SQUARE ENIX on E3: " The Lack of Japanese titles was almost Humiliating"

[Doobie_wop]

Maybe because they've all been announced, maybe because they have their own press conferences to announce all their games in (TGS), maybe they're deep into developing for the 3DS, PSV and Wii-U, maybe they don't feel the Western press and consumer enjoy or care about their games enough to show off.

I also don't buy the whole 'Japan has no games' thing that everyone has been spouting off, it'd be like saying that Sony don't have any games coming out because they didn't blow their whole load at E3. Dragons Dogma, Azura's Wrath, Anarchy Reigns, The Cursed Crusade, Armoured Core 5, Rock of Ages, Catherine, The Last Guardian, Dark Souls, Street Fighter vs Tekken, Tekken vs Street Fighter, Ace Combat: Assault Horizons, Tales of Graces, Shadow of the Damned, El Shaddai, Child of Eden, Metal Gear Rising, Ar Tonelico 3, Disgae 4, Sine Mora, Sonic Generations and Soul Calibur 5 are just a few Japanese games being released soon and that doesn't even count PSN/XBLA/PSP/3DS/Wii-U/PSV and the OS devices.

Do you know what the problem is? None of the games I've mentioned are generic military shooters, they are all unique and diverse and that's why the Western press or consumer doesn't care for them. Japan is still pumping out the most unique and interesting games, Japan also has large publishers that aren't posting a loss every year (unlike EA, THQ and also unlike the special Sqaure Enix). Japan has evolved, they've adopted the PSP and DS as their main platform and I'm sure the PSV and 3DS will end up being the same, but that doesn't mean that they aren't releasing heaps of console titles every year.

It's also odd that the whole Western world is being compared to one country, Japan is a small place, comparing them to Europe and North America is just ridiculous. Also, of course a Western game show is going to get a lot more Western games, I don't go to TGS and expect to see Call of Duty, Halo or Red Dead Redemption.

I'm done.