Xbox head, Phil Spencer, has plans to feature more
Japanese publishers at E3 2018.
Japanese publishers seem to be pairing up like crazy at the moment (Namco & Bandai, Sega & Sammy, Squenix & Taito, et.c.).
Who can honestly not want more triple A titles from major
Japanese publishers on the 3DS?
The Japanese gaming market may be smaller than those in North America or Europe, but it still matters, as a lot of
Japanese publishers continue to base most of their decisions on how consoles sell in their home country.
Things can change but like last year I wanted to make sure we supported
our Japanese publishers on our stage and this year we are working to do the same.
Would you like to see
me Japanese Publishers release games for Xbox?
And unless there's something floating around the internet untranslated, I haven't heard a peep from any other
Japanese publishers about the device either.
It's just such a damn shame that it won't happen until it has been proven to be popular in America and the majority of
Japanese publishers and developers have gone bankrupt.»
Even mid-tier
Japanese publishers are starting to put out consistently better games.
I hope
Japanese publishers learn from and release more games with English subtitles in Europe.
For those not familiar with
Japanese publishers D3, they're one of the main forces in budget gaming in Japan.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer mentioned on Twitter this week that you would be able to anticipate Microsoft to point out off some video games from
Japanese publishers on its stage.
Sony needs to give the Vita and its fans some birthday gifts, by paying 3rd party
Japanese publishers to make more good exclusive games for the Vita.
It was, of course, a promotional sheaf for all things Nintendo, but the magazine's staff enjoyed an unprecedented relationship with
Japanese publishers.
Interactive Entertainment and major
Japanese publishers.
But with continued promotion from Sony and Microsoft, lower cost to entry, more AAA games from Western +
Japanese publishers, the introduction of more local Chinese games that take advantage of both paid and F2P models, as well as positioning the devices as home media entertainment systems for the family, Sony and Microsoft can see their games business in China grow gradually to end the generation in a good position.
The winning combination is to continue lowering the cost to entry, publishing AAA games from Western /
Japanese publishers in China, Introducing locally developed Chinese games that are free to play or low cost and finally to continue innovating in the digital space with a meaningful PS Plus subscription that offers you similar functionality to that of Android «TV Gaming» devices.
At the Taipei Game Show, where recently many games have been showcased by
Japanese publishers and developers, Hideo Kojima revealed something pretty darn awesome.
It has been reported that
Japanese publishers Kadokawa have acquired From Software, the developers of Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2.
The Japanese gaming market may be smaller than those in North America or Europe, but it still matters, as a lot of
Japanese publishers continue to base decisions on how consoles sell in their home country.
The NPD Group have released their full January sales data, and it was a good month for
Japanese publishers.
Despite excitement at the 2010 show over coming titles from
Japanese publishers, like Ni no Kuni from Level 5 and The Last Guardian from Sony, Japan's game developers were mainly wringing their hands.
Even
Japanese publishers like Bandai Namco started pumping out more content than ever before, localizing games that never would have seen the light of day five years ago.
The Xbox One release schedule looks barren in comparison to that of its competitors but wouldn't if they could convince
Japanese publishers to start investing in the Xbox One and releasing their games in both the East and the West.
This yet to be announced Capcom title is listed in the FY3 / 18 Sales Plan for major titles, where
the Japanese publishers reveal its expectations for another yet to launch title, Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, expected to sell 2 million units.
Sony also teased one of the big
Japanese publishers making a AAA game announcement during its press conference:
Of all the publishers, not just
Japanese publishers or partners, I can say with confidence that Capcom still holds a very, very special place in my heart and I love them dearly.
I think last gen,
japanese publishers felt that they somehow weren't doing well because they were comparing themselves to western publishers who were hitting it big with some titles, so they tried to appeal to this market, making...
Most
Japanese publishers have no coherent digital strategy, and the extra step of licensing them in America makes them even slower to react to change.
Specifically about it's decline in sales and how
some Japanese publishers aren't addressing the need for legal means of buying digital versions of their print material.
These additions come from Kodansha Advanced Media's contract with Japanese music and eBook distribution service MediaDo, which partnered with OverDrive last year in order to bring more content from
Japanese publishers to libraries worldwide.
Japanese publishers, like publishers all around the world, have worried about Amazon selling their e-books at extremely low prices.
Also, according to a recent article in Publishing Perspectives,
Japanese publishers have long distributed their books through two companies, Tohan and Nippan, in which they are also shareholders, and they fear that Amazon will cut into their business.
This means that
Japanese publishers are allowed to offer their books elsewhere for a lower price.
What this all means is that
Japanese publishers and device manufacturers may be inclined to turn away from XMDF to EPUB3, introduced this year.
Gardena, CA (March 21, 2011)-- Digital Manga is excited to announce the first acquisition of 487 titles from
Japanese publishers for the Digital Manga Guild (DMG).
Our partners and
Japanese publishers been great.
There also no news about whether it will be a pay site, or if it will be streaming or download, but this is the BIG step
Japanese publishers have needed to take battle the scanlation aggregators.
Mikitani said that Rakuten is waiting for
Japanese publishers to abandon the proprietary XMDF file format in favor of EPUB3, which supports top - to - bottom reading on screens.
Yoko:
The Japanese publishers are still very wary of the US digital distribution system.
Turns out, it was an overnight success -
the Japanese publishers were very happy with our performance.
Tezuka Productions believes that DMI's Digital Manga Guild, which brings together the enthusiastic and energizing spirit of the manga / anime fandom in a co-op revenue share venture between
Japanese publishers, manga localizers (comprised primarily of manga / anime fans) and Digital Manga, follows the spirit of community and membership, which is in - line with the same philosophy of Osamu Tezuka's vision of his works through Tezuka Productions.
DMP president and CEO Hikaru Sasahara had revealed at Yaoi - Con in October that six
Japanese publishers signed onto the program with up to 5,000 possible titles.
Digital Manga Guild's three named publishers are also involved in the joint portal site that 37
Japanese publishers are planning to set up for North American fans this year.
In fact, Gudovitz says that Japan is producing more material that's «very strong» and could find a lot of success on the world stage, but isn't being found by the right buyers because
Japanese publishers have tried to avoid spending the money for sample translations.
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Japanese publishers, including the top three companies Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha, have established the Electronic Book Publishers Association of Japan to control the distribution of digital books in the country.
Japanese publishers can't decide whether to go after the the international digital market in a serious way, and while they've dicked around, scanlators have taken things into their own hands.
While American licensors are responsible for a lot of censorship and mismanagement of manga, nitpicking and control - freakish demands from
Japanese publishers - i.e. you can't advertise in this publication because it's too «niche» or because they have ties to a rival publisher, you can't say this in an ad because it's disrespectful, etc. - also make it hard for American publishers to market their wares.
Also, I wonder what
the Japanese publishers think of Digital Manga doing this for a title they haven't even licensed yet?
Never mind developing a common digital playing field with their Japanese rivals,
Japanese publishers can't even play ball with their American licensing partners: Square Enix's online manga store sells VIZ and Yen Press versions of Square Enix titles like Fullmetal Alchemist and Black Butler, using VIZ and Yen's translations, for half the price of the still - in - print print editions.