^this. A lot of Japanese games tend to be better than the western ones. All they really need is a sales boost which means more advertising IMO

I perfectly agree with bugrimmar. But it all was inevitable since USA and Europe are far bigger countries than Japan.

I hardly know any Japanese games that anymore live up to Western standards apart from a few key franchises like Zelda, ICO and some Nintendo games. In the 80's Japan was very dominant with the Arcades.

and younger countries than japan due to massive inmigration.people forget this for some reason.japanese people are too old.

The west is only held to be ahead in the minds of the Western Core gamer, and in the minds of a few defeatists in Japan (mostly localized in Capcom). In the most objective guage we have, sales, Japanese franchises are still sales kings in most of their more dominant genres. Especially since you forgot one JRPG series that's stronger than FF: Pokemon

Though you have a point in that their unwillingness to really embrace the growth genres of the West like FPS and Sandbox may hinder them, but their old groups are still top dog otherwise.

the ignorance is astounding!

I mean sometimes people just don't look do they

most people here say FF12 was TERRIBLE, bashed by fans & critics

but ergh, critics loved the thing!

I mean, FFXII had the same rating as FFVII and got higher reviews than FFVIII.

FF XII rocked, combat reminded me of Dungeon Siege, just flashier. Western devs have really stepped up though, but havnt surpassed Japan yet.

agreed

Something that was interesting:


If I watched my library of games I have on PS One and compare it with games I have on PS3 I have way less J-games and more Western.

You should check it yourself.

That wasn't an opinion, it was a fact.

And if you're spamming, your post needs more FF13 pics.