Video Games - Lost in Translation?

MikeDawg writes "No, it's not a case of 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us'. MSNBC is running an article about the relative popularity of some game hardware and software in the West vs. the East. This article covers the phenomenon of games vs. culture and why video games that do well in the U.S. generally don't do well in Japan, and vice-versa." The piece notes of the Japanese market: "American-made consoles such as 3DO (released in Japan in 1994) and most recently the Microsoft Xbox (released in two years ago) never seem to attract consumers in large numbers. Games such as 'Enter the Matrix' from Atari, and 'The Lord of the Rings' by Electronic Arts, both released [in Japan] last year, often vanish... without leaving a trace."

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Re:I wonder if...

[kahei]

we ain't built for milk (lactose intolerance in asians is high).


Well, perhaps you could stop putting cheese and mayonnaise in or on every single food item in Japan then. It was bad enough when okonomiyaki started having mayonnaise but now we are faced with CHEESE SUSHI. I assume this change is driven by one giant evil dairy products keiretsu -- perhaps some kindly soul could simply assassinate them or something.