cosmicblizzard said:Not like bald space marines and Unreal engine are much better.
I'm personally getting sick of regional archetypes in general. I want to see a female protagonist with scars all over her face and an eye patch.
Firestorm said:How to fix Japan: license out MT Framework so Japanese developers can concentrate on making good games rather than making engines that were supposed to be done 2 or 3 years ago!
Firestorm said:How to fix Japan: license out MT Framework so Japanese developers can concentrate on making good games rather than making engines that were supposed to be done 2 or 3 years ago!
gifife said:
Kilgore Trout said:I think Other M is a joint project for a reason. Nintendo won't let them do just whatever they want.
Regulus Tera said:My worries don't stem that much from possibilities of her being sexualised (Masahiro Sakurai already took care of that) as much as I fear a TSUNDERE factor dropping on her character.
Russell said:Who cares if Japan is over. The most important market is North America, anyway. And last I heard, North America is doing AWESOME as far as video games go.
Russell said:Who cares if Japan is over. The most important market is North America, anyway. And last I heard, North America is doing AWESOME as far as video games go.
Eaten By A Grue said:In Japan's gaming industry's darkest hour, they will look up and shout "Save Us!"...
...and I'll whisper.......no.
gifife said:
Not pictured: Russell last hearing about the North American game market in December 2004Russell said:And last I heard, North America is doing AWESOME as far as video games go.
ksamedi said:I think that they are bringing much less innovation (except for Nintendo) these days. It probably has to do with the high cost of developing for the HD consoles. Second thing is they are trying to imitate western developers which they shouldn't do at all. They will fail miserably.
A Twisty Fluken said:Yes, a bunch of significant Japanese third parties drove into a ditch thinking Sony's headlights were working. Capcom's driving an ATV, they always steer into a ditch and come out just fine, so of course they're not loaded down with problems. They drive wherever they want, through the Saturn swamps, over the GameCube hills, and their suspension always holds up.
As for the rest of the industry, they'll be fine if they get back on the fucking highway. Level-5's sport compact seems to be cruising down I-419!
okaminden and castlevania is serious supportDavidDayton said:While this has been alluded to earlier, I think his statement is only really true if you entirely ignore the DS and (to a lesser extent) the PSP.
Japanese game console development is playing second fiddle to DS / portable development.
Has Capcom ever really taken the market leader seriously? What have they released for the DS so far other than:
1) Ports of GBA interactive story games (I like Phoenix as much as the rest of you, but it's not quite "heavy support")
2) Mega Man Battle Whatever Sequels
3) The RE port
4) Viewtiful Joe
I'm sure I'm missing something, but Capcom never really appeared to be heavily supporting the primary Japanese system...
Because there are still great japanese games? Not everything needs to sell millions.Ardorx said:Why is it bullshit?
Capcom is doing great. I think he's talking about the other companies.DavidDayton said:While this has been alluded to earlier, I think his statement is only really true if you entirely ignore the DS and (to a lesser extent) the PSP.
Japanese game console development is playing second fiddle to DS / portable development.
Has Capcom ever really taken the market leader seriously? What have they released for the DS so far other than:
1) Ports of GBA interactive story games (I like Phoenix as much as the rest of you, but it's not quite "heavy support")
2) Mega Man Battle Whatever Sequels
3) The RE port
4) Viewtiful Joe
I'm sure I'm missing something, but Capcom never really appeared to be heavily supporting the primary Japanese system...
Eaten By A Grue said:In Japan's gaming industry's darkest hour, they will look up and shout "Save Us!"...
...and I'll whisper.......no.
Firestorm said:Capcom is doing great. I think he's talking about the other companies.
An interesting remark, as Dead Rising 2 is being handled by Canadian studio Blue Castle Games.
Son of Godzilla said:What was so amazing about Japanese devs last gen anyways?
The Last Guardian is one game.DidntKnowJack said:The Last Guardian says otherwise.
Pein said:okaminden and castlevania is serious support
Why would he see it as being pathetic that things are on DS?DavidDayton said:That was my point. Everyone else is focusing their efforts on the DS. This could be why a Capcom rep would see the TGS as being so pathetic.
Granted, I -did- forget about Castlevania.
(sips lemonade)
Considering how Nintendo Japan seems to view the character, I'm not sure that'll be much better.Kilgore Trout said:I think Other M is a joint project for a reason. Nintendo won't let them do just whatever they want.
Andrex said:Just counting my current-gen console games...
Western: 11
Japanese: 15
Eh, don't know about finished. Once you become a fan of their specific genres and gameplay it's pretty hard to just pull out.
There's a difference: The market in Japan is shrinking, while the market in the USA and especially Europe still has the potential to grow. Therefore either japanese developers will need to make more games with global appeal or the japanese government will need to change their immigration policy, if they want the japanese game industry to grow.thetrin said:Japan is totally fucked...unless you like, you know, fucking open your eyes. There are lots of great game coming out of Japan.
Oh my god, many japanese games are made for the domestic market, and may not appeal worldwide?! This is shocking. That's nothing like American games, which sell like gangbusters in Japan...right? RIGHT?!
DavidDayton said:While this has been alluded to earlier, I think his statement is only really true if you entirely ignore the DS and (to a lesser extent) the PSP.
Japanese game console development is playing second fiddle to DS / portable development.
Has Capcom ever really taken the market leader seriously? What have they released for the DS so far other than:
1) Ports of GBA interactive story games (I like Phoenix as much as the rest of you, but it's not quite "heavy support")
2) Mega Man Battle Whatever Sequels
3) The RE port
4) Viewtiful Joe
I'm sure I'm missing something, but Capcom never really appeared to be heavily supporting the primary Japanese system...
Yoboman said:It's a completely unambitious industry that is scared of any change and innovation. When they do strike Gold with something they drive it into the ground. Not only that but the completely inverted nature of the industry is what has made it so bad.
Regulus Tera said:yeah well the only western game I've bought this gen is Scribblenauts so THERE
thetrin said:Oh my god, many japanese games are made for the domestic market, and may not appeal worldwide?! This is shocking. That's nothing like American games, which sell like gangbusters in Japan...right? RIGHT?!