Carlston said:
Ragsnstitches said:
Carlston said:
Ragsnstitches said:
Carlston said:
Who now big daddy protector Boss Nintendo...
Don't start that... you already don't release RPG cause non japanese are to stupid to understand it.
We don't need you saying we can't have action/survival games now because we aren't "your people" so we now need to be spoon fed barbies horse adventure clones for the next 30 years...
Just release the damn games...we'll play them. Who cares if no one finishes it...they bought it...all the matters.
There is absolutely no basis for your statement on how japan views the west. Being conservative with their products is a well known cultural aspect of the Japanese, this includes games too. Not to mention, there are plenty of games that japan have released (which were successful there) that bombed in the states and in europe. So being reluctant to open their market to the west is understandable.
YAWWNNNNNN
My gaming goes back to the 80's, and yeah they basicly said that around 89 with a slew of Nintendo games. So it's experience, no basis? HA... do homework on the video game market sometime. No I was never military and visited the place...never...no idea how they see us at all.
Now shoo shoo...go pretend like you know someone else personally.
Charming to say the least...
I should really stop feeding trolls, but gosh darn it I'm just too damn generous.
Yes you troll very well. Sorry chuckles, I known many many programs over the years. And know exactly what Japanese developers think. Prove me wrong other wise? Can't? Right, you don't know who or what I know and have or have not met. So once again, shoo troll...shoo.
The Cultural aspect that I mentioned above isn't a major reason for why they don't release some games over here. The big reason is purely on costs and returns which boils down to how big the player base for their games are.
While you may love the good old JRPG, there are a lot of people who don't. This was especially true back in the 80's before japanese culture and media became so fascinating to the west (back then, the numbers of people who watched and played japanese originated media was very small). The people who sought japanese games simply learned japanese (yeah, very simple :/) and imported them.
While some games were eventually translated and released to the west, many didn't simply due to what they perceived as a low demand. In general as mentioned above, quite a few games that left japan flopped pretty badly in the west. This created an element of fear within the games industry (and other mediums) of japan. They became incredibly reluctant to release games such as RPGs which were characteristically japanese.
JRPG's weren't well received by the west for a couple of reasons.
1: Unlike the most popular games coming out of the west during the 80's which focused primarily on the game with little to no story or characterisation, the Jrpg was heavily story and character driven. Most people back then didn't take games that seriously and found that the page after page of dialogue boxes got in the way of the game.
2: Even if the player didn't mind or enjoyed the strong story, the horrendous translations that came from the old games was enough to discard more players.
3: Public Arcades were far more popular in the west then the home console during the early to late 80's (I'm referring to Europe and America). This automatically diminished the number of potential players, but also showed the frame of mind of western gamers.
Also, it wasn't just the Japanese who were reluctant to release to the west. A lot of western made games during the later 80's and well into the 90's didn't succeed particularly well in Japan. in fact some bombed worse then the old japanese games.
There are quite a few western games today that don't ever see an official release in japan. Likewise quite a few Japanese developers refuse to release their games to the west. It's a matter of what players want.
In essence, what you said about Japan thinking we're too stupid to appreciate or comprehend their games is true. But isn't it true that a lot of us refuse to play their games because of long ass cutscenes (MGS series), smaller emphasis on the gameplay (Final Fantasy series) and too much melodrama (all of the above)? While all these games are released to the west, they are at an advantage of being well established companies who have already broken into and anchored itself to the western market. It's actually much harder for similar smaller companies to do the same.
So going back to the topic at hand. The devs said gamers in general (I.E everyone, even the japanese) would probably struggle to cope with the fear factor of the new Resident Evil game. So your comment had no basis in the first place.
Just in case your misperceive my meaning, whenever I refer to the west, I'm actually referring to Europe and the States.
Oh and I think it's time to mention that it was a Capcom Developer who made the comment... not Nintendo. Sort of makes your little rant seem rather unnecessary.
Also... you seem highly racist/ignorant, but that's just my experience of you up to this point.
