Japan nthawi zonse yakhala yokhazikika pa Xbox. Ndamva anthu ena pa osindikiza masewera akufotokoza chuma cha mtundu m'dzikoli monga 'wotembereredwa'. Izi zikuwoneka ngati zodabwitsa, koma tiyeni tiyende nazo. Ena amatsutsa kuti zonse zinayamba ndi dzina. Bokosi los angeles DirectX – Xbox – nthawi zonse lidali dzina latsoka m'gawolo. X ndi 'batsu' – mtanda womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito kusonyeza kuti simunayankhe molakwika pamayeso kapena mwanjira ina. Nthawi zambiri mumawona anthu aku Japan akuwoloka manja awo mu mawonekedwe a X kwa alendo osazindikira akuchita zomwe sayenera kuchita – njira yosagwiritsa ntchito mawu yoti 'musatero'. Ichi ndichifukwa chake pamasewera am'mbuyomu a PlayStation, X ndi O adasinthidwa ku Japan – O for 'OK', ndi X for 'Cancel', mosiyana ndi Kumadzulo. Kumadzulo, X amawonetsa malowo. Pabokosi lachisankho, mumayika X pafupi ndi munthu amene mukufuna kuti akuimirireni. Ku Japan, nthawi zambiri, X amatanthauza 'ayi'. No-Field. Kuti muwone izi, chonde yambitsani ma cookie olunjika. Sinthani makonda a ma cookie Ngakhale simugula chikhalidwe chimenecho, ndizosatsutsika kuti Xbox yakumana ndi zovuta ku Japan. Ngakhale m'badwo wake wogulitsidwa kwambiri, Xbox 360, udatsata onse opikisana nawo ndi mamiliyoni a mayunitsi. Kuyambira pamenepo, zangokulirakulira. Koma izi sizinangokhalapo za Japan ngati msika wogulitsa zotonthoza. Masewerawa ndi omwe amatumiza kunja kwa chikhalidwe chachikulu komanso chofunikira kwambiri ku Japan. Pali mkangano woti popanda Japan komanso masomphenya a Nintendo toymaker, msika wamasewera akumadzulo mwina sunabwererenso ku ngozi ya 1983. Ndithudi, kuchira kukanatenga nthaŵi yaitali. Japan yathandizira kwambiri gawo lililonse los angeles chitukuko chamasewera apakanema ngati chosangalatsa – ndipo izi zili ndi chotsatira chachikulu: anthu padziko lonse lapansi amakonda masewera opangidwa ndi Japan. Ichi ndichifukwa chake timalowa udzu ndi kusiyana pakati pa RPG ndi 'JRPG'. Mosasamala kanthu za zovuta za msika wamasewera ku Japan, anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi amati amakonda masewera opangidwa ku Japan, omwe ali ndi chikhalidwe chawo komanso chikhalidwe chawo. Ngakhale tikufuna kukangana ngati omverawo ndi ofunika, ngati akukula kapena akucheperachepera – alipo.
Odyssey Yotayika ikadakhala malo abwino odumphira ku Xbox ku Japan – ndiye zidalakwika kuti? Izi zakhala vuto kwa Xbox. Xbox sinakhalepo malo osewerera 'masewera ochokera ku Japan'. Maphwando ena adadzipereka ku Xbox, pomwe ena sanatero. Ndizowona kuti zinthu za Sony 'zipewa-ndalama' monga Ultimate Delusion kuti ziwaletse Xbox, koma Xbox imaphonya mitu yambiri yaku Japan mosasamala kanthu. Ofalitsa ang'onoang'ono, monga Nippon Ichi, amangodumpha nsanja chifukwa sizofunika nthawi yawo. Njira yokhayo yosinthira izi ndikukhazikitsa omvera m'malo anu oyika kuti osindikizawo agulitseko – ndipo ndipamene zotulutsa zachipani choyamba zimabwera. Ndinganene kuti mfundo imodzi yachipani choyamba ndikupereka chitsanzo – ndipo chitsanzo cha Xbox poyamba chinali chochepa kuchokera ku Japan. Mum'badwo wa 360, izi zidasintha: kampaniyo idapereka ndalama zingapo zapadera pamasewera ngati Sq. Enix's Famous person Ocean 4 ndi Limitless Undiscovery kapena Capcom's Useless Emerging. Inasungitsanso chitukuko cha chipani choyamba pamasewera ngati Misplaced Odyssey ndi Blue Dragon kuchokera kwa wopanga Ultimate Delusion Hironobu Sakaguchi, kapena omwe amaiwalika koma osangalatsa a B-mndandanda ngati Musou knock-off 90-9 Nights ndi FromSoftware slasher Ninja Blade. Pazolemba ziwiri, Xbox inalinso nyumba yokhayo ya Akufa kapena Amoyo, ndipo inali patsogolo pamasewera omenyera alendo omenyera nkhondo ndikuphatikizidwa ndi m'modzi wa Halo's Spartans pamasewera achinayi. Kupitilira apo, njira zovomerezera za Xbox komanso malo otukuka ngati PC amatanthauza kuti ngakhale ku Japan adasangalala ndi zosamvetseka, kukhala nyumba yoyipa ya zinthu monga wopotoza woyeserera Gal Gun.
Kumaliza ndewu? | | Ngongole yazithunzi: Tecmo Koei Ndiye… chabwino, ndani akudziwa zomwe zidachitika? Kunena mosabisa, zinthu zinangosintha. Nthawi yayikulu. Pambuyo pakuchulukana kwakukulu, Xbox idangosiya kusindikiza masewera kuchokera ku studio zaku Japan. Pofika pa Xbox One, Microsoft inkatha kuwerengera zochepa chabe za ku Japan kapena maudindo omwe amalumikizidwa makamaka ndi Xbox chifukwa cha malonda ndi zina zotero. Wodziwika kwambiri, Useless Emerging, anali IP yaku Japan yochokera kwa wofalitsa waku Japan, wopangidwa ku Canada. Izi zikuwonetsa kuti kudzipereka kwa kampaniyo ku Japan kunatha. Chifukwa chake, Japan idakhala gawo limodzi los angeles Microsoft's 2020 kupeza Bethesda kuti aliyense – ngakhale omwe akuchenjeza za kuphatikiza kwamakampani – atha kukondwerera pang'ono. Zogulazo zidaphatikizapo Tango Gameworks, wopanga wochititsa chidwi wochokera ku Japan yemwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi woyambitsa Resident Evil Shinji Mikami. Zinapatsa Xbox china chake chomwe sichinakhalepo: woyambitsa katatu-A mkati mwa Japan. Xbox idatulutsa kale masewera achi Japan omwe ali ndi bajeti yayikulu, koma nthawi zonse amakhala mapangano ndi osindikiza akulu kapena opanga odziyimira pawokha. 'Xbox Sport Studios Japan' idapanga gulu lachipembedzo lomwe linagunda Phantom Mud, kenako linatsekedwa. Koma Tango adapatsa Xbox chitukuko chenicheni ku Japan, ndi m'modzi mwaopanga olemekezeka kwambiri mdziko muno. “Ndalankhula kwa nthawi yayitali za chikhumbo chathu chofuna kukhala ndi gulu loyamba ku Japan,” a Phil Spencer adatero poyankhulana ndi akuluakulu amilandu kuti akondwerere kutsekedwa kwa mgwirizano wa Bethesda. “[Acquiring Tango] pali sitepe lalikulu pamenepo. Poganizira mapu a komwe maguluwa ali, ndikukamba za masewera onse omwe akugwira ntchito … sindingathe kudikira kuti ndilankhule ndi gulu los angeles Tango kuti ndiwadziwe.” Osati zaka zinayi pambuyo pake, ife tiri pano: Tango Gameworks yatsekedwa. Ndi nkhonya m'matumbo.
RIP kwa weniweni. | | Ngongole yazithunzi: Microsoft Ndizowawa pazifukwa zingapo. Tingonena, poyambira, kuti ndi ma bollocks okwana kuti situdiyo iyi yatsekedwa pambuyo potumiza masewera omwe, chaka chatha, Xbox sakanatha kuyimitsa ngati kupambana kwa slam-dunk. Unali kutulutsidwa koyamba kwa Microsoft m'zaka kukhala mu zokambirana zapachaka m'njira yeniyeni. “Hello-Fi Rush inali yosangalatsa kwa ife ndi osewera athu pazofunikira zonse ndi zomwe tikuyembekezera,” wotsogolera zamalonda wa Xbox Aaron Greenberg adalemba mokondwa mu Epulo chaka chatha. Poyankhulana ndi malo ogulitsa ku Japan, Spencer adagwiritsa ntchito kuthamanga kwa Hello-Fi monga chitsanzo cha Xbox yosindikiza nyimbo zopangidwa ku Japan, ndikulonjeza zina zomwe zikubwera. Kugunda pamiyezo yonse yayikulu sikuli kokwanira, zikuwoneka – ngakhale, pomwe Yen ili pamalo ofooka kwambiri motsutsana ndi dola pazaka zopitilira khumi, situdiyo iyeneranso kukhala yotsika mtengo kwambiri kuyendetsa. Kutsekedwa konseku kumapweteka, koma izi zidakhala zosakhudzidwa kwambiri.
Phokoso los angeles chete, tsopano. Koposa zonse, ndizovuta kwambiri chifukwa zimatumiza uthenga. Uthenga wolakwika, kwenikweni. Xbox inali ndi situdiyo imodzi yayikulu ku Japan – palibenso. Xbox ikupanga mgwirizano ndi anthu ena komanso opanga odziyimira pawokha, inde – ili ndi china chake pamapaipi ndi Hideo Kojima, mwachitsanzo – koma monga ndidanenera, chipani choyamba ndi nyenyezi yanu yakumpoto. Ndi phazi lanu lakutsogolo. Uthenga umakhala woti: Masewera a ku Japan sakhala patsogolo kwa ife. Palibe kuchuluka kwa Spencer pow-wowing pa Ultimate Delusion fanfest siteji ndi Sq. Enix CEO asintha izi. Palibe kuchuluka kwa ndalama zamalonda zomwe zimaponyedwa pa Personality kapena Yakuza kuti mutenge matembenuzidwe a Xbox ndi ma brand a Xbox pama trailer amatha kusintha uthengawo. Kusindikiza masewera a Kojima kungathandize pang'ono – koma osati kukhala ndi situdiyo yokondedwa yaku Japan mu khola lanu lenileni. Pamapeto pake, Kojima ndi mfuti chabe yobwereketsa – chilichonse chomwe angapange pa Xbox chidzafanizidwa ndi Demise Stranding ndi ntchito yake yaukazitape yatsopano ku Sony. Komanso, mukadakhala wosindikiza kapena wopanga mapulogalamu aku Japan omwe adafunsidwa kuti akupezeni, munganene bwanji mwayi wopulumuka bizinesi yanu kutengera umboni womwe udalipo patsogolo panu? Kodi olamulira aboma angakhulupirire kuti Microsoft ikhala manja awiri otetezeka kumitundu yaku Japan, yayikulu kapena yaying'ono? Mu 2019, chaka chisanachitike mgwirizano wa Bethesda, Xbox idaganiza zogula Sq. Enix, osati koyamba m'mbiri yake. Kodi ndi Sq. Enix yochuluka bwanji ikadatsalira tsopano kampaniyo ikadatsata kulanda kumeneko?
Kupsompsona kwa imfa. | | Ngongole yazithunzi: Mistwalker Izi sizikukhudzana ndi kutsekedwa uku poyerekeza ndi makanema a oyang'anira a Xbox akudandaula kutsekedwa kwa Lionhead muzolemba zovomerezeka za 2021. “Kodi sitibwerezanso zolakwa zomwezo?” Sarah Bond wa Xbox akunena za kutha kwa Lionhead. “Mumapeza situdiyo pazomwe zili zabwino pakadali pano,” Spencer akuwonjezera, yomwe pansi pa kuwala kwa 2024 imatulutsa vibe yapoizoni kuposa dambo los angeles FromSoftware. “Ntchito yanu ndikuwathandiza kuti azifulumizitsa momwe amachitira zomwe amachita, osati kuti azifulumizitsa zomwe mukuchita.” Pansi pa Xbox, Tango Gameworks idachita zomwe idachita bwino. Idatulutsa wopambana kwambiri komanso wopambana wamalonda, makamaka kutengera kusangalatsidwa ndi akuluakulu pazama TV, zomwe ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tili nayo pakufalitsa bwino kwa Xbox munthawi ya Sport Go. Mphotho yawo inali kutsekedwa – ndipo pasanathe theka los angeles nthawi zidatengera Xbox kuti atseke Lionhead. Zingakhale zokhumudwitsa kusazindikira m'nkhaniyi kuti Sony siwolakwa pazonsezi. Mdani wamkulu wa Microsoft pamasewera amasewera achepetsa nkhanza zingapo chaka chino, ndipo nawonso achita kufufutika kwapang'onopang'ono kwa chitukuko cha Japan. Mu 2021, Sony adapanga chisankho chachifupi kuti athetse mbiri yazaka 30 ya Japan Studio – mtundu womwe umakhala ndi maudindo ngati Gravity Rush, Ape Get away, ndi Shadow of the Colossus. Japan Studio idapereka nyimbo zotsogola komanso zopanga zapagulu los angeles Sony – koma silinapereke kanema wa kanema wa Hollywood yemwe amatha kugulitsa manambala eyiti – chifukwa chake zidayenera kupita. Ndichitsutso cha momwe masewerawa alili, kwenikweni, pomwe chilichonse chimayenera kukhala chachikulu komanso chokulirapo, pomwe mabetcha ena ayamba kumva kuti sangatheke.
Ngakhale FromSoft adakonda Xbox yekha, kamodzi. Koma zikafika pa optics, Sony ili ndi nthenga imodzi yayikulu pachipewa chake: ndi Japan. Imawonedwa ngati nyumba 'yachilengedwe' yotsatizana' ngati Silent Hill, Ultimate Delusion, Monster Hunter, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, ndi Meal Equipment Cast – ngakhale mituyo ikawonekeranso pamapulatifomu ena. Zosankha zopanda pake za Sony pamsika waku Japan potero zimaphimbidwa pang'ono ndi mbiri yakale ndi dziko ndi omwe akulipanga; Xbox ilibe zapamwamba zoterezi. Mukabwerera m'mbuyo ndikuphika zochitika mpaka zochepetsera kwambiri, uthengawo umakhala wosawoneka bwino ngati nyundo: Xbox simalo oti mukhale ngati mukufuna masewera achi Japan. Pakadali pano mungakhale bwino pa PC, chilengedwe chomwe kwa nthawi yayitali sichinanyalanyazidwe ndi gawolo. Panthawi yomwe malonda a Xbox {hardware} akupitirirabe kumbuyo kwa omwe akupikisana nawo kulikonse, osati ku Japan kokha, ndicho chinthu choopsa kwambiri; pali mamiliyoni ambiri omwe amakonda masewera amtunduwu. Tango ndi situdiyo imodzi yokha, yomwe idangopanga masewera asanu m'mbiri yake yazaka 14. Koma Tango adayimira china chake: champhamvu, chochirikizidwa bwino, cholipidwa mowolowa manja, komanso chitukuko cha Xbox chaluso kwambiri ku Japan. Tsopano zikuyimira china: Kusiya kwa Xbox gawolo. Xbox PR ndi mabwana angatsutse izi potsutsa mwatsatanetsatane kuti ali ndi chitukuko chochuluka chomwe sichinalengedwe ku Japan – mgwirizano ndi anthu ena, komanso mapangano osindikizira a chipani choyamba ndi ma studio omwe si eni ake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Personality 6 idzabwera ku Xbox tsiku loyamba, ndipo mwinanso kukhala ndi malonda a Xbox Kumadzulo. Kudzakhala kupambana kwakukulu. Koma monga ndidanenera – zowona, zamkati mwazambiri, chipani choyamba chomwe muli nacho ndi lingaliro lanu loyamba. Ndipamene kuzindikira mtundu wanu kumayambira. Kuzindikira ndi zenizeni; ndipo kutha kwa Tango Gameworks tsopano ndiye chonyamulira choyipa kwambiri. Gulu los angeles utsogoleri wa Xbox lili ndi phiri lalikulu los angeles Fuji kuti likwere kuti lichotse izi.
