There is also another relevant element, which is the charm of the "exotic." Exotic locations and themes are certainly not a handicap for the mass-market success of a game, as they create curiosity and memorable images. I loved inFAMOUS: Second Son , but I doubt I could respond with anything else than hilarity to someone telling me that feudal Japan combined with a samurai-turned-ninja protagonist will have less mass market appeal and cool factor than Seattle and an improvised superhero wearing a bea
Join us as we celebrate the Uncharted 10th Anniversary at PSX 2017 with an unprecedented gathering of the cast from throughout the series! Nolan North, Emily Rose, Richard McGonagle, Claudia Black, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Graham McTavish, and Robin-Atkin Downes reflect on the series and share their memories with guest moderator Greg Miller (Kinda Funny). We’ll also be hosting a special signing session with the cast prior to the panel. Keep an eye on the PlayStation Experience app for time and locat
Interestingly, Nate Fox asked the audience at the end of the panel if they would be interested in playing the game with Japanese dialogue, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Fox followed up with "noted." Looks like my wish might actually come tr
Most Japanese games don't go on to sell millions on their own, but if you put them together, they can certainly be considered a factor of attraction for customers due to the diversity they add to a console's cata
If you look at Google Trends, you'll notice that "Ninja" is more popular as a search term than pirates (just to play with a classic meme), and if you try to compare against many other relevant search terms, the Japanese stealthy warriors will more often than not jump out of the shadows and come out on
There is a team in Japan that helped a "huge deal" with the trailer and made sure that the representation was respectful of Japanese culture. Katami-san mentioned something that was removed but did not specify what it
Fox explained that there is something to learn every day while making the game, as they're trying to recreate a place in a foreign country in a past era. Katami-san himself added that he's learning as well despite being Japanese, given that Tsushima is a rather obscure place even in Ja
For the trailer, Sucker Punch actually performed motion capture of live horses. Four horses were involved in the shoot, and there were three people following them around to pick up the mocap markers falling off their c
"I don’t think anything that has that Japanese flavor has broad appeal. They’re great games and get high ratings, and the hardcore audiences love them. But, for the average audience, they’re hard games. They’re too hard for most people. I mean, I played Persona 5 , one of the highest rated games ever, and I like it, but I can’t believe it went on to sell as many copies as it did. It’s just not the kind of game that seems like it has mass appeal, even though it’s one of the best games ever made, and probably wins Strategy Game Beginner Guide|Https://Strategynewsbase.Com/ of the Year. But… going back to Tsushima , no, I don’t think it has broad appeal eith
Death Note has been a highly controversial Netflix Original care of the deemed cultural appropriation of the Manga adaptation. The panel (shared with Bright) was heavily focused on shifting this viewpoint. There was no new full trailer, but a clip released online did offer a key sc
For those looking for an even more thorough analysis, however, research firm SuperData has quickly made a name for itself in video games due to the company's willingness to examine more online-oriented data like microtransaction sales and the like. Recently, SuperData finally released its findings for the September 2016 period, and it appears that the dominance of some of gaming's biggest titles will not be broken easily - Pokemon GO , Destiny , and League of Legends topped the cash grossing charts for mobile, console, and PC gaming respectiv
Of note, despite not being particularly close to the first spot on either platform, Blizzard's Overwatch is making steady progress on both console and PC, making the top 10 list for both and finishing ahead of DOTA 2 on PC. Overwatch 's community has been praised very highly over the course of its brief existence, and its dedicated playerbase makes it a looming threat that could usurp other games on similar lists in the near fut
Even large publishers like Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo normally prefer to release more games on a shorter development cycle, spending less in both development and marketing for each. It's pretty normal that those games will go on to sell fewer copies, but this doesn't make them irrelevant (or less profitable) when combi
Yet, this is not the first time that Pachter talks negatively about the Japanese gaming industry, calling Japanese publishers (excluding Nintendo and a few other exceptions) "not relevant any longer" to making consoles successful, mentioning that Japanese games "don’t matter in the larger scheme of things", or downplaying the two million units shipped by NieR: Automa