That ' s . definitely not true . Microsoft tried hard to cater to the Japanese market when they released the original Xbox . They paid a ton to ensure exclusives from Sega and Tecmo , and did everything they could to incentivize other Japanese developers to come to the system . Square and Enix , and later Square Enix were just already invested in developing for the PS 2 and later Gamecube . At the launch of the 360 , they went even further , getting exclusives in the Tales series and Star Ocean series , and really tried to sell to the Japanese audience . The only reason more WRPGs show up on the Xbox than JRPGs was because the original Xbox ' s hardware was so similar to Windows PCs of the time , which was where plenty of western RPGs lived . It was an easy conversion . JRPG developers didn ' t have nearly as easy of a conversion , and the platform didn ' t sell in Japan . There was nothing malicious on Microsoft ' s part , nor was there a coordinated effort to hurt the JRPG business . Also , I have no idea what the Xbox did to FFXII .