MontanaHatchet on 16 December 2008
I'm not sure if Ubisoft is really a western publisher/developer. And the reason western developers are struggling is because they refuse to focus the majority of their development on the two most popular platforms with the cheapest development costs (Wii and DS). Of course, the PSP is also big and is cheap to develop for, but it's software releases are few and far between and it's obvious developers have given up on it.
And while Japanese publishers may not be struggling, they have lost virtually any influence they had in the market. Except for Nintendo, Sony, and Sega, how often do you see a Japanese publisher even being in the top 10?
