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Post by darkdust on Jan 21, 2007 10:21:19 GMT -5
I've been noticing how the video gaming market between Asia and America are so different. I look at the top 10 most anticipated game for America, Halo 3. Then, in Asia, Final Fantasy is what is taking the top 10 list. This is startling to me because communication today seems to be of an instant and trends in clothing, music, and movies have been alike in America and Asia. How come video gaming still maintains a gap between Asia and America?
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Post by ruben_gamer4life on Jan 21, 2007 17:51:48 GMT -5
I've been noticing how the video gaming market between Asia and America are so different. I look at the top 10 most anticipated game for America, Halo 3. Then, in Asia, Final Fantasy is what is taking the top 10 list. This is startling to me because communication today seems to be of an instant and trends in clothing, music, and movies have been alike in America and Asia. How come video gaming still maintains a gap between Asia and America? Well I think it works like this, Japan is video game development Central and some companies don't enough money to send over the they developed. Now Halo is an American game and well the X-Boxes didn't sell to well in japan thats halo 3 isn't in the top 10. |
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Post by Waffle Monger on Jan 22, 2007 0:21:06 GMT -5
I've been noticing how the video gaming market between Asia and America are so different. I look at the top 10 most anticipated game for America, Halo 3. Then, in Asia, Final Fantasy is what is taking the top 10 list. This is startling to me because communication today seems to be of an instant and trends in clothing, music, and movies have been alike in America and Asia. How come video gaming still maintains a gap between Asia and America? We all have our different tastes. It is like asking why a Japanese person in Osaka eats Japanese foods, and an American in Texas eats Tex-Mex (or American foods). It is really what is popular in a place I guess. The Japanese music style used to be taken from a Western style, but now they have their own suff. Really, it's more of a "what is local" issue than anything. They also dislike the Microsoft Xbox360... so that could be a reason why Halo3 isn't in the top. Have you also noticed they don't play as many racing or shotting games as us? Hell, even their RPGs play different and look differently (for the most part). Does that answer your question, or did I muddle myself up? |
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Post by benwayshouse on Jan 22, 2007 0:29:57 GMT -5
Like Gray said, it's just because their tastes are different. Whereas we buy the latest Halo or FPS or whatever that hits the shelf, they flock to the shops when a new Final Fantasy, Pokemon, or Dragon Quest releases, all being RPGs. Hell, they even made a law that makes it illegal to sell a new Dragon Quest on a weekday, because the Japanese'll skip work/school to go buy it.
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Post by KoE_Hades on Jan 22, 2007 2:57:34 GMT -5
Yeah, even if the barrier of distance is being broken down as ntechnology progresses, there still is a thing called "culture".
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Post by Waffle Monger on Jan 22, 2007 14:56:38 GMT -5
Yeah, even if the barrier of distance is being broken down as ntechnology progresses, there still is a thing called "culture". It has to do with culture a bit, but also... what is local... ya know. |
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Post by *NormalGamer* on Jan 22, 2007 18:45:16 GMT -5
Here's an editorial from 1up relating to your topic. I read it and it's a bit flawed, but it should help you understand the differences from their view:www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155815And as Gray put it, it's all a matter of taste on what games people (from many different cultures) buy in their country/continent. Though, since i'm neutral in my gaming lifestyle, I love to play 'any' game regardless of which country/continent the game was developed from(if only i'm financally stable enough).
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Post by darkdust on Jan 23, 2007 7:09:43 GMT -5
I guess thats true, but that doesnt explain why other products do not have this gap in culture as video gaming does. As well, I don't think has that much of a gap anymore. On every episode of reality TV, you see some guy eating sushi, and in Asia I see a lot of McDonalds and Starbux... in some places, even more than here
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Post by Waffle Monger on Jan 23, 2007 17:06:03 GMT -5
Considering different things start all over the world because we are not uniform countries, and you do realize that we have not really been as close before as we are now in the information age (aka around the last half decade when everyone started to get the internet).
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Post by darkdust on Jan 23, 2007 21:47:46 GMT -5
i see...
thanks yo
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Post by Shiva64 on Jan 25, 2007 4:07:08 GMT -5
You also need to realize that Asian cultures are much more different than Western or European cultures. So there is gonna be a huge "gap" because of that very reason.
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Post by darkdust on Jan 25, 2007 9:01:24 GMT -5
dont' you feel that this gap is closing up slowly due to the quick transfer of information
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