Speaking to Kikizo, the General Manager of Microsoft Game Studios, Shane Kim is quoted saying "I think our expectations are realistic; we don't expect to "win" in Japan, but I do think we can "win" the next generation." This answers a different question: 'Does Microsoft need Japan to win the next generation wars?' Apparently not.
Source: www.kikizo.com
Kikizo: Where do you think you are right now with the Japan situation?
Kim: We're committed to Japan for the long run, and we're off to a solid but not spectacular start, and I think that's what we expected to happen. That's why titles like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey from Sakaguchi-san are important to us. But you're starting to see very good and growing thirdparty support as well, when you look at the titles Capcom is releasing, for example. Konami and Namco and so forth are brining more and more titles. That's going to help us eventually in Japan, as well as the US and the world. I think our expectations are realistic; we don't expect to "win" in Japan, but I do think we can "win" the next generation.
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ان ابو عيون صغار يقول ان الاكس بوكس احتمال ماينجح فاليابان ويغلب سوني وننتندو لكنهم متوقعين ان الجهاز يفوز في حرب الnext-gen وان الشركات اليابانيه قامت تتعاون اكثر معاهم وتعلن عن العاب قادمه لجهاز
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