There’s a lot of drama going on between Japanese and Western developers’ fans(?) as Polytron boss, Phil Fish said that modern Japanese games suck, when asked by a fellow developer of Japanese origin at this year’s Game Developers Conference.
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The issue raged on to Twitter exchanges as Fish stands by his statement, as his comments were a matter of opinion, and he can be quoted on saying that modern Japanese games are terrible.
“im sorry japanese guy! i was a bit rough, but your country’s games are fucking terrible nowadays.”, Fish said in another tweet.
I would kinda agree that the biggest Japanese developers are lacking in creativity and innovation, and Western developers are taking big strides in that department, but to go as far as dissing Japanese developers in general is appalling. What do you think?
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Awwwww he’s probably just missing the good ol’ Squaresoft days… or he’s just too opinionated.
Big difference between being opinionated and being a total ass, Boss. The guy was clearly being a jerk, and on a GDC panel of all places.
And he’s still being a jerk up in Twitter. I don’t know if he’s enjoying the moment but its a real disappointment to see someone of his position act like that.
His comment sucks. GDC is a hub for creative minds and that comment was just bland and stupid.
Instead of saying that, he should have given an exact definition of his gripe against modern Japanese games, or at least followed it up with points as to why he believes them to be so.
I admit that I myself am not a fan of modern JRPGs; they clearly lack the beauty and creativity old JRPGs had. With that fact, I wouldn’t be caught saying something as barbaric as “your games suck” without following it up with an intellectual explanation.