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it was an excellently written article, much more than satisfactory.
Japan has it's share of alot more violent/mature themed games than here in the states. I'm not talking about just playstation though, there is some really weird stuff on pc too. I think you know what i mean, they got some porn games and stuff that would make every congressman over here flip out! They sell pretty well over there too, so i'm not entirely convinced that the mature edge has alot to do with GTA not selling as well as it did here. The sales for GTA actually exceeded rockstars expectations..i think having Capcom publish the game over there helped out a little.
Japan, is very critical of any game to hit it's shores from the west..most of it has to do with nationalism. Just look at the xbox for example..an american system just didn't get a warm reception in Japan. Why? because it was an american system..even with the help of Tecmo's xbox exclusive dead or alive series it still isn't doing too well.
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