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[outlawauron]

badgenome said:

Kresnik said:

I do understand the context of this being said, but it's more the wider issue it raises of Japan Studio's output for the past generation.

Japan Studio used to make JRPG's.  Then they faffed around in the seventh gen and got a lot of stuff out of the door but managed only two relatively poorly-received JRPG collaborations with Level 5 and then a remake of a PS1 JRPG.

Hmmm... I think you are confusing Japan Studio with SCEJ the publisher. As far as RPGs, I think Japan Studio has only Legend of Dragoon to its name prior to this gen's collaborations on WKC and Demon's Souls.

Where Sony has really fallen down is on the publisher front. They used to pick up a lot of great Japanese games, but since the PS3's early life struggles and their ensuing financial problems that has largely stopped. Not coincidentally, a lot of their old partners seem to be either very chummy with Nintendo now (Level-5), primarily mobile focused, or out of business altogether.

And he's also ignoring the PSP games they worked on and collaborations like Folklore.