PC gaming is accelerating rapidly in Japan, offering Microsoft a unique opportunity to swoop in and capture more of this uptick with its PC Game Pass subscription service. According to new data from ...

A new report has shone light on how the Japanese PC games market is growing, with both revenues and player count nearly doubling over the course of just a few years. Kantan Games analyst Dr Serkan ...

Slow life simulation game Japanese Rural Life Adventure is now available for Switch and PC via Steam at a 20 percent-off launch discount price of $19.99, publisher G-MODE Corporation and developer ...

The latter revelation is massive in Japan because it marks a shift in Bandai Namco’s policy of determining the release platforms for its games in the country. PC players in Japan have long criticized ...

While North America and Europe are the predominant regions for gaming, Japan represents an untapped market for Xbox in particular. Domestic giants like Nintendo and PlayStation have traditionally ...

If you happen to live out in Tokyo and find yourself not using an ageing gaming rig, one company seems intent on buying it off you. As spotted by Videocardz, Akihabara-based tech shop Sofmap recently ...

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in an interview with Famitsu was asked about the growth of Xbox in Japan and how Xbox Game Pass has contributed to to this. The size of the Japanese PC game market ...

NEC and Lenovo, the world's No. 4 PC manufacturer, are joining forces to create the largest personal computer business in Japan. NEC now has about a one-fifth share of Japan's PC market while Lenovo, ...

The assumption of many is that the Japanese games industry, and indeed that of much of Asia, is a unique, indecipherable entity compared to the more easily understood and integrated dynamics of gaming ...

The big picture: For decades, many have considered the PC game market a niche in Japan --- a country traditionally associated with arcade and console games. While PC is still nowhere near dominant in ...