Thread 719947237

>CHINA, Japan A supersonic hedgehog and a plumber named Mario may have been unlikely heroes, but they once dominated video games. Only the Japanese could make innovative games like those, developers here used to boast. The West just didn't get it.
>Warp ahead 20 years, though, and much of Japan's game industry is in a rut.

>>719947237 (OP)
Fifteen years later and the western industry is openly crumbling. Wah wah.

>>719947237 (OP)
>CHIBA* Japan

>Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario still sell games. But more recent Japanese attempts to establish franchises, like White Knight Chronicles from Sony or Monster Hunter from Capcom, have not made a mark in the United States and Europe. Instead, the blockbuster hits now come from the West: Call of Duty and Guitar Hero from Activision Blizzard, for example, and Grand Theft Auto from Take-Two Interactive.
>That is why a growing group of Japanese game developers are asking a once-unthinkable question: can they learn from the West to get back on top of the $60 billion global video game business?

>“I look around Tokyo Games Show, and everyone’s making awful games; Japan is at least five years behind,” said Keiji Inafune, 45, head of global research and development at Capcom and one of Japan’s most prominent game designers.
>“Capcom is barely keeping up,” he said in an interview at the show, which ended Sunday. “I want to study how Westerners live, and make games that appeal to them.”

how times change...

>>719947380
Inafune-san is on eof the most vile men ever.

>>719947237 (OP)
>but they once dominated video games
>once
Still market leader, bitch

Top 20 Console games in 2024, only 4 are Japanese.

>Nintendo does not share sales data with the company

https://gamerant.com/best-selling-video-games-2024/

>>719949021
>only 5 are Japanese
Fixed

>>719949021
Most companies don't share any data

>>719949021
I'm more concerned by 40% being sports. Holy shit that's a lot of sports.