@Farmland: I always thought that GTA series had a japanese entry on consoles only in the later installments, but apparently it isn't so. When in the west, GTA became popular on PC, it definately didn't happen in Japan.
The two first GTA games weren't that big on consoles and the series picked up only after going into 3D. On a side note, the GB and GBA versions sales would be interesting to know.
@Soriku: No, it's not. Even if the japanese market would interest some western devs, it would require to hire new artists to make different type of visual art for the games, which is expensive. Then again, making games free of cultural context would be a solution, but it would eat away some of the western sales.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
