Yoshi-P: "...the future of the Japanese game industry isn't that bright..."

[Rufalus]

Pretty insightful comments from Yoshi-P in the latest Live Letter, and probably the first time I've seen a Japanese game developer express a feeling that western studios were producing superior games.

But I kinda disagree with him. I do likes me some Fallout or Witcher, but I still think today's JRPGs are better than western RPGs, and FFXIV is the best MMORPG out there today (but that's damning with faint praise).

There's actually been a tidal wave of Japanese developers in the last 5 years expressing that western developers have overtaken, among them Keiji Inafune and Hideo Kojima.

I agree with you, and not them - I've always very strongly preferred Japanese games, such as Final Fantasy and everything from Nintendo. Although I do like Bethesda a lot, I still prefer the style of FF when it comes to RPG.