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Takeuchi: Japanese Gamers Need Western Gamers' Curiosity [Lost Planet 2]
Takeuchi: Japanese Gamers Need Western Gamers' Curiosity [Lost Planet 2]
Usually, when a country's gaming scene struggles, game creators take the heat. But an Edge interview with Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi suggests gamers could also be to blame. Here's Takeuchi discussing the winter 2009 Lost Planet 2 with Edge magazine 's interviewer. Note that Lost ...
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Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi wishes Japanese gamers had the curiosity of overseas markets
GoNintendo — ... I want to create in Japanese gamers that curiosity for going online. Because of course you can enjoy the game alone, no problem, but as soon as you are with a friend coordinating, you enter into a whole other dimension. - Jun Takeuchi See, a statement like this shows you just how bad the situation is over in Japan. I wouldn’t say that gamers in NA or Europe are particularly open to new ideas…but we’re better than Japan! Link

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