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Gaming For Wimps

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For a PSP title to sell nearly 2.5 million copies worldwide is a pretty amazing achievement. But when 75% of those sales originate from Japan , a tiny country in comparison with the US and Europe , it does beg the question why? What is it that makes this game so special to the Japanese gamers and not to anyone else?
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Roger Batch - contributor
Published: 206 days 10 hours ago | Article | Sony PSP | Gaming | Dev News
 
 

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Bloodshedder - 206 days 8 hours ago
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I kick ass on this Fn game,

MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE BRING IT!!!!(im playing portable G 2nd)
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drummerx2709 - 206 days 8 hours ago
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Perhaps they could call it : “Monster Hunter Freedom 2 : Specially Watered Down Version for Wimp Gamers In The West”

That just may be the down right stupidest thing I have ever heard
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Kushan - 206 days 8 hours ago
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I wish I had enough free time to play this game, but as it is I am finding it hard enough just keeping up with all the great "short" games that are coming out.
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PLAYSTATIONGENRATION - 206 days 8 hours ago
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4 - Monster Hunter
This is a great game...I wish it was on the ps360
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pain777pas - 206 days 5 hours ago
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Its kinda like Suidoken series not coming to the next gen consoles. Our expectations are so high they think that there is so much to this game that it would be easier and less time consuming to deliver on the less graphically intense platforms.
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ThanatosDMC - 206 days 5 hours ago
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Yup, great game! I want it on our consoles though.... btw, that's not the wii.
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erathaol - 206 days 7 hours ago
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5 - hey...
We do have a lot of people addicted to WoW. That's got to count for something right?
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Gun_Senshi - 206 days 7 hours ago
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I love MHF2 I'm on Ad-Hoc Party online on it everyday
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kingme71 - 206 days 7 hours ago
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I think the reason the Japanese find it so appealing is a cultural difference. Alot of gaming on the go and people getting together with each other in small groups to play in parties as opposed to the West were we primarily play group games in different locations, but over the internet.
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JOEdANGEL - 206 days 2 hours ago
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I believe you're absolutely right. The way people play games in Japan and the rest of the world is largely different. The gameplay is really nothing special, its just the intimacy of playing with their friends that is appealing.
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Roger Batch - 205 days 16 hours ago
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I do agree with you but you seem to forget this game is also a great single player game.
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Nuri - 206 days 6 hours ago
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Loving Monster Hunter, going to be on Ad-hoc party tonight (6 PM~ish Eastern Standard time) in J-50. Hopefully I can get to at least Hunter Rank 4 or 5 :). Can't wait for Monster Hunter United to come out, also it seems some people that I've encountered don't like it because "It makes you think" which I find kind of interesting and weird. Some really don't like it because it's non-linear :/, I find it to be fun.
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drewsny - 206 days 6 hours ago
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9 - japanese gamers are wimps
so hes making the assumption that because we dont want to play japanese games, we are automatically wimps. Then does not playing kilzone 2 or halo 3 make japanese gamers wimps. The point is they have their games that are fun to them and we have our games that are fun to us.
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Roger Batch - 205 days 16 hours ago
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i did not make that assumption at all ! I merely suggested that if westerners are not buying this amazing game maybe Capcom should water it down and make it easier because maybe the game is too difficult and challenging for us "westerners". Also,the word "wimp" was obviously not aimed at the 25% who have already played and enjoyed this game.

Please go and buy some new reading glasses?
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_IFRIT_ - 206 days 5 hours ago
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10 - monster hunter rules
most western gamers will take another generic casual shooter though

monster hunter is a real game for real gamers
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Lich120 - 205 days 19 hours ago
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Your post is ridiculous. Im curious what constitutes a casual shooter. Seeing has shooters are always referred to as appealing to the hardcore. I suppose by your ridiculous logic gears and killzone are casual shooters and hence are not real games...
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