Hideo Kojima, and Miyamoto are the only relevant japaneese developers left

Kojima and miyamoto are the only japaneese developer who has been doing **** this whole generation. What is up with that? 2 gens ago, japan DOMINATED the gaming industry, and now most japaneese developers are completely irrelevant now. Where the hell has SCEJ been this whole generation? The team that made that Siren remake for PSN, what have they been doing? Its like they dont even care anymore. They need to start sharing some tools with Sony's big 3 western studios, and make a game NOW :twisted:

Hell, I never played Siren: Blood curse but I always wanted to, and if they made a stand alone release, I would buy it. And I would most certainly buy any sequel they made. Ape Escape developers are also making 2 ape escape games (one will be the gimicky move game, and the other will be a regular dualshock based platformer). Japaneese devs need to start tapping into the western market more.

Isn't SCEJ making Last guardian/GT5? Also Capcom has been very impressive this gen, but I agree they have lost some momentum but mostly on consoles. Japanese devs are focusing on handhelds these days.

Not quite. Theres other Nintendo folks like Iwata and Aonuma.

Well, imo, I like to think Capcom still matters as a whole. Looking at their wide range of game releases they try to make things for everyone, and it seems that if they know it won't make big bucks they'll still opt to put it on a handheld.

Sega is the same way, but Sega seems a bit more focused on the publishing side nowadays which is actually cool since they partner with some good western devs.

You'll find the obscure Japanese games on handhelds nowadays, so I suggest looking there if you're so interested.

Atlus, Platinum Games, Nippon Ichi all say hi.

Yoshinori Ono says no.

Isn't SCEJ making Last guardian/GT5? Also Capcom has been very impressive this gen, but I agree they have lost some momentum but mostly on consoles. Japanese devs are focusing on handhelds these days.

Espada12

emorainbo says hi! No really... I just wanted to say hi

No love for Bayonetta's creator? I think Hideki Kamiya deserves some respect too.

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Isn't SCEJ making Last guardian/GT5? Also Capcom has been very impressive this gen, but I agree they have lost some momentum but mostly on consoles. Japanese devs are focusing on handhelds these days.

TheMISCMan48

Well, your first sentence of your first post did say that Kojima and Miyamoto are the only Japanese developers doing anything recently. You also said that Japanese developers are irrelevant nowadays. You can't say that and then focus in on SCEJ.

Kojima and miyamoto are the only japaneese developer who has been doing **** this whole generation. What is up with that? 2 gens ago, japan DOMINATED the gaming industry, and now most japaneese developers are completely irrelevant now. Where the hell has SCEJ been this whole generation? The team that made that Siren remake for PSN, what have they been doing? Its like they dont even care anymore. They need to start sharing some tools with Sony's big 3 western studios, and make a game NOW :twisted:

Hell, I never played Siren: Blood curse but I always wanted to, and if they made a stand alone release, I would buy it. And I would most certainly buy any sequel they made. Ape Escape developers are also making 2 ape escape games (one will be the gimicky move game, and the other will be a regular dualshock based platformer). Japaneese devs need to start tapping into the western market more.

TheMISCMan48

Well, imo, I like to think Capcom still matters as a whole. Looking at their wide range of game releases they try to make things for everyone, and it seems that if they know it won't make big bucks they'll still opt to put it on a handheld.

Sega is the same way, but Sega seems a bit more focused on the publishing side nowadays which is actually cool since they partner with some good western devs.

You'll find the obscure Japanese games on handhelds nowadays, so I suggest looking there if you're so interested.

Raymundo_Manuel

Square Enix has went to hell as well. Every game they made this gen was a flop, most of them only being "A" games, with the exception of FF13, and we know how that turned out.

Konami has been irrelevant this gen as well outside of Metal Gear. When are we gonna get back to the days when Japaneese devs are pushing out AAA after AAA, and not just hanging onto the ONE franchise they had for the last 20 years for dear life.

And, lol I feel stupid for leaving out Team Ico and Polyphony though. Other than those 2 and the ones I mentioned in the OP, I cant think of anyone else relevant this gen.

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Isn't SCEJ making Last guardian/GT5? Also Capcom has been very impressive this gen, but I agree they have lost some momentum but mostly on consoles. Japanese devs are focusing on handhelds these days.

TheMISCMan48

Aren't those part of SCEJ? :s

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Isn't SCEJ making Last guardian/GT5? Also Capcom has been very impressive this gen, but I agree they have lost some momentum but mostly on consoles. Japanese devs are focusing on handhelds these days.

Espada12

Aren't those part of SCEJ? :s

Umm Fumito Ueda, Shinji Makami, Hideki Kamiya (the king of Action games),Suda 51, the great people at Atlus.

Kudo Tsunoda??

Kojima is valid? no, he talks about, his games talk alot, but most of it makes no sense in the end and isn't very good.

Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya say "Hi!"

Okami, God Hand, Bayonetta and Vanquish also want to say "Hi!"

Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya say "Hi!"

Okami, God Hand, Bayonetta and Vanquish also want to say "Hi!"

foxhound_fox

Not quite. Theres other Nintendo folks like Iwata and Aonuma.

Cruse34

No.

mikami says no

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Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya say "Hi!"

Okami, God Hand, Bayonetta and Vanquish also want to say "Hi!"

jasonharris48

don't forget ueda

I beat Valkyria Chronicles about a month ago. Guys over at SEGA are doing something right.

Have to disagree.. There's a lot of names posted here that are still doing all right. Also, Capcom is the only company with the balls to try something new and stick with it.

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Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya say "Hi!"

Okami, God Hand, Bayonetta and Vanquish also want to say "Hi!"

Phaze-Two

don't forget ueda

I beat Valkyria Chronicles about a month ago. Guys over at SEGA are doing something right.

ImaPirate0202

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I beat Valkyria Chronicles about a month ago. Guys over at SEGA are doing something right.

funsohng

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I beat Valkyria Chronicles about a month ago. Guys over at SEGA are doing something right.

jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="funsohng"] indeed they are. I think the third one's announcement isn't that far off either.jasonharris48

Kojima and Miyamoto are great but personally I've ALWAYS been a fan of Capcom titles since the NES days. Keiji Inafune has always been more relevant to me along with Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami(I know there at Sega now but they have mostly been capcom).

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[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] I want it back on the PS3 ;(YuriSH

Kojima has only released titles for Sony so far this gen and Miyamoto only Nintendo(of course) so they really haven't been a big influence this gen. Last gen all 3 consoles had an MGS title. I really wouldn't say anything of the sort. There is still plenty of greatness coming from Japan it's just there are more successful western developers now days.

not at all, coz some ppl say JPN dev. are as good as before, doesn't mean they are bad. JPN is still the main home for gaming.