I'd like for the series to go wherever it has the best chance of coming to fruition. Empty comments from the competition only help create urgency on the other side. Legitimate or not, some pressure can't hurt.
AdamKoralik wrote:Microsoft tried, and failed, twice now with that same strategy. They made plenty of Japanese oriented exclusives for the XBox and XBox 360 we never saw in the west, and yet the numbers are what they are.
However, I will grant this. After Microsoft's horrendous summer with the XBox One announcement and DRM and all that, they're in a position of desperation to appease gamers. Perhaps this would be part of that.
Yeah, that's definitely the point. Like I too mentioned earlier, it didn't pan out, but it's either try again or give up at this point when it comes to Japan for the Xbox brand. I'm not suggesting it would or should happen on any end, though I'm not counting it out either. Just to note, generations can and will change drastically over their life span, this one is just getting started after all. What sounds terrible now could be ideal in a few years... or even more terrible.
Axm wrote:Given DR's previous sucess as an exculsive last go on 360 during launch and KI being a more western game anyways, yes those decisions to lock down/start up the IP for themselves makes perfect sense. But after the clear failure of Shenmue 2x last time around why would MS choose to double down on something with such a low chance of sucsess historically?
Yeah, that's definitely true and quite obvious. It does show the ability to properly ressurect a series though, which despite everything is still a positive. As for Shenmue itself, it is a sore spot though time heals all wounds. We're multiple generations past that after all, just about everything has changed within the company. At the end of the day I'm simply being open and optimistic because I'd like to play the game in any shape or form, console notwithstanding.