Capcom's Keiji Inafune "TGS Sucks, Japan's Gaming Industry is Dying"

**Chandoo** · 26-09-09, 01:01 AM

and other not so nice things.

http://www.destructoid.com/videos/tg...playing=Capcom

quite a bold statement from a high profile developer. Inafune is credited on the Megaman series, Onimusha series, Resident Evil series, Dead Rising and many more games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Inafune

**GoldenHawk** · 26-09-09, 01:09 AM

Whoa! that statments gonna make a lot of japani's very unhappy.

**CerebralTiger** · 26-09-09, 01:42 AM

Well, I'm extremely fond of the Japanese art style, creativity, and sense of imagination....there's some amazing talent in the country, as far as videogames or art in general is concerned.

However, I completely agree with Inafune here. The reasons are obvious. Only a handful of publishers and developers are given the right kind of budget to work with, and even then, the prolonged development schedule takes a lot of steam out of eagerly anticipated projects.

I got a PS3 because of Japanese games....MGS4, the upcoming (FINALLY!) FF XIII, and the yet-to-be-released (God knows when!) FF Versus XIII and The Last Guardian....heck, I'll go as far as saying that I'm still into gaming because of these games, and the developers behind them. But seriously speaking, I don't wanna play Versus XIII at the age of 40! LOL

**Gizmo** · 26-09-09, 02:54 AM

I guess the guy has a point, Compared to how fast the American gaming industry is going the Japs are laging behind.

**Shyber** · 26-09-09, 08:52 AM

Jap's love to take their sweet time - take the "games are art" route where the American psyche capitalizes on capitalist frame of reference.
Unless Americans can come up with something that can go above Final Fantasy, Japan is still on top in my books.

**Radical** · 26-09-09, 07:47 PM

Thats it! he wants freedom in DMC series too, 'AO only' kinda freedom

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**R3Z0N** · 26-09-09, 08:46 PM

That guy is a retard if he thinks japanese gaming is dying, do you guys think games like ff13, kingdom hearts and others could lead to a industry's collapse?