QUOTE(johnnyrico @ Nov 2 2007, 01:57 PM)
I think there's also a bit of pride and other reasons involved.
if you got the choice between 2 companies from the homeland and 1 company from a land that you were in war with once, what company would you choose?
yes, I know the USA and japan are now very good allies, but still.
indeed, there's also the cultural difference, but really, are sony's games that different from those MS' console has?
I'd say: if it doesn't work out on one market, go to the markets where it does work out and invest in those instead.
i know that the games that is famous in japan are from different genre than the ones in the us , japanese games are more like rpg and adventure , and its been like that for a very long time , but the american favourite type are the action games , the main reason the 360 isnt doing good there is just because
" the console is sooo american"microsoft is trying lately to brake this rule and co-operate with some japanese developers , but a few titles isnt a real change , they need hundreds of exclusives , this way they will succeed , and about the other consoles , they have all the big hits from the american style games on their consoles , and there is a lot of , but they still have the lot of japanese titles (that most of them are "unheared of" in the us), thats what makes them ,succeed in both countries.
you're the man hopeful you said what is exactly the main matter , i totally agree with you
QUOTE(Hopeful @ Nov 20 2007, 05:32 AM)
What is up with all the morons and inbred bigots in this thread?
The Japanese aren't "haters" or "conspirators" trying to "stop all western products from succeeding" in their "homeland". That's not only a moronic bigot theory, but is extremely closed-minded and patronizing.
A majority simply aren't finding FPS to be the most orgasmic games in the world. I for one have to agree.
Hell I'm an American and I'M getting tired of most games being clunky run-vehicle-pop games, with new explosions and occasional "experience point" systems for "variety".
The Japanese market, whether you like to admit it, is simply bored and unimpressed at the stale and clunky 'shooter' thing. Which dominates 80 percent of the 360's library.
The truth is, they're not going to run out and buy a system monopolized by one stale genre, when they're booming with silky eastern-styled graphics, wonder-filled jRPGs, RELAXING games of skillful finesse without white-knuckled stress, and exotic genre-blends STUFFED with wonder.
Marketing has nothing to do with it. The game library is THE SOLE THING making the 360 uninteresting in Japan. Even the PS3 isn't selling in miracle numbers, simply because its library isn't up to par either. The wii constantly sells like hotcakes EVERYWHERE even though it's only as powerful as the xbox1, because the game genres are more imaginitive than run and pop.
You can be reasonably sure the Japanese are NOT sitting around thinking "I WANT to like shooters, but they're western."
They just AREN'T entertained by the stale FPS flavor, and no commercial will fool them into THINKING they are.
I love my 360 but only mostly for the few games that aren't FPS/Mil. Blue Dragon, Assasin's Creed, Eternal Sonata, Fight Night, PGR4 and a couple of the less traditional shooters. (Prey, Mass Effect) The promise of a horizon filled with tons of JRPGs and exciting japanese-type games are crucial to why I opted for 360.
I would say, without a doubt, getting a FLOOD of Japanese style games along with our western-style games is CRUCIAL for sales both in the west AND east.
Anyone think dat aint true be liein out dey ass.
you're the man hopeful you said what is exactly the main matter , i totally agree with you
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