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Which approach do you prefer?

Western videogames 73 19.68%
 
Japanese videogames 185 49.87%
 
Both equal 88 23.72%
 
Some Japanese games 18 4.85%
 
Some Western games 7 1.89%
 
Total:371
Raven on 17 September 2015
Wright said:

I can't choose. My mood switches from time to time, and I prefer the cultural collision than having to be stuck with just one of the two. I'd say japanese gaming edges western, for me,  for the sole reason that the most mindblowing games (not always in a good sense) I've played were made in Japan, and that's something always worth mentioning.

Pretty much my thoughts as well. I like a variety, and Western and Japanese do enough differently to keep me interested in both styles of gaming.



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Angelus on 17 September 2015

Japanese games, to me, are by and large terrible. However, they also produce the occasional masterpiece, that ends up being one my favourite games of all time.

They really have pretty much no middle ground for me. There's not a single Japanese game I consider average, decent, or mediocre. They're either garbage or genius, but sadly it's mostly the former.



Neodegenerate on 17 September 2015

Both. I like to keep my options open.



StokedUp on 17 September 2015

Sometimes jap games are poor, sometimes they're not
Sometimes western games are poor, sometimes they're not.

Both equal.



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Platina on 17 September 2015

I like games from Nintendo, Squeenix, Bandai Namco, Marvelous and Atlus so Japanese games for me!



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Super_Boom on 17 September 2015

My favorite games and game companies are all Japanese, so that's where I vote.

I can understand they both have their crap and masterpieces though.



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SanAndreasX on 17 September 2015

Japan all the way, but I do like quite a few Western games.



AlfredoTurkey on 17 September 2015

Western games for FPS/indie and Japanese for everything else. Japanese games still feel like art. They have heart and soul to them and retain what console gaming is suppose to be imo.



Roronaa_chan on 17 September 2015

Theoretically it'd be equal. And many years that might have been the answer, with only a slight edge towards Japanese. When FPSes were FPSes instead of first person Pong, when WRPGS were RPGs instead of conversation simulators with gameplay simpler and more repetitive than a basic musou (despite some good recent revivals like PoE), when action adventure meant crafted levels with memorable rooms, puzzles and storytelling instead of boring open worlds with as much character as a dinner table; when "AAAs" were closer to Blade Runner than Star Wars.
Now it's 90% Japanese and 10% western, and it's not even a matter of replacement. The Japanese bubble did not grow, the western one just shrunk. The void is there.
On the bright side that does make some of the good western releases seem more special.. Like an endangered species waiting for you to hug it. My next hug is Doom 4. I'll squeeze its box art neatly and hope it showers me with blood.



jason1637 on 17 September 2015

Western but i do enjoy the big jrpgs such as final fantasy and kindom hearts etc