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Xen on 07 August 2009
Slimebeast said:
USA stomps Japan. Anyone arguing otherwise is just a JRPG lover or Nintendo fan.

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Anyone arguing that it isn't Japan is a shooter/WRPG/Milking fan.



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Slimebeast on 07 August 2009

@Xen

True lol.



Slimebeast on 07 August 2009

Anyway, saleswise USA stomps Japan, and has been for two decades now. US software sales crush the sales of Japanese games.

Japan's glory days are over, and like Kasz and StrategyKing said, they themselves are aware of that they're old-fashioned (therefore companies liek Capcom and Squirenix are modernising, by licensing Western game engines, hiring Western game developers etc, but it's a slow process).

Almost all the innovation in gaming software comes from the West, and mainly the US.



Reasonable on 07 August 2009
Slimebeast said:
USA stomps Japan. Anyone arguing otherwise is just a JRPG lover or Nintendo fan.

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Sorry, dude.  My game tastes I suspect are closer to yours, but there's no denying the sea of blue at the top of every chart week after week.

Last 2 gens look at PS1/PS2 sales, FF sales, MGS, etc.  This gen look at Wii, Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy, etc.  The Japanese have just been the major influcece for a while.  US is a close second, and this gen in particular has really had more influence (with many Japanese developers commenting on this) but in the end you've got to admit the majority numbers (even when you don't like 'em).



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

Slimebeast on 07 August 2009
Reasonable said:
Slimebeast said:
USA stomps Japan. Anyone arguing otherwise is just a JRPG lover or Nintendo fan.

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Sorry, dude.  My game tastes I suspect are closer to yours, but there's no denying the sea of blue at the top of every chart week after week.

Last 2 gens look at PS1/PS2 sales, FF sales, MGS, etc.  This gen look at Wii, Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy, etc.  The Japanese have just been the major influcece for a while.  US is a close second, and this gen in particular has really had more influence (with many Japanese developers commenting on this) but in the end you've got to admit the majority numbers (even when you don't like 'em).

You are wrong.

Add the revenue from EA, Activision, Take-Two, Microsoft, Bethesda, THQ and all the other American publishers and you'll find out that they sell a lot more games than Nintendo, Sony, SquareEnix, Capcom, Konami, Sega etc.

 



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YokoBlue on 07 August 2009

Canada is forth !!

Bioware, ubisoft and others



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phinch1 on 07 August 2009

Im gonna say

Japan - Metal gear solid - older silent hills/resident evil

Uk - Grand theft auto



--OkeyDokey-- on 07 August 2009
Slimebeast said:

Anyway, saleswise USA stomps Japan, and has been for two decades now. US software sales crush the sales of Japanese games.

Japan's glory days are over, and like Kasz and StrategyKing said, they themselves are aware of that they're old-fashioned (therefore companies liek Capcom and Squirenix are modernising, by licensing Western game engines, hiring Western game developers etc, but it's a slow process).

Almost all the innovation in gaming software comes from the West, and mainly the US.

Read the thread title and go take a look at the top selling games and consoles of all time. Japan>>>>>>>>everyone else.



SpartanFX on 07 August 2009
rudyrsr8 said:
Strategyking92 said:
Isn't canada a huge videogame place? Doesn't EA have their headquarters there?

Their HQ is in California, but they have large devs in Canada.

what?

 

EA HQ is in Burnaby, BC in Canada.

 

Canada has:

EA,bioware,Ubisof,Radical Entertainment, Relic Entertainment, Digital Extremes,Silicon Knights....

 

 



 

 

 

Slimebeast on 07 August 2009
--OkeyDokey-- said:
Slimebeast said:

Anyway, saleswise USA stomps Japan, and has been for two decades now. US software sales crush the sales of Japanese games.

Japan's glory days are over, and like Kasz and StrategyKing said, they themselves are aware of that they're old-fashioned (therefore companies liek Capcom and Squirenix are modernising, by licensing Western game engines, hiring Western game developers etc, but it's a slow process).

Almost all the innovation in gaming software comes from the West, and mainly the US.

Read the thread title and go take a look at the top selling games and consoles of all time. Japan>>>>>>>>everyone else.


I stand corrected. :/