to those japanese speakers...

[Kosmos992k]

While they certainly listen to the Japanese demographic more than they ever do to their American/European demographic, you also have to realize the cultural differences and attitudes between the two.

For one, they're not nearly as entitled as our demographic and when they are, they bring their point across in what could be considered a less aggressive, less whiny stance than we do.

If you want to understand the difference, look at the work ethic of Japanese vs American. I won't get drawn into a long discussion about this here, it's off topic and just not worth it. Speaking for myself from my own experience and knowledge, the actual, real life work ethic I see in the US is very poor compared to places like the UK or Germany. To my knowledge Japanese workers have a very strong work ethic and sense of honor and duty compared to most workers in most (all?) other developed nations. I believe that you can see the impact of these cultural differences expressed both in work ethic and the level of entitlement.

TL;DR Broadly speaking Japanese players expect to have to work hard for things, American and other English speaking (in particular) western gamers do not.

To be fair, NA fandoms in general have a tendency to react extremely harshly. Even assuming the devs do read this section. Can anyone blame them for not listening when half the first page has threads essentially calling them idiots? There's a good way to criticise. This isn't it.

Along with the entitlement, NA (and most English speaking) fandom reacts overly harshly. There is a point of view that says we have the right to express ourselves however we want, and this being the Internet, they go for it without fear of reprisal. I've always felt that rights come with responsibilities. If you want to have a right to do something, then you need to be prepared to be held accountable, and take responsibility for, the consequences of your action.