/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Why Blizzard games are not that popular in Japan?

Blizzard games gaining mainstream appeal in Korea, China, Honk Kong and Taiwan, why not Japan

Do Japanese people even know what Starcraft is?

why post here? because I think you guys know better than /v/

[Anonymous No.]

>Honk Kong
And a chen picture. This is no coincidence.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese people don't have good computers. They can only play old MMOs and VNs on them. It is a mystery why such a technologically advanced country has so little knowledge and use of computers.

As for why old games like Diablo 2 and Starcraft 1 aren't popular, no idea. Japan doesn't really like RTS though, they prefer turn based games.

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLGHjExc_BY

[Anonymous No.]

Because Japan has taste.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8861689
Consoles and Arcades dominate Japan. Their favorite games usually come out on these platforms so there's less incentive to upgrade their PC's.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862006
>Because Japan has taste.

Seeing this posted right after a youtube link to a japanese commented SC2 match really tickled my whiskers.

[Anonymous No.]

I watched an online SC2 JPN tournament. There's a small community but it's there.

I believe they have to play on NA servers? Which would suck for lag.

[Anonymous No.]

Blizzard's gone to shit anyway if diablo 3 is any indication.

[Anonymous No.]

Blizzard has never made a good game in their entire goddamn lifetime. Why should japan even care about those boring games Blizzard makes when they can just walk to the arcade and play the best fighting games, STG's, rhythm games, and puzzle games ever made for dirt cheap?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862067

>STG's, rhythm games, and puzzle games ever made for dirt cheap?

Because these genres suck?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862067
>Blizzard has never made a good game
But that's wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862006
>Because Japan has taste.

oh dear god lol

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862006
huehuehue shitty moeblob games with decades old gameplay, graphics and cliches

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862067
Fuck you, this game was awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862110
>>8862118
lol I only like Grimderp fantasy and needlessly complex military STG baka gaijin games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862110
>>8862118
I want /v/ to leave.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862017
>>8861689
Plus PC parts are very expensive there.

Seen Yahoo auctions before, someone was selling a P4 system for around 5000Y. While in the US, you can easily get one for less than that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862155
I know this is very incredibly surprising, but just because I am on /jp/ it doesn't mean I have shit taste! I'm sorry if you play any shit Japan shoves down your throat regardless of its quality.

[Anonymous No.]

Blizzard trash is for subhumans, that's why.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862136
Did someone defending Japanese games just said "needlessly complex"? lmao

[Anonymous No.]

japan taste in pc game

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862259
Wow, I had no idea Japanese people liked VNs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862259
what is the top one?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862259
but those aren't games

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862259

updated

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862259
>EU
>Dance of broadway

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862286
>but those aren't games
I agree. Starcraft 2 is a competitive sport, WoW is a social life simulator, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a documentary about an Italian astronaut plumber, and Dance on Broadway is sewer effluence.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese PC "gaming" is mostly made of galges, with some mmos and doujin soft in the middle of everything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862352
He was referring to the japanese section you autist.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8861676
>Do Japanese people even know what Starcraft is?

They know it's a shit game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862352
>Starcraft 2 is a competitive sport

[Anonymous No.]

/v/ please go

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862067
What arcades have you been going to? Every one I walk into is full of purikura, ufo machines and medal games. They might have a taiko drum game and one or two other actual games put in as an afterthought, but arcades in Japan aren't about games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8863367
No. I know one girl who thought Japan was the only country that makes games.

[Anonymous No.]

Going by Pixiv, Minecraft seems to be big in Japan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8863380
>>8863367
>>8862234
Wood league chobo detected;

[KING OF /jp/ !2K23m85knQ No.]

Because Japanese enjoy more console gaming , some of them play PC , like my girlfriends brother , but not many.

Also it may surprise you but the normal Japanese guy/girl has no clue about computers and they dont even care.

Ps. Fuck you OP for bringing the /v/ scum

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862183

PC Part aren't that expensive, at least in Akiba, CPU/GPU/HDD/Mobo or Ram price are decent, provided that the JPY isn't in a strong phase (like it was last Winter, this Spring is all right tho).

Also JP have FF XIV, which is probably one of the most demanding MMO on the market, so yeah, if Blizzard games aren't popular, I doubt that's only because of a performance issue. Not to mention that Blizzard games are usually not demanding... (SC2, W3, Diablo or even WoW are way less demanding that their competitors).

More a cultural issue to me rather than pure performance issue. If a game is not fully localized in JP there is little to no chance for JP ppl to pick it up. And even that, gameplay must still fits what JP players like.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8863922
So the Japanese only like to grind shit and to read illustrated books?
Seems about right.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8862105
Back to /v/ please.