Khuutra said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
In fact, they like it more. Its just that games sell better in America because we have, you know, 5x as many people here. So everyone automatically thinks because the games sell better that means its more popular here.
There's actually a number of popular of franchises in Japan typically tied to stereotypiclly 'western' tastes. Including sports, action games and even shooters. Its funny how people overlook games like Winning Eleven, Ninja Gaiden and Metroid Prime when talking about these genres, as if Japanese developers and companies never even try. And especially when it comes to shooters, Japan pretty much makes 100x more 'shooter' games a year when you consider all the various SHUMP, side scrolling shooters, third person shooters and FPS/action hybrids coming out of that country.
I think people aren't so much wanting 'western' games to get popular, but games popular in America to see the same success in Japan. And well, I think that's asking a lot. They're two different markets. I mean, you don't expect 'Tamogachi Collection' or 'Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G' to come over here and have a repeated success just because they sold millions in Japan....right?
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Metroid Prime is made in Texas. Or Washington. I forget which.
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That's why I said 'Japanese Developers and Companies'. Nintendo still commissioned it (and oversaw a great deal of the project).
