Developpers in America have realized that they need to release their games on Japanese consoles and handhelds in order to survive, because they control 70% of console market

Console sales

Japanese gaming

Wii: 95 million

DS: 150 million

PS2: 155 million

PS3: 63 million

PSP 75 million

American gaming

360: 65 million

Almost all generations of gaming have been dominated by the Japanese right? Last gen PS2 had 75% of the market, this gen the Japanese still have around 70% market share of home consoles and 100% of handheld market, nothing has changed, Japan still dominates like usual.

Developpers

Sony

Nintendo

Capcom

Konami

Namco

Are all Japanese right?

European devs:

CryTek

Ubisoft

Rockstar

Lionhead

DICE

Code Masters

Creative Assembly

Eventough American shooters have become more popular, the Japanese still sell the most games: Mario Kart Wii 31 million

If I really think about it, many of the games I enjoy, on the consoles I enjoy are not American. Even in the shooter genre where Americans dominate, I still like European shooters better(Crysis, Killzone, Battlefield)

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Japan is died as gaming concerns they can produce Consoles but their games sucks just like companies their...

Kojima Productions being the only exception and Team Ico(Sony) just maybe. Oh and Capcom with some games.

America + Europe rulle videogames world and just wait till Apple make a Console.

i love Sony for what they bring to Consoles like Ps2 or Ps3 or Ps Vita but that just what they do in Japan, they make the Consoles, the games leave it to America or Europe because Japanese doing games is the biggest waste of money ever. Period.

EDIT : I forgot Ninty, they make awesome games there like Mario and Zelda no doubt.

Apple already made a console and it failed.

I agree.

Japanese games are way more creative. Most of the times western creators try to be creative they just twist things, see epic mickey 2, for example:

"Oooh, that tube is not creative enough... I know, let's twist it!"

Indie games don't count, there are some serious gems there... including my game of the decade!

Because they aren't controlled by shitty companies like Activision and EA.

No, they count, amazing games, probably all americans  :). And blizzard doesn't count too. And some others. But most of them are uncreative.

They just don't count in my post above this one!

I get the point your trying to make here.....but your wrong.

Japan is still very important from a hardware perspective of course.

But if were talking software it just isn't close anymore, they are being left behind. Nintendo first party is one of the few who still make compelling, high selling, and great reviewed games.

Hell even Sony's strongest 1st party studios are not Japanese based anymore, all you have to do is look at Naughty Dog, Guerilla, Sucker Punch, and Santa Monica to prove this.

It might suck in some ways because I was an avid supporter of Japanese companies up until the current gen, but lets be honest here, Japan is certainly on the decline.

The fallacy in your argument is that, while they're Japanese companies, they market Western-style-influenced products, and that's a tremendous part of why they do so well.