Has Microsoft Given Up On Japan? It Sure Looks That Way

The annual Tokyo Game Show, once the biggest in the world, will happen next week. But unlike Microsoft’s strong presence in past years, the software giant’s scaled back its showing by almost everything, leaving the entire show to Sony and publishers like Capcom and Konami.

According to Kotaku, “Microsoft went head to head with Sony in both scale and size in the convention center’s middle hall” in 2012. “This year” however, “it’s near the entrance, meaning that Japanese gamers will most likely pass it as they race to play the wagonload of PS Vita games.”

So what do you guys think? Should Microsoft really continue to pursue Japan, where last week the PS2 sold more units than the Xbox 360? I can’t even believe I just typed that….