【XING】 Famous in Japan as a karaoke manufacturer! Once released games too! What kind of company is XING?

2024-02-26

Hello, everyone. I'm Boss from Retro Video Game Republic, and I love karaoke!

Hello, everyone!! I also love karaoke! I'm Saori from Retro Video Game Republic!

Yes, Japan has several famous karaoke distribution companies, but actually, one of them used to release games in the past!

【XING】 Famous in Japan as a karaoke manufacturer! Once released games too! What kind of company is XING?

What is XING?

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XING is a company famous in Japan as a karaoke manufacturer, established in 1992. It was founded with the aim of expanding the karaoke business by three major companies in Japan.

Alongside its karaoke business, from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, it developed and released video games for home consoles under the brand name “XING Entertainment.”

Subsequently, as the karaoke business successfully expanded to become one of the largest in Japan, the game development business was gradually scaled down. Currently, XING operates JOYSOUND (2nd in the communication karaoke industry) and UGA (3rd in the communication karaoke industry), representing Japan's leading karaoke models.

The company that makes JOYSOUND used to make games too!!!? JOYSOUND is still incredibly famous as one of the karaoke models in Japan, isn't it?

It's surprising, isn't it? But indeed, it's not strange to hear they once developed games, given their large scale. By the way, it seems they released such software in the past.