'Japan can't keep up with US tech' says Cliff Bleszinski

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Vertigo-X said:

makingmusic476 said:

Nintendo, Sony Japan, and Polyphony Digital beg to differ.

Okay, so who else, then? I believe those comments, even if they were misquoted/completely wrong, are pretty spot on. There are only a few developers in Japan who create games that sell very well while there are more in the West.

Besides Nintendo and SCE?  Level-5, Game Freak, Cooking Mama Inc, Capcom, Hudson, Square Enix, Team Ninja, Sonic Team, Sora, Intelligent Systems, HAL, Clap Hanz, Sega, Dimps, Altron, Tose... many of these companies have had games this generation that sold more than Epic's Gears of War titles in fact.  

Again, Japanese developers haven't "fallen behind", they've more tripped sideways and now largely focus on a different market (DS/PSP/Wii). For the platforms that JP devs really focus on, their games are also unmatched technically.  Western games on DS/PSP/Wii by in large look like utter shit.  Why can't western devs compete?