New Games Suck... Or Is It Just Me?

shows the mindset of the developers[/b]. If a game has pretty girls in it and a little fan service in it, then it's a massive signpost on the product that you know it's being made to cater to the customer far more and there is going to be far less or none of the other obnoxious crap in it people are sick and tired of.

You forgot the angst part.

Also they don't have to know they are otherwise part of some royal family.

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs for his remarkable achievement with the 'Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games' YouTube channel.

As part of that, he conducted an interview with Entax (thanks, Automaton) in which he stressed a need for Japanese developers to focus on creating games with domestic appeal rather than trying to cater to Western tastes.

When asked how Japan can keep up with booming gaming markets in regions such as China, Sakurai simply stated “It’s not really my own idea, but as an industry trend, I think Japanese people should keep pursuing the things that Japanese people like".

He goes on to say that the success of Japanese games in the West had led many teams in the region to join a growing trend of "making Americanised works". However, he doesn't necessarily believe that Western gamers are looking for this, stating "I think that they seek the uniqueness and fun of Japanese games".

His comment comes at an interesting time for Silent Hill fans, of all people. Though not relevant for the Switch, as such (maybe the Switch 2, though..?), the recent transmission broadcast for Silent Hill f highlighted a desire to bring the series back to its Japanese roots, with series producer Motoi Okamoto stating "As [Silent Hill] was based in the West for the longest time, it felt like the Japanese influence was fading". As such, the latest entry will be the first to take place solely in Japan.

Masahiro Sakurai stressed that his opinion is just one way of looking at the topic, but we think it's a pretty sound approach. We love Japanese games here at Nintendo Life because they're so distinctly Japanese, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

There is no evidence to suggest Shadows is "bombing." Over a million sales on the first day is anything but.

It hasn't sold a million copies, they are fooling people. The reason they said players instead of sales is because of this

"subscribe to play assassins creed shadows for $17.99 a month"

cite an actual source that reflects their sales.

If the game is available on their $18/month subscription service, then anyone who plays it through that service is still a player. That does not mean they are a sale. Every article citing the 1M number is saying players.

They're never going to say how many copies sold unless it surpasses previous titles.

So by the metric that they're not willing to yell it out (just like 16) you can only conclude it hasn't done "as well as they hoped"

And seeing as how "as well as we hoped" means "oh ***we're screwed cause this cost a quarter billion dollars!" that's "not good"

So there's some colorful language but the result is the same.

So while RA is eager for one his conspiracies to finally come true

Still doesn't fit. There's no secret plot behind woke games failing. They fail because more and more westerners are sick of paying for entertainment and receiving a lecture.