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Capcom Takes Grand Theft Auto To Japan

Posted by simoniker on from the grand-evil-theft-fighter-alpha dept.

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.

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  1. Refined Japanese taste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "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.

  2. Yes, we Americans are horrible people :) by Lendrick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  3. Re:Hypocrites... by TalMaximus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

  4. *eyeroll* by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "..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.

  5. Not a surprising reaction by Kirby · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.)

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