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 ...

Despite the popularity of the IBM PC in the West during the 1980s, it had shortcomings that prevented it from flourishing in the Japanese market, most of all support for the Japanese language. This ...

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 ...

Automaton reports that Asus has raised the price of the ROG Xbox Ally X in Japan from 139,800 yen tax included ($911) to 169,800 yen tax included ($1,107). That’s a jump of 30,000 yen or almost $200 ...

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 ...

Japan's PC gaming market has roughly doubled in three years, growing to nearly $896 million US between 2018 and 2021. The user base of active PC gamers has increased by 5 million from 2015 to 2021, ...

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 ...

Google Play Games for PC is set to expand to more territories, such as more countries in Europe and Japan. The search giant announced during the Games Developer Summit 2023 that Google Play Games on ...