Microsoft closes its only Japanese studio

In today's video I wanted to take a moment to discuss the absolutely insanity that has happened the past 2 weeks. Microsoft closes its only Japanese studio Tango Gameworks. While I will touch on Arkane Austin and the other two studios that closed, this video will have more of a focus on Tango Gameworks.
I have mentioned Shinji Mikami and his studio in multiple videos since I have been on RUclips. There is definitely a demograph of my subscribers are here for Japanese horror games. So this is something I simply had to talk about.
I am still in a state of disbelief that Microsoft believed this to be a good idea. As someone who has defended Xbox over other instances, I find this situation extremely disappointing. This entirely goes against everything we were told a few years ago. Please let me know down in the comments where you stand in all of this.
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[@ahhcmon9604]

I think since there was a language barrier it made more sense to close them, they can still make an evil within, they own the IP

[@TheGamingHarbinger]

I never actually considered thr language barrier as a reason. That's an interesting point. Also you are technically correct...they will own the IP moving forward. It really has the potential to be there exclusive horror series...like their own Resident Evil. But I just think it will be incredibly challenging bringing in someone from the outside to resurrect the series. 🫤

[@billclay2701]

Nothing should be shocking if you have been following Xbox with open eyes ever since they released the Xone. They have squandered the past decade+ pimping controllers and creating gimmicks to cover for a lack of substance. Gamepass turns games into music. Worthless in a way. You don't make in house games with all the studios you own, then you trash exclusives and in turn give people no reason to buy your console for sure. Now they will become a new Sega. Sad man. Still play my 360.

[@TheGamingHarbinger]

While I don't agree with everything you said, it is hard to argue that Phil Spencer has had 10 years to bring Xbox back to its 360 days.
I definitely agree they should be churning out more strong exclusive titles. I don't expect every game to be a 90 on metacritic, but we should be able to name a lot more solid titles than what we have now. I am not even someone that plays a lot of exclusives, but they need those titles to pull more gamers to xbox.
I feel your pain on the last two sentences. That was a great generarion. 💪🏾

[@LeePhan79]

Majority of xbox players dont like Japanese games anyways.

[@TheGamingHarbinger]

You are probably right. This is something I wish we could see the numbers on. I just think it would be really interesting. 🤔 I am glad they are getting Persona games now.