Xbox fans who love Japanese games are feeling the full brunt of the country not buying into the console. After all, why would any company want to develop games for a console its main audience does not buy? Japan\u2019s best companies have always insinuated that they make games for Japanese fans first and everyone else second. Recent times have showed that doing otherwise spells nothing but trouble.<\/p>\n
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With the exception of the incoming Square Enix\u00a0games, Kingdom Hearts III<\/em>, Final Fantasy XV,<\/em>\u00a0and Final Fantasy Type-o HD<\/em>, Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One is decidedly lacking in Japan\u2019s most popular export, the JRPG genre. Unfortunately, not every franchise out there has the widespread appeal of Square Enix\u2019s marquee library, or else other companies would surely be developing for both consoles.<\/p>\n Does Microsoft plan on fixing this gaping hole in its library? You betcha! In fact, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer says it \u201cwill\u201d happen in a reply to a fan\u2019s question on the matter.<\/p>\n In all fairness to the Xbox One, though, it is not alone with the recent decline in great JRPG software. The current generation console scene in its entirety is in desperate need of a boost. The PlayStation 4 has Persona 5<\/em> inbound this year\u00a0for Japan, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see the PlayStation 3 version to be the better selling of the two in its home country. I\u2019m betting on a PS Vita version shortly afterwards as well.<\/p>\n After that, maybe Dragon Quest XI<\/em>? Probably, we don\u2019t know for sure yet.<\/p>\n The point is if you\u2019re a fan of JRPGs, then why are you gaming on a high end console? The PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS are rocking the genre like it hasn\u2019t been rocked since the days of the PlayStation 2. The likes of Etrian Odyssey, Fire Emblem, Persona, Crimson Shroud, Bravely Default, Shin Megami Tensei, Ys<\/em>, and even Dragon Quest<\/em> have issued in a while new generation of classics just begging to be played and discovered by the masses.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not even counting the Nintendo DS and PSP libraries you can play thanks to backwards compatibility.<\/p>\n Even if Phil Spencer\u2019s promise comes true, it will be hard to catch up with the massive head start the handheld scene has going for it. I\u2019m not saying don\u2019t look forward to bigger and better things, just don\u2019t sit idly by and wait in the meantime.<\/p>\n