Japanese devs/publishers. What's up with them?

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DevilRising said:
You can take whatever with a grain of salt that you wish. It doesn't change the fact that at least there are Japanese devs out there unafraid to try new things, whereas major western devs are locked into long-term franchises and "AAA blockbuster hits". I'd rather have creative approaches to gaming, instead of "Oh look, another game where you shoot things/people with guns!". If you don't see that, you're just not looking hard enough.

Chill man. We're talking about games not yourself.

Anyway, whats the difference between shooting people with gun and magic or strike with swords?

There's a segment of people that tries to demonize FPS and Western games but not even your holy "Japanese games" are imune to copy and paste virus.

AAA is not a bad thing at all if it works and people love it. Major western devs survive on the money they make from their successful games. If people love them it's not their fault.

If you go to XBLA you'll see the most varied and quality Arcade games among the big 3 consoles by far. And in great quantit.

West is not just EA and Activision.