Culture is more than just a difference in language or traditional outfits, it’s also about taste and perception. In gaming, that cultural divide is best exemplified by the division in the East and West when it comes to what defines a blockbuster game. In Western countries, the uncontested king, every year, is Call of Duty. In Japan, however, it’s the Yakuza series that proves to be one of the biggest draws for console gamers. But here’s where we run into a curious barrier.
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I think Cyberpunk is close in gameplay. Sure it's a futuristic setting but I find alot of similarities with the two games.
I wish, but this is SEGA, i feel like they have given up on everyone outside of Japan.
I am a massive SEGA fan and to see them constantly pulling out of localizing games really annoys me.
Obviously they aren't completely to blame. Western gamers have changed. The majority these days don't seem to be satisfied unless there is mass killing, guns and fast cars in their games.
What happened to all of the gamers that loved a bit of variety in their games ? Personally i think western gamers are driving away Japanese developers.