westernization

The much touted word on the street is that Japanese gaming is on the decline while western development is booming. But that doesn't mean Japanese developers should start copying western ones, says Final Fantasy top man Yoshinori Kitase. "On a very personal level I like western RPGs, some of...

The boss of Square Enix says that the Japanese attitude to Western games in unfair Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has (not for the first time) levelled some harsh criticism at the Japanese games market, stating that Japanese gamers still harbour an unfair bias against Western-developed titles...