These are the games that made retailers cry in Japan [Article]

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

jarrod said:

outlawauron said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

numonex said:
Considering that 100% of the Japanese male gaming population are metrosexual or emo. It does not surprise me at all. Anyway female gamers cry at everything.

Yeah...that's why Dragon Quest IX is the best selling title of the year.

Final Fantasy stereotype much?

Since when are Dragon Quest characters manly? I mean, I don't see how DQ is a opposite of FF.

He's not saying they are, he's saying the game has a diverse audience.  Kids play it, otaku play it, salarymen play it, housewives play it, seniors play it... Dragon Quest is an "everyone" game, like Super Mario.

Exactly.  Which is why classifying 'all' Japanese game players as 'emo or metrosexual' is as stupid as classifying 'all' western gamers as 'shut-ins and gun toting homicidal maniacs'.

And to be clear, people use the 'metrosexual' stereotype to classify Final Fantasy because of its character design.