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Even if it seems that Japan already has.

The Japanese Xbox One launch was an utter disaster and recent console sales have been shockingly bad. No wonder that today in Tokyo, newly minted Microsoft Japan boss Takuya Hirano was asked during in a Q&A whether or not the Xbox One was going to be pulled from the country’s market.


“We’re not withdrawing,” he said, PC Watch reports. “Because of Windows 10, even the Xbox One has new features that we’ll try to appeal [to Japanese consumers] with. We want to have an even higher quality line up of titles than now.”

Oh.

Well, it’ll be an uphill battle, but it’s one Xbox Japan knows well.

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