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mh12:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on April 19, 2010, 05:47:27 pm ---Japan has a greater appreciation for video games and (comic) art. There isn't this stigma attached to enjoying comic books or playing video games
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there is. it's different but there is.


--- Quote ---(though the stigma on video games is slowly eroding away as the gaming generation grows up, it's still there)
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yeah. it's interesting. since about the time everybody started playing GTA you could say the stigma is not much. in Japan it's still a geek thing, besides maybe the DS

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: mh12 on April 19, 2010, 08:56:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on April 19, 2010, 05:47:27 pm ---Japan has a greater appreciation for video games and (comic) art. There isn't this stigma attached to enjoying comic books or playing video games
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there is. it's different but there is.

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It's a radical difference then. Especially when you look at what's available to the individual markets. My Ex and I used to import scads of stuff from Japan because the U.S. market just had jack ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- when it came to anything remotely interesting.


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--- Quote ---(though the stigma on video games is slowly eroding away as the gaming generation grows up, it's still there)
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yeah. it's interesting. since about the time everybody started playing GTA you could say the stigma is not much. in Japan it's still a geek thing, besides maybe the DS

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Probably. I don't know if GTA (PSX) was really the marker (Do you mean GTA series on the PS2, or the granddaddy GTA series on the PSX? There's a difference) for the erosion on that video game stigma. Each and every console seemed to have a part in brushing that stigma aside.

mh12:

--- Quote ---Probably. I don't know if GTA (PSX) was really the marker (Do you mean GTA series on the PS2, or the granddaddy GTA series on the PSX? There's a difference) for the erosion on that video game stigma. Each and every console seemed to have a part in brushing that stigma aside.
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oh, GTA3 for sure.

about the amount of *stuff*.. there are just more nerds in Japan :)
and they are well catered to

though the article i linked doesn't even really go into the issue of nerd-dom,
it does definitely point out that this whole thing is basically an issue of demographics. more specifically, population density, transportation, and disposable income.

but since this forum is mainly people who have these machines at home, it's worth discussing how we handle credits & why

Epyx:

--- Quote ---Having free-play just cheapens the experience (literally).  Part of the fun is earning your progress, and not dumping endless credits into a game that was never meant to be played like that.

You get better with the challenge.  Knowing that you have to pay-to-play forces you to play with more skill.
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I have been doing the same by giving myself 8 quarters for each play session and using those for the games with no continues allowed.    A lot more fun than just ad nauseum crediting.

RayB:
I didn't read the article, so here I am making a comment without reference but I'll make it anyways: Japan has a very dense population and small living spaces. People there typically always go out after work every day (or so a friend who lived in Tokyo for many years says). If you are going out every day, you're going to want a variety of places to hang out with your friends. I believe this has kept arcades alive there longer than here.

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