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Famitsu encourages Japanese gamers into FPS
A game magazine Famitsu is trying to encourage Japanese gamers into FPS games, but will it work?
By Antti 'drinn' Paasivaara
Jun 8, 2008 13:59
A game magazine Famitsu is trying to encourage Japanese gamers into FPS games, but will it work?An 8-page article has been released (via NeoSeeker.com) by Famitsu, where the magazine is trying to encourage Japanese gamers into First-Person-Shooter (FPS) genre. The article kicks off with a pinky theme and a typical Japanese girl holding a fake gun and saying, "Shall we shoot a little?", which is the main title of the article.
Famitsu created a quizz, which asked the readers whether they have any experience of playing FPS or Third-Person-Shooter (TPS) type of games. According to this quizz, only 74.8% of the readers have played FPS games, and 51% want to play again.
Regular opinions of the FPS or TPS games were: "I'm not interested," "The games seem difficult", "I'm worried about playing them because I'm a beginner," and finally "I don't know what the point of these games is," which seem to be the main problem of why there is not that many Japanese gamers within the electronic sports community, or just them playing shooter games.
Famitsu created a quizz, which asked the readers whether they have any experience of playing FPS or Third-Person-Shooter (TPS) type of games. According to this quizz, only 74.8% of the readers have played FPS games, and 51% want to play again.
"I don't know what the point of these games is."
Regular opinions of the FPS or TPS games were: "I'm not interested," "The games seem difficult", "I'm worried about playing them because I'm a beginner," and finally "I don't know what the point of these games is," which seem to be the main problem of why there is not that many Japanese gamers within the electronic sports community, or just them playing shooter games.
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whats the point of fighting games? to KO the opponent.
whats the point of fps games? to kill the opponent.
seems like a similar enough goal to me.
Sudden Attack is becoming kind of popular here, but it's been 3 years that everyone plays it in Korea.
Counter-Strike is kinda dead at the moment... (no tournaments, only 1 league and played rarely)
There is JESPA (Japan eSports Association), but it's very new. They made some show matches vs Korea, in games like Street Basketball, Dark Resurrection Online or StarCraft.
Anyone interested in Japanese eSports scene can take a look here -> http://negitaku.org/
That's why Japanese gamers prefer PlayStation to computer.
Especially when you're in senior high you have to study a lot, you're likely to be involved in after-school activities too.
there just isn't any time to play games, especially if you aim for a good university
the 2-3 years you spend at university there are pretty much the only period Japanese youths have some 'spare time', but who'd waste it on games if it's that precious?
After university you start your job or get married to become a housewife. It's not unusual that kids don't see their fathers because they go to bed before they come back from work. Holidays are rare; unlike here people are quite likely not to take off all the days available to them.
Don't be fooled by the impression the media here in the west gives you about Japan.
Games are indeed popular, but the older you get the less accepted playing games becomes (well, you can go to a Pachinko parlor :D but that's more gambling than a game)
and those who are still playing games excessively when they are older are pretty much outcasts, unemployed shut-ins without friends ;). The Japanese society isn't exactly known to be merciful or helping people, explains the pretty high suicide rate they have :>
The university times are such a joke, and whatever you study, you will basically have the same valor for an employer because they are looking not the degree you had but the university you went. Around 12 hours a week, no homework, skiping classes is okay, coming 30minutes late also. Theonly thing which could take time is the circles and clubs.
They are spending such a huge amount of time on arcade games (each time i'm going there, i just think some people have too much spare time) or whatever, it's not really a time problem, it's more a "we're not used to play computer games" problem.