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Carl on 18 April 2012
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chocoloco said:

@ Carl2291 Your statements about violence in Western games are hypocritical as even most Japanese games have some sort of violence and so do most of the Western games you said were great. Batman Arkham city, (the current game I am playing sticks out the most) along with Dragon Age.

That being said, I think Eastern Developers make horrible shooters.

The sales of Japanese games are declining and it does not bother me. I love many of the Western games and JRPGs have bored me and feel childish to me for the most part this gen. Western developers are by no means perfect as the games have gotten easier (thank goodness for difficulty modes) and they make way too many shooters and sequels and not enough new IPs.

Arkham City doesn't really have that much violence (Im talking mass killing here), and the game is based around stealth gameplay. That's why I singled it out.

Dragon Age Origins has a lot of violence. I know this. But what it also has is gameplay not like anything else this generation. It's unique. It's great. It's done Baldur's Gate proud. It was aimed at a certain market and it sold accordingly. They tried to casualise DA2 in several ways and it failed. This is what I mean about Western development failing. It's not about pure quality of the experience anymore, it's about making more $$$ than you would if you stayed true to your fanbase.

As for being hypocritical, I don't think I was. I wasn't singling out "violence", so to say. I was singling out shooting and gore. Violence is there in 95% of all videogames be it from Mario to Manhunt. Japanese games for the most part don't really have shooty-gore in mind... Not unless they're targeting the Western market. I gave a list of the biggest typical Western games in my other post, Ill repost it here and then give you a list of the biggest typical Japanese games. To note, this is console games...

West - Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Uncharted, God of War, Halo, Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Battlefield, GTA, Red Dead, Fable, Fallout, BioShock, Left 4 Dead, Dragon Age, Rockband, LEGO, Batman, Need for Speed, Forza, Portal.

Japan - Pokemon, Mario, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Animal Crossing, Brain Training, Wii Fit, Gran Turismo, Smash Bros., Zelda, Tekken, Demon's/Dark Souls, Professor Layton.

I could expand both lists, but it shows you a perfect picture. There's so much more variety in the Japanese list...

Can you show me some evidence of Japanese game sales declining?