Square-Enix CEO Calls Out Japanese Gamers on Western Bias!!!!

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

makingmusic476 said:

outlawauron said:
It's entirely stupid as it happens both ways. Western gamers are xenophobic outside of the big, advertised games (Nintendo stuff, FF, etc.)

Eastern gamers are xenophobic outside of the big stuff (GTA, MW2, Halo, etc.)

I disagree.  In the West, or at least in North America, you have a large number of anime loving, game playing, Japan fans like us.  Western Otakus, if you will.  Our numbers are strong, and we can make even a game like Valkyria Chronicles sell somewhat decently (and it's still selling!).  In japan, you don't have a fringe group of Western gamers that'll eat up games like Call of Duty.  Heavily advertised Western games sell poorly, and games that aren't advertised are destined to not even reach 10k. 

A Japanese game still only sells well in the 'west' if it has advertising to back it up.  Look at such games as Dragon Quest IV and V, Muramasa: The Demon Blade or even Okami.  They didn't sell well, even with hype from the 'Anime obsessed JRPG loving underground'.

It works the same way in Japan.  Nearly all western released games in Japan aside from the highly published ones like Modern Warfare or GTAIV don't get any media or recognition, and see similar sales to the games I listed for the Japanese side.

Also you really should stop using the word Otaku.  It means something quite negative.