| Soriku said: Wait...Ail is right. The writing is kinda worded stupid... But the article just said they'll pull through (well duh. They're big companies.) but that doesn't mean they can't decline a lot. |
The actual article, or rather the original summary to the actual article says
"Still, all isn't bleak. While the article cautions that the foreign popularity of first-person shooters (which Japanese makers have never particularly excelled at creating) has significantly eroded the prospects of Japanese companies abroad, it suggests that Japan-made games haven't totally lost their "cool cachet," citing the success of Metal Gear Solid 4 (the English localized version of which -- as of September -- had outsold the domestic release by 2.5 times, for a total of 4 million units sold worldwide) and the foreign-friendly offerings of companies like Square-Enix and Tecmo as rays of sunshine during this stormy period."
Just Kotaku being an awful news source as usual.
