Why japanese market rejects western games?

[MrT-Tar]

The idea that Japan is biased against Western games is utter BS, let's look at Western developed games that have done well in Japan:

Pos	Game	Americas	Japan	EMEAA	Worldwide
1	Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Nintendo	4.43	3.00	1.87	9.30
2	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) Nintendo	2.13	2.21	0.81	5.15
3	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) Nintendo	1.19	1.77	0.55	3.51

1

Banjo-Kazooie (N64) Nintendo

1.86

0.56

1.23

3.65

2

Donkey Kong 64 (N64) Rare

3.31

1.10

0.86

5.27

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

Guess what, they are platformers.  this suggests that its the fact that the genre isn't that popular in Japan is the reason why many Western games 'fail' in Japan.