in the past i hate it too but after i played counter strike with my friends i realised how great the FPS games is .... from that time the FPS is one of my favorite games type & maybe the best .... i think japanese gamers should give it a chance & try it.  

Sadly I feel the same way too. Japanese hate those kind of games. Anyway I'm an FPS maniac back then, now I'm more of a mild player of that genre. Don't like it that much anymore.

the new FPS games will make u maniac again .. iam sure of that lol.

The japanese hate FPS? Really, I just figured they played CS or something a lot. Hey the MacBook Air ad looks lick it says dick instead of click. /LOL! that rules!

I hate FPS on consoles. And I rarely play PC anmore, so the last FPS I played was probably Quake 3. Still, it's a stellar genre, but I think it only suits itself for the mouse and keyboard, and that's probably one reason why Japan doens't like FPS much, they don't play much PC. A genre that is predominant on the PC market won't do well there. I don't think RTS-games do well there, either.

It's different schools of thought, like American movies versus foreign flicks.

The typical American flick is all explosions and effects - basically what FPS brings..

Whereas, the foreign films are a bit more substance, like story, character, art direction, etc. Aside from the art, FPS this is not. This is probably why games like Uncharted are more popular in EU than US.

I imagine, in Japan, it's a whole new set of video game ideals. Maybe more story centric than anything, hence the RPGs.

Japanese seem to like gameplay over graphics, most fps have graphics over gameplay (with some exceptions).

FPS console vs pc.. simple. I love FPS titles, however I need high frame rates to truely enjoy the game, consoles 30hz doesn't cut it for me with FPS Games.. I prefer to play my FPS/RTS games on PC, and consoles for sports titles, wrpg/jrpg and action/adventure games.

PC gaming is almost dead there and i think this is one of the reasons.

Japanese are prone to motion sickness. And they don't seem to be too fond of violent games in general.

Congratulations on the baseless broad statements.