Riachu on 15 September 2008
| Dallinor said: Different cultures. Not a lot of western gamers like JRPG's either. (Although you'd think all gamers do looking through online forums). Although JRPGs have been adopted more readily in NA and EU then FPS have in Japan. Perhaps Japan as a culture is simply more traditional and less willing to try new things. |
The problem is that there is a misconception in the West that JRPGs are a stale genre. I think it's the same problem with FPSs in Japan.
BTW, American gamers do like story-driven games. Ever heard of the Half Life? Ever heard of God of War(not Gears of War)? Ever heard of Final Fantasy? All three of those series are story-driven and have one thing in common. They are all very popular in the West.
