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[Onyxmeth]

Reasonable said:

Onyxmeth said:

Reasonable said:
Is underlining the new CAPS?

I originally thought it was just to seperate which paragraphs were answering which previous paragraphs, but after the last post I've got to agree a huge CAPS laden post full of exclamation marks and expletive symbols would have been more appropriate.

Anyhoos, if anyone else wants to take over for the other side of this debate, I'm still ready to talk about it. Maybe someone a little more reasonable?

Oh, I'm too reasonable for that!

The whole which genres are popular where, and the particular focus in Japan on certain genres and aparent shunning of others is something I'm not sure about commenting on, other than to note US/Europe had a lot of PC influence as well as consoles, while Japan did not.

I agree. That can fully explain a lack or love for FPS titles, along with JPN developers not making them, but what about the larger issue here? Why even when an american game is similar to a successful japanese game can it rarely gain any traction in Japan? American racing games do poorly compared to Japanese racing games. American soccer games do poorly compared to Japanese soccer games. The thing is, neither genre is inherently made to appeal to any one region, no matter where it comes from.