Why Japanese Don't Like Games from the West

[MrT-Tar]

While a lot of Western games don't do too well in Japan, I think I should point out the exceptions

	Game	Americas	Japan	EMEAA	Worldwide
	Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Nintendo	4.43	3.00	1.87	9.30
	Donkey Kong 64 (N64) Rare	3.31	1.10	0.86	5.27
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) Nintendo	2.13	2.21	0.81	5.15
	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) Nintendo	1.19	1.77	0.55	3.51

	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back(PS) Sony Computer Entertainment	3.87	1.33	2.37	7.57
	Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS) Sony Computer Entertainment	3.76	1.45	1.91	7.12
	Crash Bandicoot (PS) Sony Computer Entertainment	3.29	0.94	2.57	6.80

To me this points out that it isn't xenophobia (as these games were make in the U.K and US respectively), but that the games themselves don't appeal to the Japanese audience.  A western game might have more hurdles to jump over to be successful in Japan, but if the genre is right (honestly how many JRPGs and platformers have been made in the West this gen? Not a lot) a game should sell well