Is the Japanese gaming industry in crisis? (BBC article)

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huaxiong90 said:

Xxain said:

The Japanese Industry is fine. Yea there struggleing with a identity crisis, and a stagment in game desigh but thats nowhere near the dangers that western world brings to the industry.

Lets make movies not games mentality

abuse of DLC

anual releases of basically the same game over and over again

 

just the genral lack of creativity, imagination, and originality. The day western developers rule the industry is the day the true crash will happen... thay just dont have talent to maintain it by themselves

Seriously, considering 4 games out of my top 5 this gen (with the Western game being my fifth favorite), I just don't understand these comments about how Japan is lacking compared to the West in innovation, especially from Inafune.