| Daddo Splat said: thats why kojima said some of the best games are being made in the west. most games in japan that sell well are series based. and have history. plus even if MS bought every dev. in japan they wouldn't buy an american console in bulk. still lots of games in thier top 50 sales couldn't sell in the west. like the new hit title soon to released "super panty girl 5". pun intended! it could be cost and waiting for the game you want til. consoles not named wii sells better. in japan plus wii hits a wider non gamer market then ps3 and 360 so it will be the little train that could. |
You shouldn't take Kojima as an authority on these matters. Besides, you shouldn't take what he said out of context.
He surely was talking in a "graphics technology" way.
Most games that sell well on the Wii and DS are not series based or don't have any history or a very recent one.
Like Wii Sports, Brain Training, Nintendogs, Wii Fit, Wii Play, and you could even add NSMB.
Lately, the series have sold rather poorly on the contrary, like on the PS3.
As for me, I don't care about the console race in Japan, as the games I like (JRPG and SRPG) are mostly a niche even in Japan. But usually, Japan has shown the trend.
There are two things that are truely strange to me and just passed through my head:
- playing Wii Fit style in your home is sth STRONGLY japanese in spirit. If Nintendo manage to make this sell in western country, well, it could be huge. Somehow, given the enthusiasm here, I've grown to believe it could be huge. Add to that that even my wife has heard of it (even though she can't remember the name right), and she is making everything she can to be able to play it when it's out (she's not allowed to do sports for now). It would be a bit like DDR catching like fire in Europe.
- the japanese trend is very slow to show in western countries, and I think that's mostly thanks to the XB360 that caters heavily to USA tastes. It shows that social gaming has not yet caught the USA, as it's the WEAKER market for the DS, which is somewhat amazing. Yet, the Wii still sells the most there. So I can't say how the japanese lull will affect NA. Actually, the split started last gen between NA and the two other markets is even bigger now, with USA having less than 50 % market for both PS3 and Wii, and in some cases is not even the #1 region for a console.
Thus why people in NA have a very skewed view of the market, and you can't blame them for that.
It isn't that NA people inherently have a skewed view of the market though, only facts of this gen show that.
This gen is truely fascinating.
