Due to the cultural differences between the eastern parts
and the western parts of the world, the game industry is significantly
different on both sides of the spectrum. During recent years it has become
increasingly obvious that both the west and the east favour a particular genre,
American countries tend to have an obsession with First Person Shooters which
is evident due to the overwhelming amount of first person shooters being
developed there. According to VGCharts; 4 of the USA 10 top-sellers are FPS’s.
The best-seller in japan by an extremely wide margin selling 1.48 million
copies is pocket monster omega ruby and alpha sapphire suggesting that the
Japanese audience tend to love their RPG’s.
3 of the top sellers in japan are also RPG’s further
enhancing the point made earlier. But just because those genres are the most
popular doesn’t mean that every gamer in that region will play those specific
games. I primarily enjoy eastern games due to the overwhelming amount of RPGs
produced there but I do enjoy some of the RPGs produced in the east like the
elder scrolls for example. In Australia and Europe 7 of the top sellers
according to VGcharts are shooters. Hopefully this provided some insight on the
game industry and essentially how cultural differences effect the popularity of
video games in different regions.
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