Microsoft sluit deals met diverse Japanse studio’s voor Xbox One-games

De Xbox One zal straks voorzien worden van diverse Japanse games, zo verklaart Microsofts Phil Spencer. Volgens Spencer heeft men met diverse Japanse ontwikkelaars deals gesloten om aan volwaardige ‘retail games’ te werken.

Spencer vertelde het volgende over de next-gen avonturen van Microsoft in Japan:

I’ve been a big fan of our partnerships in Japan. Futatsugi just finished Crimson Dragon, and I’m proud of what he was able to do. We’re talking to him about what we might want to do next with him. There’s some interest out there in some older [intellectual property]. Phantom Dust has come up around whether we would want to reboot that franchise. It’s a discussion right now; there’s nothing’s signed. But we’re talking. It does seem like there’s a lot of interest around that. And we have a good long relationship with him and I think that would be good.

We have signed some things in Japan that we haven’t announced that we’ll announce in… ’14 so that people get to hear about support in Japan. The creative teams in Japan have always been top notch. And yeah, you’re right that we’ve never been the top console in Japan, but the support that we’ve received, either from publishers like with Capcom and Dead Rising or developers is always great. We kicked off our independent developer program when were at Tokyo Game Show and saw some top talent walk through the door, so I think you’ll see some indies too … I’m committed to the development there.

Zal Microsoft straks successen kunnen boeken in Japan? Of moeten we vooral hopen op mooie pareltjes uit Japanse ontwikkelstudio’s die naar Europa komen? De tijd zal het leren…