Xenophobia - I remember reading an article on No More Heroes and why it bombed in Japan, according to the author while many japanese knew Guichi Suda they also thought of him in like terms of Microsoft withtin their country - a native that was viewed as a strainger. This directly linked to his showings in Japan and their lack luster sales.
Apparantly the American market is much more ressiliant and can go much longer before xenophobia set's in. This is due to the obvious cultural diversity in America.
In short Travis and his word and even his creator were too different from what Japan understood it wanted.
Maybe if he was Asian living in fantasy Shibuya it would of sold 500k in japan?
I'm Unamerica and you can too.
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