Comments on: Yoshida: Games tech power “has shifted from Japan to the US and Europe” http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:30:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: akiraman http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-29380 akiraman Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:22:18 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/#comment-29380 from: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/09/24/sonys-yoshida-admits-japan-lagging-in-games-technology/2#c14500024 The Japanese gameplay and general game mechanics / thought process are actually a lot better than Euro/US games: the teams are smaller, the projects more personal and the end product more relevant to to the team working on it. I still love games from Japan unlike the cookie cutter games from the west. from: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/09/24/sonys-yoshida-admits-japan-lagging-in-games-technology/2#c14500024
The Japanese gameplay and general game mechanics / thought process are actually a lot better than Euro/US games: the teams are smaller, the projects more personal and the end product more relevant to to the team working on it.

I still love games from Japan unlike the cookie cutter games from the west.

]]> By: DrDamn http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-29307 DrDamn Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/#comment-29307 Sounds like he is stating facts rather than admitting defeat as such. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Bigger and more badass is not necessarily better. A lot of the biggest selling games still come from Japan too - via Nintendo mainly. They just need to play to their strengths. Sounds like he is stating facts rather than admitting defeat as such. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Bigger and more badass is not necessarily better. A lot of the biggest selling games still come from Japan too – via Nintendo mainly. They just need to play to their strengths.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-29298 patlike Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/#comment-29298 Sounds to me like they've just accepted it. There are only so many Japanese developers and there are more developers in the West. I think he has a point, to be honest. Sounds to me like they’ve just accepted it. There are only so many Japanese developers and there are more developers in the West. I think he has a point, to be honest.

]]> By: Quiiick http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-29296 Quiiick Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:29:46 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/#comment-29296 It's very, very sad to see Japan loosing this battle. I'm a big fan of games from Hideo Kojima. There's a cultural aspect to these games you will never find here in the west. Like a perfect aka miso-soup or a plate of nigri-sushi, there's just nothing better ... I hope that at least a few studios will survive and not try to mimic western philosophy in game-design. It’s very, very sad to see Japan loosing this battle. I’m a big fan of games from Hideo Kojima. There’s a cultural aspect to these games you will never find here in the west. Like a perfect aka miso-soup or a plate of nigri-sushi, there’s just nothing better …
I hope that at least a few studios will survive and not try to mimic western philosophy in game-design.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-29292 Blerk Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/24/yoshida-games-tech-power-has-shifted-from-japan-to-the-us-and-europe/#comment-29292 Japan really do seem to be admitting defeat on this when you'd think it should be spurring them on to do better. I guess when your home market doesn't really give a shit it's hard to justify investing more into these areas to your money men. Japan really do seem to be admitting defeat on this when you’d think it should be spurring them on to do better. I guess when your home market doesn’t really give a shit it’s hard to justify investing more into these areas to your money men.

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