Should game companies have more national pride?

[Joelcool7]

I've recently been proud of some of my Canadian game studios. BioWare setting ME3 in Vancouver and such. Deus Ex placing Canadian characters in the game and setting on level in Montréa. But that is something new, most games are set in America or based around American players. Much like the film industry they produce the film in Vancouver but pretend its Seattle why? I understand the American market wants to see an American city. But really do the consumers really care whether the bank being robbed is in Seattle or Vancouver? Has the American setting harmed sales at all in the international market?

Why does a World War II game not feature Canadians or often French or sometimes even British etc..etc.. even when the game is made in Europe the characters are often American. Settings almost always the United States. The only country I see developers shaping their entire setting around is Japan but often foreign companies don't even set their games in Japan.

Am I the only one that thinks developers in different regions should always put part of their own culture and country into every game possible? If you want to target Americans with a brave US Marine but a British SAS soldier alongside him or maybe a Canadian JTF-2. If your from Norway maybe set a level or two in Norway or have a character from Norway. Honestly I would love to play a level in Norway or as a Swedish soldier or as a character from almost any country.

Case and point I was watching a game interview the other day not sure what game but it was on EPDaily and the person being interviewed bragged This game will take you all over the world to some of the worlds greatest locations like New York and Washington you see the beauty of the world. What you honestly believe New York and Washington are examples of locations around the world. At least use two cities from two different countries or continents. We need some diversity in the games industry some foreign culture and some patriotic pride in our games. I am sick of seeing every game feature an American hero even if America was barely involved. In an older Call of Duty their was a battle and you played as American and their was British helping you. But in the real battle Canadian forces were supported by British and Americans were barely involved. But for some reason the developer thought American soldiers should take the lead. Lets see some other countries represented in the majority of games. It is fine to have Americans or America in the game but diversify we live in a globalized society and you likely aren't an American. Nobody is going to boycott your AAA game just because the protagonist is not American.