Wada: Globalization has failed due to " Japanese direction"

[huaxiong90]

thelifatree said:

huaxiong90 said:

Rhonin the wizard said:

huaxiong90 said:

thelifatree said:

huaxiong90 said:

Soonerman said:

I agree with Wada. Now, give SE to Bioware and let them do their magic. Release 2 Final Fantasy's mainline developed by different customers, one for Japan, one for the rest of the world. The few cry babies that want Japanese style FF can import.

...you can't be serious...

he doesn't like JRPG's, so this way of thinking makes sense really. If you count your own tastes as absolute.

Did I say my tastes are absolute? I just mean FF, for a Japanese styled game, has a successful following in the West. Why risk losing a fanbase by going in a completely new direction? I don't think this needs explaining.

thelifatree was probably referring to Soonerman, not you.

If that's the case, I apologize for getting snappy.

Yes, I wasn't referring to you... Sorry I just, misquoted, these forums are confusing and I am confusing in general.

And then, once again. I took what he said the more optimisticly than others did which was. The Japanese developer side of Square enix (not eidos) will not try to make games for the western audience... eidos aka SE Europe will...

Now, I could be wrong about all of this but this is just what I think. And also I'd assume that games that are developed for certain regions would still be ported to others if it was thought to be economically viable. And obviously Final Fantasy would be... Once again, I'm not saying I'm right, I just took something different out of what he said than others did.

Nah, it's not you, lol. The internet is a confusing place. No worries. But in that case, we're on the same page.