| Argosv said: Asia has different social foundations, same with religion and history, so is hard to make them interest in themes that are so different and sometimes go against what define them in their society, the thing is Japan is a big market and of course companies want to enter. Companies like SquareEnix,Frownsoft, Capcom, Konami, has evolve to target those places but in Japan has lost interest cause of that change. Is really hard to make a balance when the difference in the mind of the ppl are so deep in their own persona, that you see great games outside Japan sells really well but in Japan dont last even a week. Look how Metroid is very well known outside Japan but in Japan nobody cares, thats why ppl call Metroid a western game. |
The thing is they are losing interest in their own games. Has Resident Evil changed its themes and design so much to appeal to the West? I don't think so, yet Japan barely cares for them anymore and they used to be HUGE in Japan
I believe the changes in Japan market are more of a demographic thing. In the past consoles were mostly stationary, it was the only way to play games and people who played were younger and open to different genres, gameplay elements, design philosophy, and worldbuilding, nobody really cared if the game looked western or not. Gaming was something more strictly single-played focused as well
The change in demographics changed market dynamics in Japan. Things that used to work in the 90s won't work anymore. And that's ok I guess, as long japanese devs keep having their market share outside Japan I'm fine with Japanese people dissing their own good games
