Sounds like a total douche to me. But if the question is "are Japanese games as good as they used to be?" then the honest answer is no. I love Japanese games (look at avatar), jrpg's and fighting games then i'm all over it!

BUT

Some of them have been a huge let down. Square Enix have struggled this gen to capture their form of the previous gen. Western devs have definatly started to takeover in those genres. Games like Skyrim/Fallout/Mass Effect etc are by far better rpg's then what has been released in Japan.

Imagine if Square Enix released a third person Final Fantasy in the style of Skyrim. A fully interactive open world. Then imagine they added in a good/bad system that changes the world like in Mass Effect. That game would be epic!

But the games just seem so far away from that. They seem stuck in their ways. They have not evolved.

So while the guy is a complete twat and should be shot I do think that if the guy can't handle criticism then maybe shouldn't be in a place like that to begin with. If you ask someone that question then you have to be prepared for someone having a negative view.

They suck, because many are trying to follow Western footsteps, and they lose their magic, while not capturing the (not as interesting) western appeal.

Maybe I'm reading wrong but didn't he?

"Others looked on awkwardly as the Japanese developer was then subjected to a string criticisms about game design flaws in his native country. The developer nevertheless thanked the panel for their response and returned to his seat."

If Japanese games have a problem, it's because of douchebags like him convincing Japanese devs that their games need to be more "Western."

^this.

and once again, the west is beeing represented by assholes..

even if Fish does dislike japanese Games, this is no acceptable way saying it, because said games arent bad just because you cant stand them, and especially as a developer, you should know better.

A lot of these so-called Indie developers, really. Rovio would also fall in there.

Let's not forget that many of the faded Japanese titles this gen have actually been western developed. IE Silent Hill, Front Mission, Dead Rising, Splatter House, Bionic Commando, Golden Axe, Devil May Cry (Although not out yet, will most likely sell less than DMC4) etc

Just saying...

Absolutely, and it gives Westerners a bad name as well.  I've lived overseas, and I know firsthand that all it takes is one bad apple to make the rest of 'em look just as rotten.  Any experience with someone of a different culture gives you an impression of that other culture in general.  Too bad Mr. Fish is too immature and egotistical to realize this.

That's pathetic really. Japan is the basis of all Video Games, if it weren't for them the game market would have never of been so evolved as it is now. Very ignorant of him.