Millennium said: While Japanese culture is notoriously xenophobic -a fact which led to Sony's rise at Nintendo's expense when Nintendo ditched its Sony partnership for a European company- it's also very difficult to deny that Western and Japanese games often have very different playstyles. Is it so hard to believe that the cultural influence on a given game's playstyle might make it more appealing to people from that culture? |
The thing is when Microsoft acquires titles they make sure that its Japanese friendly according to their playstyle. If they choose not to play it thats their problem.