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#1 edo-tensei
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People love to go off and dictate that japanese influence is dead, Japan in the industry is dead and such. However as ironic as this might be, the japanese actually "HAVE" more infkuence than the western counterparts. Think about it.

Japanese industry=handhelds.

Western industry=home consoles (with the exception of he wii, which seems to hve a good mixture of both).

Sales of handhelds>>>>sales of consoles this gen, FACT.

disclaimer: this is not about opinions, only facts. Handhelds are king baby!

Come at me Breh!

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#2 Jaysonguy
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Japanese industry=handhelds.

edo-tensei

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Japanese industry=handhelds.

Jaysonguy

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

Kinda what he said. Apple is very Western and people over there are selling their kidney's and children to get the newest iPad.
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#4 SaltyMeatballs
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Handhelds tend to be cheaper. Once next gen consoles are here this will be even more evident.

[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Japanese industry=handhelds.

Jaysonguy

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

Yet... DS and PSP sold very well. 3DS sold more than DS did in the same time. Where is the smartphone takeover?
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...you guys do know that sony is japanese, right?
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#6 BrunoBRS
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also LOL jaysonguy on system wars, this will be entertaining.
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#7 edo-tensei
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...you guys do know that sony is japanese, right?BrunoBRS
That's not the point, the point was that supposedly the japanese influence is gone, yet the handhelds stay alive thanks to the japanese games. It might be true that sony is japan, but the first party japanese studios ofsony are as good as dead in the states while their western counterparts are flourishing. The fact tht the japanese has little influence in the HD twins while the western have little influence in the handheld department; yet the handhelds constantly outsoudl the home consoles this gen and still do.

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#8 edo-tensei
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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Japanese industry=handhelds.

Jaysonguy

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

:lol: smartphones.

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#9 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]...you guys do know that sony is japanese, right?edo-tensei

That's not the point, the point was that supposedly the japanese influence is gone, yet the handhelds stay alive thanks to the japanese games. It might be true that sony is japan, but the first party japanese studios ofsony are as good as dead in the states while their western counterparts are flourishing. The fact tht the japanese has little influence in the HD twins while the western have little influence in the handheld department; yet the handhelds constantly outsoudl the home consoles this gen and still do.

i think it's more a matter of styIe. a styIe that usually suits handhelds (JRPGs), but there is still influence in there. a lot of games feel "western" but are actually from japanese developers. and that's, of course, not bringing nintendo into the discussion.
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#10 edo-tensei
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

...you guys do know that sony is japanese, right?BrunoBRS
That's not the point, the point was that supposedly the japanese influence is gone, yet the handhelds stay alive thanks to the japanese games. It might be true that sony is japan, but the first party japanese studios ofsony are as good as dead in the states while their western counterparts are flourishing. The fact tht the japanese has little influence in the HD twins while the western have little influence in the handheld department; yet the handhelds constantly outsoudl the home consoles this gen and still do.

i think it's more a matter of styIe. a styIe that usually suits handhelds (JRPGs), but there is still influence in there. a lot of games feel "western" but are actually from japanese developers. and that's, of course, not bringing nintendo into the discussion.

Oh no nintendo is totaly in the discussion, though I kind of excluded it because te have world-wide appeal.
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#11 Jaysonguy
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[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Japanese industry=handhelds.

edo-tensei

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

:lol: smartphones.

Those are the facts

If you're not willing to look at the facts I guess you're done here huh?

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#12 edo-tensei
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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

Jaysonguy

:lol: smartphones.

Those are the facts

If you're not willing to look at the facts I guess you're done here huh?

Is laughing considered disagreement now? Hold on there cowboy....still :lol:

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Actually Mattel (who is a California company) made the very first hand held "Auto Race" back in 1977. While nintendo popularized handhelds in 1989 with the gameboy the hand helds were started in good ol USA. That is the true facts.
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#14 ultraking
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[QUOTE="edo-tensei"]

Japanese industry=handhelds.

Jaysonguy

Nope

Handhelds are dead, smartphones are king

Smartphones = Western Culture

Those are the facts

smartphones are king of what exactly? Launching angry birds or playing scrabble?
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#15 edo-tensei
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Actually Mattel (who is a California company) made the very first hand held "Auto Race" back in 1977. While nintendo popularized handhelds in 1989 with the gameboy the hand helds were started in good ol USA. That is the true facts.wolfbm
And sony is japanese and the ps3 and psp couldn't be more apart market wise.
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