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[Psycho_Mantis]

I think SE and Konami are the only ones that can compete with the West graphically. Capcom needed help from SCEJ lol. Its weird. They used to be at the top of their game, churn out some of the best looking games but now they're struggling to get high end ps3 graphics going.

I do have to say OP, Dragons Dogma can be a very pretty game at times.

 

[Oblivion]

I've read that software development doesn't get you much respect in Japan, so it doesn't attract the best & brightest. Also, programmers can earn more money in other industry.

That goes for the U.S. too.

 

[sechsterangriff]

HEXADRIVE

 

[Riffled]

Hexa Drive? Platinum? Sega? Nintendo EAD?

Not many as japanese game industry focus more on art style, but I think this is the more famous one?

EAD has been using GameCube (which itself is based on N64) assets for a long time now, not to mention trouble with HD development. As someone else said Platinum reaches average at most.

Well as people have said, japanese game development is simply too small. PS2 era was the peak for that development enviorment.

Tough some are a little harsh, big franchises like MGS and FF still look great, and so do fighting games. In some ways, things haven't changed that much.