MontanaHatchet on 07 December 2009
The main problem with western games in Japan is that they're marketed horribly.
Look at the Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1. They sold very well in Japan (Crash 2 selling well over 1 million in Japan), yet they were developed by a western company. So what's the deal? The problem is that western developers try to take western games and push them with western-style marketing...in Japan.
While I would love to see Japanese gamers be more diverse in their game tastes, the solution for western developers is simple: Make your game have Japanese appeal.
