Japanese developers are still in denial about the state of their nation's industry Keiji Inafune, head of R&D at Capcom has told VideoGamer.com.
"I feel that many people in the industry are still living the glory of the '80s and '90s, so they don't admit that there is a problem to start with. However, looking at the domestic market, it's shrunk. Therefore it's really important that we realise that we're behind the Western market now, get humble and start learning what's going on. Otherwise the Japanese market is going to disappear completely," he said.
you are part of the problem, what wrong with oldstyle JRPGs or Japanese games, i love them, i want them...RE5 was a BIG disappointment, it was not a oldstyle RE, it was like it has lost its touch...
you care for sales, than why on earth you (CAPCOM) bring Monster hunter for Wii and 360, but not for PS3, where you find the FANBASE in the first place.
Kain81
Even if RE5 was different from the old games it was still a Good title. You cant Expect a dev to Innovate with Every Single title they release. RE4 for example was a great innovation for the RE games and It's viewed as the Best game in the Series. As for RE5 The MTframeWork2.0 Tech in the game was Amazing and Most people Enjoyed the game for the good action. When they'll be ready to make the next game they just have to Focus on making the game Less focused on the Action and more on survival horror.
Monster Hunter on the Xbox360 wasnt a a big deal. It's a port of a 2007 game that wasnt even good. It was obviously a move from Microsoft to bring a little bit more Japanese fans to buy their console by doing so. t's never coming out of japan because american gamers wouldnt buy it at all. I highly doubt that PS3 owners would want to play that MonsterHunter 2007 PC port game aswell. Which Explain why the game dint see a PS3 release.
There's a Hugh Monster Hunter Fanbase on the Wii since most of the owners in japan own a PS3s aswell. If capcom chose to make a a real Monster Hunter Sequel It'll be on Both PS3 , Xbox360 and PC. I think most of the people like you are mad because the series Isnt EXLCUSIVE to sony anymore.
I agree with Inafune on a Certain Level. Japanese games never really push boundaries unless they're from a Big Studio. button mashers like Dynasty warrior are very popular over there even though those games are boring and dull. there's reharsh of the same games over and over again with little innovation. Look at the sengoku Basara games / Dynasty Warriors. Sengoku Basara 3 , Gundam Dynasty warrior , Hakuto no Ken , NinetyNineNights . Its the same game every year with different skin.
but on the other hand you have the Great japanese devs like PLATINUM that always come out with Great Games like Bayonetta , Mad world , Vanquish.
Continue milking Street Fighter and Resident Evil, bothching up Devil May Cry, until you admit there's a problem. How well did Lost Planet 2 do again?
Oh yeah! It failed!
Capcom - wasting time and money on Bionic Commando 1 & 2 and Dark Void (DV2 is also in the works if I'm not mistaken -__-), not making MMX9, MML3, Onimusha 5 and HD Monster Hunter for PS3.
SE - releasing mediocre titles such as Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery and Nier. Changing Front Mission's gameplay. Not making KH3 and still making KH spinoffs, never realizing that fans from the very beginning are growing older and older every minute. Making FF13 multiplat, Versus' team helped them finished the two versions thus delaying both FFXIII AND Versus release dates.
Namco Bandai - not releasing some titles stateside.
the problem is freakin westerners keep askin for western games from an eastern country....WTF? thats messing up their judgement when they make games no, look at nier, wtf! 2 different characters?
honestly I think what most westerners think that japanese's problem is they dont make enough shooters. because westerners have added guns to every genres. while they are fun (mass effect, borderlands) it doesn't mean everything should have shooting, gangs and pimp my ride mobiles.
japanese games are fun for the reason they have always been fun. without them we wouldnt even have a good fighting game, rpg, or action game besides god of war.
so people need to stfu