Certainly, the country's profile in the modern video game market has dwindled (Nintendo excluded) and there are a few reasons for its current predicament. During the past few years, many Japanese developers have spoken out about the development community's insular nature, as well as its lack of tools, development time, and openness to new ideas. Meanwhile, the output of American and European developers has improved a great deal in quality, generally eclipsing what used to pass as a Western title last generation.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
this is silly,
both Nintendo, Sony are doing great and its not fair to dismiss great games coming from Japan.
Kingdom Hearts remains successful, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, The Last Guardian is due soon.
Just Because S Enix isn't doing their best it doesn't mean everyone else is doing poorly.