[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by Infernal Mass

This thread was inspired for the most part by Meryls excellent article on Culture Clashes. I've been doing some thinking on that subject from time to time. Although there was one part of it that i disagreed with..

an interesting read:

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4780423/

and a quote from the article by Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series..regarding the grand theft auto series. It's not the mindless violence that the japanese don't like..

True what Kojima said, but if you continue reading more of the article, it talked about violence and violent games not selling well in Japan. And the information about GTA3 not selling well in Japan was from a magazine (I remember the quote only but I can't recall the magazine, I'm sorry! I think it was OPM or something). And I believe this was the beginning of when GTA3 was first released over there in Japan, which may have sold more copies when the MSNBC article was released.
But, if someone can show me some information where very violent games sell immensely in Japan, then I will change that part of the article immediately because I don't want to mislead anyone.

Thanks for the feedback on my article, guys. It's very appreciated; I was so stressed about the quality of the content. Glad you guys thought it was satisfactory.