Lost Oddyssey Dev: Japanese Studios Falling Behind Western Studios Due to PC Experience

Speaking to Gamasutra, president of Japanese developer Feelplus, Ray Nakazato, suggested that the migration of PC developers to consoles might be the reason why Western developers are dominating the next-generation consoles. He said that the Japanese studios are producing less high-end, technically advanced games than their Western counterparts because they lack the experience with PC development, which he believes Western developers have.

“I think one big factor is that in Western gaming market there is a long history of PC games,” he said. “A long and big market with the PC games, so I think there are a lot of great developers and creators who kept making PC games.”

“I think [for] this generation of consoles, finally those people started showing up in the console game arena,” Nakazato added. “That’s one big reason that Japan also seems to be a little behind in that arena.”

What do you guys think? Seeing as how Japanese developers are working on some of the most beautiful and technically advanced games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Resident Evil 5 and Final Fantasy, I’d like to disagree.