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Xbox One Launching 9/4 in Japan

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MightyHedgehog

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No one expects this to do that well, but the point is getting cool Japanese games...especially with this gen where the system is region free. No Treasure on that list disappoints me.
 
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impact

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No Platinum?

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Occam

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To Far Away Times said:
Dammit Cave do not make me consider getting MS' DRM machine.
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Don't worry, the Cave we knew is dead. Their last arcade shooting game was created 2 years ago; it doesn't seem like there'll be any more.
Any Japanese company not releasing their games on PS4 after how 360 did in Japan has to be insane. I think games like Raiden IV coming to PS3 now (after all this time) indicates that they have indeed understood how the wind blows.
 
SmoothBrain

SmoothBrain

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I wonder how good/bad it will be. PS4 is doing quite bad right now, can't imagine how the xbox will do :/

seems like the xbone is struggling in germany, too. saw an ad for the console and kinect + Titanfall (download), 388€ in selected stores (MediaMarkt, biggest chain for all kinds of electronics here).
 
Trojan

Trojan

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Thread recap:

Post A: XBox One will die a fiery death in Japan

Post B: XBox One will return Japan to greatness

Post C: uncontrollablelaughter.gif
 
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Biker19

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Occam said:
Don't worry, the Cave we knew is dead. Their last arcade shooting game was created 2 years ago; it doesn't seem like there'll be any more.
Any Japanese company not releasing their games on PS4 after how 360 did in Japan has to be insane. I think games like Raiden IV coming to PS3 now (after all this time) indicates that they have indeed understood how the wind blows.
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I agree. Namco-Bandai certainly learned their lesson & realized where the fanbase for the Tales series are after discovering that Tales of Vesperia sold much better on PS3 than on 360.

That's why they've ported Tales of Graces to PS3 from Wii, & have also made Tales of Xillia 1 & 2, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, & Tales of Zestiria PS3 exclusive.
 
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Silky

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Occam said:
Don't worry, the Cave we knew is dead. Their last arcade shooting game was created 2 years ago; it doesn't seem like there'll be any more.
Any Japanese company not releasing their games on PS4 after how 360 did in Japan has to be insane. I think games like Raiden IV coming to PS3 now (after all this time) indicates that they have indeed understood how the wind blows.
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Didnt' DodonPachi get like another sequel released a year ago?

Cave releases their stuff on 360/Mobile since this gen started. PS3's just now getting a port of an old Cave title and their Vita title was cancelled.
 
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Dire

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Hey guys! Remember us? The company you completely ignored the past 2 generations? Well now we're back and better than ever! We have substantially weaker hardware than the main competition, cost more and require a large day 1 update just to get rid of all the DRM stuff we tried to force on you! If somehow we haven't got your attention yet, and I know we have, we also have TV stuff!! That's right, TV stuff!!!
 
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Occam

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Silky said:
Didnt' DodonPachi get like another sequel released a year ago?
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No. DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou came to arcades in April 2012; it was just ported to 360 a year later. Cave effectively left the arcade shooting game business with it and is now creating only social mobile stuff.
 
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MCD

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People also seem to forget Japanese indie games. MS are good when it comes to the little or niche games in Japan.

Phantom Dust is one example. Personally, I am more interested in seeing indie JRPGs.
 
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Nightengale

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MCD said:
People also seem to forget Japanese indie games. MS are good when it comes to the little or niche games in Japan.

Phantom Dust is one example. Personally, I am more interested in seeing indie JRPGs.
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Sony is competitive too in the niche space too.

The difference is that they don't get localised.
 
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funkystudent

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MS always manages to pull a few suprises out of Japan so it should be fun to see what they have other then the stuff thats already been leaked.

I just hope they dont go nuts and moneyhat nearly every major JRPG developer and cause a generation long downturn in the genre because no one is buying a xbox to play AAA JRPG's like they did with the 360 early on.
 
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REMEMBER CITADEL

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Pathos said:
Well ntkrnl said that they're making a XBO exclusive so who knows
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ntkrnl also said that Xbox One would be launching in Japan in April, and if you read the date as the sane part of the world would read it, it's the 9th of April. What are the chances that the other group of countries gets it on September 10?
 
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_hekk05

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Sakura said:
That article doesn't exactly make much sense. While the swastika was indeed the flag of Nazi Germany and thus represents specifically Nazi Germany, the rising sun (with those rays) was not the flag of Japan. The flag of Japan during WWII was the same flag as they use today. The rising sun flag is a military flag of Japan, and has been used by the military since 1870 (even during times when they were allies with the west), and is still used by the military today. I don't really see how it can be compared to the Nazi swastika... Sorry to go off topic here.
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Its imagery. The rising sun is most closely associated with the atrocities in Asia because that's the flag the military was wielding at the time. Its also the symbol for Japan's military expansion. I'm not that knowledgeable about Nazi Germany but the swastika is the most associated symbol with the atrocities in Europe.

Point is, maybe it seems confusing to the West, but Asians take this very seriously.
 
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publicpwnerer

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Rain Inn said:
Same! I think people underestimate Microsoft's ability to see what fans and hardcore gamers want and give it to them. I always thought the original Xbox was really a Dreamcast 2.
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I couldn't agree more with the Dreamcast 2 notion. It had fantastic niche games that are still incredible to this day. Sadly, I got off the Xbox ride with the 360..where they went full retard, constantly pumping Halo / Forza...then just securing exclusive DLC for shooters. Then towards the end, they just pushed Kinect and casual garbage.

When Kinect got popular, it really showed that they were willing to abandon their core consumer for a quick buck. Buying a console for me is a commitment, I expect solid exclusives until the end.
 
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~~Hasan~~

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if MS wants japanese games, they have to release the system in japan. also, also, it doesnt make sense not to release for an international company like japan not to release the machine in a big market like japan where at least 30% of the games are made there if not more. the japanese developers won't support it if the console wasn't released there and MS can't afford to lose these developers.

besides, the Xbox one can't do any worse than xbox 360. and that survived 6 years.
 
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