This post isn't to rant, nor to have myself stand on a high stool. I'm writing this because I feel that there are a lot of great games out there that we just don't see due to the hype of American gaming. I really don't know how I else I could've put it, but let's leave it as "American gaming", for now. Not to bash on anyone, but to educate on what else there is for us gamers to look for.
Now, I've been a gamer since the launch of the NES and never faulted away from being one. I love gaming, I enjoy playing a variety of games, but there has been this small but difficult issue when it comes to playing that "other" variety of games. No, I'm not talking about the porn-like games. It's the over-seas gaming. The first over-seas game I've ever played was the "190 Games" in one NES cartridge. I still have it too. It had a lot of games that my brother and I enjoyed, even though we didn't understand Korean.
As time has passed, and magazines started covering games from Japan, I always wanted to try those games out. I'd hear about the new Dragon Ball games, King of Fighters, and so forth. Being a HUGE Dragon Ball/Z/GT fan, I felt like I was being left out of an experience I would have loved. I just had to move on with what the American gaming companies put out. Not that we had terrible games, but.. I'm not too sure how to explain it, really. As I mentioned before, I left as if I was missing out on a great time with some interesting games.
Fast forwarding to.. NOW, the Japanese PS2 can be purchased at a reasonable price. Along with a lot of awesome PS1/2 titles. Just go to play-asia.com to find'm. Ever since I recieved my Japanese PS2 from an ex (her FAULT!), I started importing a LOT of PS1/2/3 games. I bought BASARA X, Sengokou BASARA 2, Battle Fantasia, Tobal 2, Dew Prism, Night Raid, Super Pang, Castlevania X (SotN), Melty Blood, just to name a few. Not only that, but I also bought a Super Famicom when I was in Akihabara. The fun and joy of playing those SNES are still a blast!
What I'm trying to get at here, folks, is that we need to look beyond our own borders if we want to experience something different.
Sammy: "At this point, we’re not sure Haven Studios can ever turn around the negative sentiment that’s stuck to Fairgames ever since it was revealed in 2023.
The title got a worse reception than Concord, which would go on to release and subsequently be shut down within weeks. And yet, the project somehow persists."
"According to Henderson, the release’s visual style has been toned down from its reveal trailer, and it’s now grittier and less colourful, resembling something like Call of Duty or The Division."
How can you make the art style even worse than it already was??
This really goes to show how out of touch many devs/publishers are these days. How do you specifically go in reverse of people's complaints 🤣
If it’s been 3 years since it was announced and it’s still “not fun” where the head of the studio along with other top developers have left then maybe just f****** cancel it
Oh no no…Bluepoint needs to close instead
I’m honestly buying into the tin foil hat theory that Herman Hulst is being scrutinised by higher ups and if he cancels this game he’s in bigger trouble than he already is. It’s like he truly believes it’ll turn out as a win for him.
Just cancel it, pretty much everything Jim did has hurt the PlayStation Brand, and needs to be excised.
Good. I love seeing Jim Ryan’s Live Service bs get destroyed. PlayStation is healing.
Former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has shared why releasing first-party games on PC day one is bad strategy for PlayStation.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream opens at 565,405 retail sales.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
1. Switch 2 – 44,280 (5,107,397)
2. Switch Lite – 16,511 (6,931,105)
3. Switch OLED Model – 10,472 (9,543,843)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,501 (1,260,442)
5. Switch – 4,513 (20,279,020)
6. PlayStation 5 Pro – 3,066 (345,642)
7. PlayStation 5 – 2,163 (5,913,856)
8. Xbox Series X – 223 (326,285)
9. Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 147 (30,011)
10. Xbox Series S – 84 (341,779)
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
1. [NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Nintendo, 04/16/26) – 565,405 (New)
2. [PS5] PRAGMATA (Capcom, 04/17/26) – 36,470 (New)
3. [SW2] Pokemon Pokopia (The Pokemon Company, 03/05/26) – 19,096 (910,005)
4. [SW2] Mario Kart World (Nintendo, 06/05/25) – 5,130 (2,900,842)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 3,550 (4,190,151)
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,538 (8,423,202)
7. [NSW] Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story (Kairosoft, 04/16/26) – 3,299 (New)
8. [SW2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo, 01/15/26) – 3,067 (104,917)
9. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (NIntendo, 04/29/22) – 2,459 (1,720,506)
1000000. [NSW] Pokemon FireRed Version / LeafGreen Version (Download Card) (The Pokemon Company, 02/28/26) – 2,169 (20,218)
the thing is, there are a lot of western gamers, like myself who really enjoy the games coming from the east, more so than the ones developed by western developers. i find that storytelling and character development is more superior in the games that come from japan.
but all of this is personal preference and there are those that love games from the east as there are those who love games from the west and so each side knows what audience it is catering to.
a lot of games, from both sides, get shadowed by the huge overly hyped and marketed games and it's a shame because there are a lot of great games that never got the recognition.
anyway, my point is that it's all personal preference and i'm sure everyone's preference steers them to the games that they know they will enjoy.