A Japanese developer says he doesn’t make games for Xbox because the console “isn’t even stocked in major retail stores.”

• Japanese game developer says it’s difficult for small studios to justify ports of Xbox games
• They revealed that Xbox consoles are “not even stocked” in major stores nationwide.
• Microsoft’s gaming brand has always struggled to gain a foothold in the region

A developer who worked on a farming action role-playing game (RPG) Sakuna: Rice and Ruin said some small companies “can’t afford” to spend their precious resources creating Xbox versions of titles while demand is limited.

These remarks come after Y-koichi (who is credited with working in character and environment modeling in addition to helping with planning and writing) hinted at a possible lead. Sakuna: Rice and Ruin following. In an X article that we machine-translated, they stated that “sakura 2 will come out one day.”