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muji
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 Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject: Video Games Culture |
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Hey Guys
Anyone know much about the video game culture / scene in Japan?
Apparently in Korea it's an enormous part of everyday life, and PC Baang gaming centers act as social hubs.
Is there a similar thing in Japan? Or is video gaming generally confined to the home?
Is PC gaming as big there as it is in the West? Or are consoles the preferred medium? Are the same games that are popular in the west big in Japan? Or are different types of games more popular there? |
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Hoser
Joined: 19 Mar 2005
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Gamecentres (ie arcades) are pretty popular here. I've never actually seen a PC Baang in Japan but that doesn't mean they don't exist. IMHO, pc games aren't all that important in Japan. |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Hoser wrote: |
| Gamecentres (ie arcades) are pretty popular here. I've never actually seen a PC Baang in Japan but that doesn't mean they don't exist. IMHO, pc games aren't all that important in Japan. |
Surprisingly, so few have PCs at home. Nintendos are huge here. |
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gaijinalways
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| There are a few PC game centers here, but I too have seen some Korean ones here (in Shin Okubo, near what they call the Asian street area). |
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muji
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Any idea how much First Person Shooters like CounterStrike are played in Japan? Big thing, or no? |
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markle
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't game myself but as a passing observation I'd say no. Consoles and consoles networked to the web are by far and away the main thing. They also tend to be locally developed games rather than the big international ones. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| muji wrote: |
| Any idea how much First Person Shooters like CounterStrike are played in Japan? Big thing, or no? |
This type of thing is much bigger in Korea than in Japan. The WOW stuff is much bigger in Korea than in Japan. The professional gaming community is much bigger in Korea than in Japan. |
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furiousmilksheikali
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| South Korea is not only a far bigger gaming society than Japan, but South Korea is the most online nation in the world, by percentage. Next time you play Counterstrike online just look at how many of the players are Korean compared to the number of Japanese online. |
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canuck
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
| South Korea is not only a far bigger gaming society than Japan, but South Korea is the most online nation in the world, by percentage. Next time you play Counterstrike online just look at how many of the players are Korean compared to the number of Japanese online. |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/ |
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