Why Japanese Don't Like Games from the West

[MrT-Tar]

Demotruk said:

MrT-Tar said:

The only next-gen game that sold more than 1 million units in 2009 was Final Fantasy XIII.

Now this is just plain wrong, not only are we in the 'current gen', not the 'next gen', but more 'current gen' games sold more than 1m in Japan in 2009 than just FFXIII.  What about Monster Hunter 3, Dragon Quest IX, etc?

Seriously WTF is up with some people's use of tenses when it comes to generations

It's a way to discount all the Wii million sellers.

that just brings the entire article into disrepute though

Western developers focus on 360 and PS3, which happen to be the two platforms with the least sales in Japan, by a large margin.  By limiting yourself to those two platforms, the outcome wasn't surprising at all.  

It's almost as absurd as saying '6th gen platforms didnt' fare too well here in Europe, and by 6th gen I'm only counting the Dreamcast and Gamecube'.