Tbf, Japanese players will avoid a 10/10 western game and go out of their way to play a 1/10 Japanese game just to spite the western developers. Japanese players have this weird view that they’re the only ones who should be allowed to make games
It’s not so much developer spite as it is that Japanese devs know the preferences of their home market much better than Western devs do, and vice versa, Western devs know the Western market much better. Microsoft’s one token attempt on console to appeal to Japanese gamers (publishing Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, and The Last Remnant on the 360 back around ‘09) failed spectacularly not because MS is a Western publisher, but because the games’ overall quality was mid at best and they actually ran better on PC and PS3 when the exclusivity ended. MS hasn’t really made a real attempt to focus on Japan since.
It’s not spite, but they absolutely do favour stuff built in their own country, as many do. Nintendo also notoriously builds their systems and games for the Japanese audience in mind, because it’s what they know.
It’s a totally different culture, and Japan as a nation is relatively isolated, so it’s not a spite thing - just liking what is available to you and what you know.
Tbf, Japanese players will avoid a 10/10 western game and go out of their way to play a 1/10 Japanese game just to spite the western developers. Japanese players have this weird view that they’re the only ones who should be allowed to make games
It’s not so much developer spite as it is that Japanese devs know the preferences of their home market much better than Western devs do, and vice versa, Western devs know the Western market much better. Microsoft’s one token attempt on console to appeal to Japanese gamers (publishing Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, and The Last Remnant on the 360 back around ‘09) failed spectacularly not because MS is a Western publisher, but because the games’ overall quality was mid at best and they actually ran better on PC and PS3 when the exclusivity ended. MS hasn’t really made a real attempt to focus on Japan since.
? apex legends is one of the most popular games in japan right now. what kind of twisted sense of japan do you have right now.
It’s not spite, but they absolutely do favour stuff built in their own country, as many do. Nintendo also notoriously builds their systems and games for the Japanese audience in mind, because it’s what they know.
It’s a totally different culture, and Japan as a nation is relatively isolated, so it’s not a spite thing - just liking what is available to you and what you know.