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kyzers0ze
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Singapore1073 Posts
February 16 2010 12:33 GMT
#21
On February 16 2010 14:27 TheBeardedWonder wrote:
Starcraft isn't kawaii enough.

This.

Games like sf4 blazblue kof doa are the major games in Japan.
8==========))
FreshNoThyme
Profile Joined March 2008
United States356 Posts
February 16 2010 15:32 GMT
#22
When CS1.6 was in its prime, there were a lot of Japanese CS teams that were making noise on the scene. They definitely stand out in games other than fighters.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9020 Posts
February 16 2010 16:23 GMT
#23
Now everyone plays dota in Vietnam. About Japan I think they like console/arcade games more.
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-16 19:40:48
February 16 2010 19:38 GMT
#24
On February 16 2010 14:24 geetarzero wrote:
So, as a vietnamese-american, what I've noticed a lot recently is that on SC-related websites like TL or gosugamers.net there tend to be a lot more players from vietnam than there are from japan. I just wanted to hear some possible reasons for this from people, seeing as how japan is obviously a developed country and is not some kind of backwater ditch. One thing that instantly occured to me was the overall cultural difference possibly, but I'd like to hear any other ideas.


I do not claim to be an expert on Japan, but I think there is a very simple reason for this and that is the fact that PC gaming was never really all that popular in Japan. Consoles and handhelds have preety much dominated the Japanese market throughout gaming history. Even nowadays, you would be hard pressed to think of a Japanese company (outside of hentai/dating sim/Touhou project game developers) that produces games for the PC platform (and even then, the product is most likely multiplatform and aimed at the markets outside Japan as well). So it should come as no suprise that there are relatively few PC gamers in Japan.

That said, we kind of owe StarCraft`s popularity in Korea to Japan`s obssession with consoles/handhelds. Due to Korea`s (partial) ban on Japanese goods, consoles were never able to make much of a splash on the Korean market. This, combined with enormous investments in IT technology by the South Korean goverment, resulted in a enormous popularity of PC gaming, which provided fertile ground for a game like StarCraft.

EDIT: Also, the fact that PC gaming is not big in Japan makes it all the more nerve wrecking that Capcom never released the PC version of Gyakuten Saiban outside of Japan. T_T Another ironic fact is that there is a Japanese version of StarCraft.
You and your "5 years of competitive RTS experience" can take a hike. - FrozenArbiter
Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
February 16 2010 21:36 GMT
#25
On February 16 2010 14:27 TheBeardedWonder wrote:
Starcraft isn't kawaii enough.

That too.
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