De85 said:
Historical sales have less than nothing to do with the present state of the industry, so that 19 out of 20 fact is just a red herring. In the past couple of years Western developers have also had their share of huge huts like CoD 4, Halo 3, GTA4, Assassin's Creed, etc... to counter the Japanese ones like Mario, Mario Kart, etc... That's not even the real argument though. In the present day that overwhelming majority of sales are from Western markets, meaning you have to be more western oriented or you risk going under. Just because most of the hardware comes from Japan does not mean that the industry revolves around their culture. |
Wow, you actually chose to rise to it.
Ok, ignoring all previous generations, just looking at this one (and ignoring portables, which are even more Japanese oriented)
The top selling console is Japanese
11 of the top 20 best selling games are Japanese
8 of the top 20 are US
1 is French
The majority of sales are westerners buying Japanese games
Hence Japanese oriented