Riachu said:
When they mean Japane developers are falling behind Western developers, they actually refering to the fact that Japanese developers are using dated gameplay mechanic, control schemes and development methods. It has nothing to do with profit.
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Okay, buddy.
First: I assume this means you agree that you were wrong, and that SE is actually making money after all? I'd assume the fact that you dropped the subject means you agree with me after all.
Second: This is not what the article is talking about. It's clearly a discussion of sales, as the whole article is about attach rate's and RPG sales and so forth. Nowhere in the article do they even remotely suggest that the "Gameplay mechanics are dated" or anything to that effect.
And more importantly, that's just opinion. Do you believe they're dated? Fine, that's no problem. I don't. See? Opionions.
What is not an opinion, however, is that Western Publishers are struggling financially compared to their Japanese counterparts.
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