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PS3Scene

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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« on: September 24, 2008, 10:51:00 PM »
Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
Posted by XanTium | 25-9-2008 0:15 EST

 
From videogaming247.com:
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Speaking to VG247, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that Japanese developers are making "slow progress" compared to the West thanks to a generational shift in technology power to the US and Europe.

"What's happened since the days of PS2; technology becomes more sophisticated, and more and more intense graphics technology [has appeared]," he said.

"The technology base has shifted from Japan to the US and Europe."

Full Story: videogaming247.com



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wassco

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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2008, 10:58:00 AM »
I wonder why that is, is it the fact that life over there is crap compared to north america, where free speech and *open minded concept* is our way of life, compared to the dumb rules and laws they live by there....ya mise well live in a damn closet over there...


no shit north america is catching up....
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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2008, 01:19:00 PM »
Hi-Def is killing development houses.

Hi-Def games require lots of extra staff to handle the assets and artwork, among probably a ton of other unforeseen issues.  It costs a lot of money to create a modern game title.  Just look at all of the consolidation in the publishing and development houses.

What does this mean for West vs. East?  I'll tell ya:  ROI (Return on Investment)!  When writing games are that expensive, you go where the biggest market resides.  Which happens to be the U.S. and by virtue of association... Europe.  Europe, especially the UK, is not super large on its own, but they seem to appreciate U.S. styled games plus I'm sure translation issues are a lot simpler.  Expensive games get quick European ports and the Japanese press whines about development leaving for the west.

I'm sure it helps that Microsoft has the best game-programming tools, while Sony's is (once again) comparatively awful/confusing/incomplete.  [Nintendo's Wii is apparently similar to the older GameCube development kit and reportedly pretty straight-forward, which helps explains how it has managed to take the lead just about everywhere.  Wii takes less staff, effort and time per game, this should result in higher return of investment (read: shovelware).]

Remember kids, these publishers aren't here to point fanboi fingers, they want money: ROI!
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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2008, 02:21:00 PM »
yeh, the japanese just suck now. they made the best games back in the day, but not anymore.
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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2020, 10:32:00 PM »
or maybe cause the 360 is stealing developers for the US and EU, and leaving poor little Sony with nothing....oh sorry, they still have Kill Zone, God Of War and Metal Gear. Have fun with that.

Also to the fact that the best selling games out there are now all from North America helps that as well. Halo, Gears and GTA along with all the music games as well.

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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2008, 02:57:00 AM »
QUOTE(utopaline @ Sep 29 2008, 06:32 AM) View Post

or maybe cause the 360 is stealing developers for the US and EU, and leaving poor little Sony with nothing....oh sorry, they still have Kill Zone, God Of War and Metal Gear. Have fun with that.



Another comment from someone with a distinct lack of hands on knowledge of playing some of the stuff available.
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Yoshida: Games tech power 'has shifted from Japan to the US and EU'
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2008, 12:04:00 PM »
I think that it has to do also with the fact that one of the most selleable games in japan are JRPG and they haven't evolved that much in the passing years.
I used to play a lot of JRPG'S since the nintendo years, at that time the battles were fast and the leveling weren't painfull.
Then came the ps1 with the long battles(at that time i didn't knew about "loading") but still i enjoyed the JRPG'S.
Until i played MOROWIND on my xbox. after that JRPG'S are boring to me because of this things
.-The same story everytime(you use the son of a fisherman,peasant,sheperd etc)
.-The protagonist MUST look like a transexual(didn't mean to offend anyone)And if you didn't like the protagonist You as a gamer don't have the freedom to change it.
.-The battles are obsolete by today standards(press A to attack)
.-The games play the same and haven't evolved.(NO armor showing,NO liberty to explore,NOTHING to customise)
I remember waiting for Blue dragon and got dissapointed, the battles felt "heavy"
Lost odysey the same.
After having a taste of freedom in a game(morrowind imho the best) and then Kotor,Jade Empire,Fable,Mass effect etc. JRPG's bore me.
The last JRPG that i enjoyed was FFXII because it was fast paced when battling.
What i mean is the the RPG market is big and it's ruled ATM by USA and Europe.
So the money is on this market now.
On the old days a "Western rpg" were rare and frowned upon (Exept on PC gaming, lot's of old west rpg's there)
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