me we are imagining way more ambitious projects than what are actually being created.
 
Garrison

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That's great news, however I had thought I read somewhere that they were looking to help Japanese Indie game development. Which is what I would be more interested in rather than try to get studios run by the same old guard of dudes that are closer to retirement overall.
 
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Garrison said:
That's great news, however I had thought I read somewhere that they were looking to help Japanese Indie game development. Which is what I would be more interested in rather than try to get studios run by the same old guard of dudes that are closer to retirement overall.
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They are doing both. Id@Xbox is what is helping the indie studios
 
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Definitely pretty exciting. I wonder who they'll be working with honestly and I hope it brings us some good games
 
Mass Effect

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Cool. Hopefully it's them working with independent developers for some new exciting stuff and not just trying to lock down timed exclusives of games that we would have gotten anyway (i.e., FFXVI ugh).
 
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JINX

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Aaronrules380 said:
I feel like we all need to learn to take obvious PR statements like this with a grain of salt
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These are job postings not public facing PR, we have known about them building a publishing group in Japan for a while now.
DontHateTheBacon said:
Cool, hope they're cool and hope to see them someday. They've said this for like three generations, so one of these days…
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They had first party Japanese exclusives on the OG and 360? The One is the only missing generation, well it almost had Scalebound (rip.)
Garrison said:
That's great news, however I had thought I read somewhere that they were looking to help Japanese Indie game development. Which is what I would be more interested in rather than try to get studios run by the same old guard of dudes that are closer to retirement overall.
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They are, but that is two other Xbox groups (GEO and ID@Xbox.)
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Cool. Hopefully it's them working with independent developers for some new exciting stuff and not just trying to lock down timed exclusives of games that we would have gotten anyway (i.e., FFXVI ugh).
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Those sort of deals wouldn't be handled by the global publishing group, this team is specifically for first party productions/co-development.
 
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