The one area of weakness that Xbox has always had is Japanese support- while the original Xbox started strong in this area, things began to dry out with the Xbox 360. With the Xbox One, Microsoft tried to make things better but Scalebound’s cancelation was a big blow to team Xbox’s effort in Japan.
During last year’s E3, Microsoft showcased Dragon Ball FighterZ, from the Japanese publisher Bandai Namco. It seems there is a chance we may see some Japanese games at this year’s E3 as well. When asked on Twitter about this, Phil Spencer, the big boss at Microsoft stated that publishers pay attention to these showings (referring to Dragon Ball FighterZ) and and that he feels good about the support at this year’s event.
He was also asked about Xbox’s plan for this year’s E3 to which he stated that they are doing some things differently this time around and they need to evolve, excite and learn, something they plan to do at this year’s E3. He also spoke a bit about his plans post E3, stating that it’s a “topic” for them, and the innovation in the industry will probably drive that discussion.
On another topic, Spencer stated that there is no specific policy regarding keyboard and mouse support for the Xbox One and Xbox One X, and by default Xbox One games do not support it, unless the game looks for a particular input device. He also stated that Steam games would probably never happen on Xbox One X, given how architecturally different it’s a compared to a gaming PCs.
Like I said, been pretty busy lately 🙂 This is the topic for us. Industry continues to grow and evolve, lot's of innovation happening, more people playing than ever etc. Good times.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 6, 2018
Last year was fun for games published by Japanese publishers on our stage. Xbox fans were incredible during moments like DBZ, publishers pay attention to that, feeling good about support.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 6, 2018
I like the E3 plan this year, doing some different things which I think will be good. I think we have to continue to evolve, excite, learn and get better. I feel like we will do all of these this year.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 6, 2018
Steam, Mouse Support for Xbox One and Xbox One X:
Not a policy thing. I worry when people hear k&m support that they think existing XB1 games would support this input. They would not. Today's XB1 games support controller only, any k&m support would require a game that specifically looked for this input.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 6, 2018
This isn't likely to happen. Steam games are win32 exes written for Windows. X is a custom SoC console (based on AMD) so the Steam games in their current form wouldn't run. Sorry.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 6, 2018
