The Japanese do need to expand their horizons when it comes to gaming. The west has accepted plenty of Japanese games with open arms. In Japan? Very few western games do well there. The Xbox 360 has a hardcore following in Japan (360 has the lowest install base but the highest tie ratio. Meaning Japanese Xbox 360 owners are buying lots of games for their Xbox 360) and these gamers are open-minded but they are vastly outnumbered by the gamers who don't want to give western games a shot.
I enjoy both western and Japanese gaming software (though this generation I find that on home consoles my tastes slant more to the western games. Portables is another story). I think it's unfortunate that many western gamers have his idea that Japanese games suck without giving them a proper chance and I think it's unfortunate that western otakus have this idea that western games suck without giving them a proper chance. I used to be in the "lulz, shooters suxorz" crowd. But fast forward to the present and Crackdown (a third-person shooter/vertical sandbox game) is the most fun I've had from a game thus far this gen. And Mass Effect, a western rpg with a third-person shooter combat system, I'd say it measures up quite well with jrpgs. I'd say my top 4 favorite games this gen (not including portables) from my collection are western games (Crackdown, UFC 2009 Undisputed (Yuke's the dev is Japanese but who would consider this to be a "Japanese" game? When you think UFC, you think drunken meatheads in a Tapout or Affliction shirt looking for a fight) , Fable II, Mass Effect.. though I haven't played enough ME to properly judge it).
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