The first time you saw XBOX was coming out, did you think it was a joke?

[Necromancer]

Jimmy Carter - that remind me to pick up some peanuts for my laptop before the hard drive dies.

[Kitsunexus]

Japanese games are better because they're quirky, fun, have better aesthetics, play better,  are more original, etc....

But there are those few American games, like the first Unreal Tournament for PC that are just something special.

[GUTS]

The Xbox was a great system that had some awesome games (everything Sega made for example), I don't know how anyone could possibly argue otherwise.  Plus it always had the BEST versions of any multi-platform game.  Why would I play something on the PS2 or shitcube when I could play a graphically better version with shorter load times on the Xbox?  Plus if you liked FPS and didn't want to sit in front of stupid PC, the Xbox was an awesome alternative.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Japanese games are better because they're quirky, fun, have better aesthetics, play better,  are more original, etc....

Bullshit.  American games are just as good on average.  This is just Japanophile propaganda.

[Golgo13]

Japanese games are better because they're quirky, fun, have better aesthetics, play better,  are more original, etc....

Bullshit.  American games are just as good on average.  This is just Japanophile propaganda.

You know when I was a kid, my grandma used to yell about how she was buying me video games and the money was going to the japanese, because she was in grade school during WWII she was very concerned about the Nintendo menace, almost like it was some kind of plot to get back at America for WWII.

[FM-77]

Japanese games are better because they're quirky, fun, have better aesthetics, play better,  are more original, etc....

Bullshit.  American games are just as good on average.  This is just Japanophile propaganda.

Yeah that's true. Americans even made the best game ever: Halo.

And no, I will never stop talking about Halo.

The French are quite talented as well. They've made many excellent games.

[Keranu]

The thing most Japanophiles don't realize is that Americans started video games! America rules so much.

[Bonknuts]

 Man, the original 'Box looks like ass. In fact, I use it as a pedestal for the more sexier 360 - sits right on top.

[offsidewing]

The French are quite talented as well. They've made many excellent games.

I don't know about that, but they did a bang up job with Viet Nam and Lebanon.

[Kitsunexus]

Actually, even though he was in America at the time, Ralph Baer (the father of videogames) was a Jew from Germany (fled right before Kristallnacht). So considering him and the Weinsteins, the Jews are not resonsible for all the wars in the world, just the entertainment industry.


And even though America invented videogames, Japan set the bar for how they should be made.

And despite me liking Kitsune, Japanese games, and the occasional anime thing,I am NOT a Japan-o-phile.

[Kitsunexus]

The French are quite talented as well. They've made many excellent games.

Rayman is homo, and Splinter Cell is just a cash-in on Metal Gear Solid.

[Turbo D]

I think that both Japan and America have been making hits at the same rate. Japanese games are sometimes more appealing because of the culture difference.

[Joe Redifer]

 Man, the original 'Box looks like ass. In fact, I use it as a pedestal for the more sexier 360 - sits right on top.

Ha ha, mine too!

[Kitsunexus]

I think that both Japan and America have been making hits at the same rate.

This is something I want to see, as in visual representation.

Here's what I propose. We do this in vertical bar-graph style. This is kind of complicated, because we have to deal with bias, but what we need is to scour gaming publications all the way back to the days of the NES, and compare US and Japanese games, console ONLY, all the way until present day.

A hit would be considered as a game that receives the publication's highest honor (eg: 5 stars, 100% 10/10, etc...). We would only use games that came out in both US AND Japan, however I'm not to sure as this is kind of biased for Japan.

I dunno, if we could figure some way to do this, this could be REALLY cool. Too much time and effort for anyone here, unfortunately (Yes, including me ).

[offsidewing]

The Japanese definately have better post-apocalyptic imaginations than Americans do!