Addressing The Argument That Japanese Developers Are Not As Good As Western

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NightDragon83 said:

MDMAlliance said:

NightDragon83 said:
These days I give the edge to western developers, for the simple fact that gameplay-wise, many Japanese developers are still stuck in the 90's and early 00's.

GTAV alone drops its drawers and takes a massive dump on any Japanese-developed game released this year.

GTA is one game and you're making it seem like it represents all Western gaming.  Then you take a handful of Japanese games and make it seem like those represent all of Japanese games.  

I don't really think you know much about what Japanese games are being developed and more about the ones people complain about being this and that (even though there are still plenty of people ASKING for these things still).  

GTA is one of the pinnacles of western gaming over the past decade, and by far the most anticipated release of this year, so why not?

And there's more than just "a handful" of Japanese games that have the problem I mentioned, which is why many Japanese companies have been experiencing a struggle with sales of some of their biggest franchises over the last few years... Squeenix immediately comes to mind, as do companies like Capcom and Konami to a lesser extent.  Even the mighty Nintendo, which just a few short years ago seemed once again infallable is now also struggling again.

Tell me, what about GTAV is so much more innovative than any Japanese game has, that makes Western games superior?  What makes Japanese games supposedly stuck in the past?  Have you seen Youkai Watch?  Monster Hunter 4?  Pokemon X and Y?  Last year's Kid Icarus: Uprising?  Ni No Kuni?  Are you going to say all of those games are just copying old gameplay styles while GTAV is so different from its previous iteration?  If I recall correctly, the core gameplay of GTAV is the same as the previous iteration, but it adds other things to spice things up.  Well, the exact same could be said about the games I listed.  What makes GTAV so much better?  Also, there are a lot of Western games that are doing the exact thing you seem to claim Japanese games are doing.  Don't just start cherry picking the games to best suit your argument.  

I do not think Japanese games are superior to Western games, I personally think on average that they appeal to different audiences, but BOTH Japanese and Western games have seen changes.  How successful the games with these changes are up for debate.