Ok Inafune has said THESE things in the past few weeks (he is making SONY's 2006 PR blunders look like, ermm not blunders!} :

Inafune: Japan is making awful games 

Inafune: Japanese Industry 'Zombified 

Inafune: Canada may become "the epicentre of videogame development"

‎ Inafune: "RE6 to Arrive ASAP; Japanese Geniuses Obsolete"‎ 

And he said something about DMC being westernized and whatnot!!

A summary of what he said in a recent interview:

Just to make a summary of what he said in that interview:

- Everyone at the TGS is making awful games
- Japanese game developers are making games that are 5 years behind and stuck in the last-gen mindset
- There is no diversity or originality in game play, ideas, or design
- Capcom is barely keeping up
- Japan is behind because when they find an idea that works, they stick with the formula, just tweaking graphics and/or image quality
- Japan is also behind because publishers are not putting $75 million budgets behind the games for development/marketing
- Shadow of Rome failed because it was only superficially westernized
- Resident Evil, on the other hand, succeeded because the main character was American and spoke English
- Japanese games cannot be popular overseas anymore in their pure state; they are like sushi and North America requires California Rolls.
- Monster Hunter will never be a success overseas because it is Japanese to the core and any attempt to change it will make it unpopular in Japan
- Games that sell globally are best, but selling only in Japan is okay if they make a profit
- It's getting harder to make a profit on Japan-only software because the domestic market is smaller than ever
- Buying overseas companies is just a start, it takes a lot of work to yield proper dividends from such a relationship
- Lost Planet 1 was totally okay for westerners, but the team that made Lost Planet 2 screwed up and made it too Japanese and that's why it failed
- You can't take on America head-on, you have to use strategy
- Inafune's strategy was to bring robots into the game and use harsh environments, but Lost Planet 2 lost its way
- He can't do everything he wants to do at Capcom. He's been strong-arming things through but there's still a lot of resistance
- Pay is shitty, leadership is nebulous, and Inafune thinks he can't be on the board or directors because management thinks developers are stupid. That's the difference between Nintendo and Capcom.
- If Capcom changes, the Japanese games industry will change.
- Level 5 rox
- It's too late for Japan to enter the US gaming market, it will take years now. Japan needs to focus on entering emerging markets in China and Korea.
- Japanese gaming is dead
- Inafune loves Japan and wants to save it
- Everyone needs to face up to the reality that the Japanese games industry is dead.
- Capcom is ranked low globally, is dead no matter how you approach it. Resident Evil only sold 5 million copies. Not good enough.
- Inafune fancies himself like the revolutionary samurai Ryoma Sakamoto, who made strong efforts to open up Japan to the West and got assassinated.
- Inafune daydreams about being assassinated in medieval times for being so bad-ass.

I mean, look at that. Look at his criticisms. He hasn't got the slightest clue about what Western games are doing to succeed. Oh yes, Western developers never stick to the formula... what was the top-selling game last year again? Call of Duty 6, was it?

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LOLOLOLOLOL @ INAFUNE!

What has happened to him?!!!!!!!!

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Cats >>> New DMC >>> Dogs

And yes.

He's gone quite mad, apparently. Certainly other Japanese publishers at least are going to want to shut him up.

Inafune-san is going to savilly damage CAPCOMS International Reputation if he continues at this rate it is sad to her such comments from such a talented man like him. It looks like Platinum Games studio  robed CAPCOM of more talent then we initially thought. 

lol it seems like that!

Inafune has GOT to stop this; Japan is not five years behind and it's not like the Japanese are making games that are worse than the West. In fact, I would go as far to say that the West is making more shovelware than the East due to making more games. Honestly, some of this is turning into borderline racism at times

Does it still count as Racism if he is of the race he is being rude too?

Photographic evidence that he is correct! Inafune vs. the zombified Japanese games industry:

Yes, it can be.

No he is right. Japan game developers need to innovate and in the right direction. At least I'm glad there's someone like him who's aware of what's the situation is like.

No matter how one might argue its an indisputable fact that the west is where the market is this generation.

Except demon's souls/valkyria chronicles (and very few others) I have yet to see a new ground breaking japanese IP that passes the 9.0 barrier this gen - especially in the rpg department. You can argue all you like about how tales games are the underated gems and that the jdevelopers need not to make appeal to wider audience but at the end of the day money is what matters.

I still have hope in jgame industry hopefully someone will truly see the light and lead others in the Right direction and by that I don't mean resorting to steroid freak macho main characters and leaving other aspects of the game in dim light.