WIRED: Q&A: Mega Man Creator Wants Japan to Admit Failure

[Panama]

Meh.

Japanese games sell in Japan, and Western games sell in the West. Difference is in some instances Japanese games sell well in the West too but Western games never sell well in Japan. There is also a hell of a lot of bias from Western critics. Japanese review outlets at least have the common decency to score both Japanese and Western games well if they're deserving of it. I've read some Western critics on certain JRPGs that actually mock anime aesthetics and personally that's just pathetic, especially coming from individuals who should be deemed as professionals.

The slump is all in developers' heads and the consumers' wallets that have been hit hard lately for obvious reasons. It's hard to take people claiming Japanese games have gone to shit when you see CoD and Fifa sell more and more each year despite literally adding the most miniscule of new features. If anything "gamer's" tastes have gone to shit.

This isn't a JAPAN MAKES BEST GAMES GRORIOUS NIPPON argument, it's just fact. The way in which we Westerners buy CoD and other million sellers, Japan buys MH and DQ. Last thing I want to see is Japanese devs try to appeal to the West, and vice versa. That's when the real bad games will start flooding the shelves. We've already got some fine examples of this this gen.

Japanese gamers don't care much for Western games yet we Westerners still look forward to countless Japanese games. Nintendo, Sony, Square, Capcom and many others are a testament to this. Not to mention smaller companies that localize and develop niche Japanese games such as XSEED, NIS , From Software and Atlus are only growing in popularity in the west. If I'm not mistaken Catherine is Atlus' best selling game to date in the West and yet their most recent.

Also going off tangent, but it's hard to take Inafune seriously after Neptunia MkII. Perhaps it's a metaphor for the Japanese game industry, a complete joke, nice one Inafune.

Just venting my spleen as usual.