29th March 2006, 9:54 PM
Quote:Have you even played a DS game over Wifi?
Do I have to to understand how the system works, given how many different online games / game networks I've used over the years? I don't think so.
Quote:Japanese people apparently do not like PC games. I have no idea why this is, but I heard today about a bunch of changes being made to Counter-Strike to make it more "palatable" to Japanese audiences. Changes included: adding anime-style characters, taking out references to terrorits [terrorists and counter-terrorists are not two mystery organizations], and a bunch of mini-games under the assumption that Japanese people will get bored if they have to do in the game is shoot stuff. It's really quite bizarre.
Yeah... oh, there is a PC market in Japan, but it's very small compared to the console market... yeah, in the US it's smaller than the console market, but it's quite a bit larger than theirs. And online games STILL aren't popular there, consoles or no... I think it's been growing, slowly, but it's still not where it is in the US, much less Korea...