Slashdot Mirror
Capcom Takes Grand Theft Auto To Japan
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a press release announcing that Capcom will publish the phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto 3 in Japan. It appears the big Japan publisher will "..localize, publish and distribute.. Grand Theft Auto 3" for both Playstation 2 and PC, and "Grand Theft Auto 3 is scheduled for release in the Japanese market in Fall 2003." Interestingly, one commentary about GTA3 in Japan says that the author's Japanese friends "..have been disgusted that such a game exists, and judgmental, as in 'that's the kind of game only an American would like'", but the game's suitability for the Japanese market will only be definitely proved/disproved by sales figures.
"author's Japanese friends "..have been disgusted that such a game exists, and judgmental, as in 'that's the kind of game only an American would like'
This is coming from a place that just loves tentacle-rape Hentai.
...GTA3 hasn't been released in japan as of yet? truly bizzare.
moox. for a new generation.
that's the kind of game only an American would like
As long as they're tossing out generalities, what about games featuring animated rape and incest? There isn't much of a market for those over on this side of the pond.
better moral structure when it coems to sex?
you mean the 3 decades it took them to aprove a birth control pill while viagra took only 6 months
better overall moral strucure?
you mean the baatan death march and just as much rape, human experimentation and genocidal acts as the germans during world war 2 yet got away with a slap on the wrist
people are always bringing up the united states's sins of the father so why not japan's, oh because they're the poor defensless country we dropped nuclear weapons on to stop a war they started
I sincerely doubt that we can take the comments of two or three people and equivocate them to the beliefs or opinions of an entire country. Although their comments were stereotypical, let's not stoop to the same level in return.
"..have been disgusted that such a game exists, and judgmental, as in 'that's the kind of game only an American would like'"
That smells more like somebody who heard all about the game on CNN as opposed to actually playing it.
Really, most _Americans_ are appalled by the GTA series, once you get outside gamer circles. And even moreso if they've actually _seen_ the game being played. I mean, this is a game where you pull drivers out of cars, beat them to death, and run over pedestrians while trying to avoid the cops.
It doesn't exactly take a puritan to find that disturbing.
(I have played the game, and found it not to my taste. I don't mind that it exists, and hey, if that's what the market likes, so be it, but this is a far stronger case that the game has objectionable content than the typical anti-3D-shooter sentiment.)
-- Kate
Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.