Lawlight said:
Thank you for the list - I’m well aware of it. 2 things: 1. Take out the games made for handhelds as we know that Sony isn’t in that market anymore. It’s useless to say “look they made an anime game in Freedom Wars” when it was made for a handheld that they haven’t supported in years. 2. Just because a game is made by Japan Studio doesn’t mean they’re made with the Japan audience in mind. Like Bloodborne - it’s a souls game that rose into prominence in the west. But it’s western oriented given that they revealed TLG and SotC Remake it at E3. Knack is obviously a western-style game. The second one even released 3 weeks later in Japan. The studio is even headed by a non-Japanese guy. |
Bold: True. My comment was more a "With that said, I think SIE Japan Studio and also Sony's output of games catering to the Japanese audience have at least improved the last 5 years." It wasn't meant so much as an argument against your comment.
Still, I think games like Gravity Rush 1+2, Bloodborne, Soul Sacrifice, and Freedom Wars are quite an improvement compared to how few Japanese games Sony developed in-house during the PS3 years. I can't name many games that SIE Japan Studio released during the PS3 years that catered to the Japanese audience in a higher degree than Gravity Rush 1+2, Bloodborne, Soul Sacrifice, and Freedom Wars.
Maybe Siren: Blood Curse, White Knight Chronicles, and Demon's Souls. Though it'd be silly to include Demon's Souls and at the same time dismiss Bloodborne.
Like you, I'd love to see more in-house developed games catering to the Japanese from Sony. As I said intitially, I long for a new Ape Escape and The Legend of Dragoon.
Last edited by Replicant - on 08 December 2017
