Low PS4 Sales in Japan Combined with Success in the West Are Pushing Japanese Developers to Localize Games

[AlfredoTurkey]

Teeqoz said:

AlfredoTurkey said:
I laughed when it said "nowadays" Japanese products are accepted in the west. Between 1985-2004, Japanese titles dominated western titles on consoles.

Well, no, not quite. The PS1 brought along with it the success of western devs, from Naughty Dog to Eidos to Insomniac, all of which were massively succesful during the 5th gen. There was also Rockstar, which was pretty big in the 5th gen, and got absolutely massive in the 6th gen. but by the 6th gen, western devs dominated the market.

Only three of the top ten games for PS2 were western developed.  The same can be said for PS1, only three in the top ten. Compare that to PS3 where only ONE title out of the top ten, is Japanese. Yup, that's right....one.