ReimTime on 19 April 2015
This is what came to mind for me in the past 5 minutes. In my opinion:
- Westernization of video games, as a broad concept. What I mean by this is there are several possible factors that could be mentioned, but I should like to outline only one. This is none other than online gaming, which has become a huge market in the Western world. Japan has not produced many online games to counter or coincide with the Western rise of CoD/Battlefield/LOL and other online games for home platforms (exceptions to the rule include a few MMOs, fighting and racing games). 6th generation was the first (correct me if I'm wrong) to have online capabilities, although not implemented that heavily. 7th generation did implement its online capabilities to a much fuller extent. In either of these generations, Japan's developers did not really put out any heavy hitters in the online gaming boom. A possible relation? Meh, maybe.
- Less time at home is a larger reason. With the pressure on recent graduates to find a job right away, and large amounts of time commuting to and from work on public transportation, mobile/handheld gaming found its way in. There just isn't that much time for many of them to spend at home and game on a home console.
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