Microsoft has been trying to get Japanese developers into the boat and even invested heavily in the early 360 generation. But it just didn’t work. No one bought their console and their Japanese studios and partners pretty much failed. I even give them a part of the blame for why the Japanese videogame industry went…

I hope you’re right.

I can pretty much agree to everything in this post. However: people tend to forget the European gaming market. It’s true that Japan’s Vita market share is incredibly huge for one country alone (about a third). But Europe has another third, while the last third is shared between the US and the rest of the world.

If you mean, that it won’t come, to vita, I have to correct you it’s been announced for the vita long ago. I think it even had a stretch goal.

Looks great, IMO. I’ll get it for PS Vita as soon as it releases. :D

Yeah Horizon is great. :D I love playing those Hatsune Miku games o nthe Vita. Project Diva F was the first Japanese games, I imported.

Well, it’s really hard to argue, which games should be on the list and which don’t. Because a) it’s all just opinions of Kotaku’s staff (the waterproof reason for everything) and b) the list has developed into recommending less obvious picks instead of just highlighting the most obvious games. On that note, I would…

Yes is simpleness is fascinating, while at the same time, you feel the love in that game.

I wish, I’d found this article a little earlier (or that you’d have written it a little later, anyhow the timing is a little off for me commenting), however!

Ohhh yes. ^^ im waiting for those three. I would play a hell lot of Xenosaga iii again. ^^

Actually yes. This Eternal Ring (As a PS2 classic).

I’m not sure, if I can relate to the will to play a game without seeing anything.

Some self-promotion, but somehow related: For those who are interested in Ghibli-esque movies in the future:

That depends on taste and other circumstances. With other circumstances, I mean that I for example commute to work by train. So I’ve got many hours per week, just to burn for indie games, visual novels and niche stuff like that. When I’m at home, my free time feels really precious and I don’t really have the time for…

It’s not quite dead. there are still games coming out for it, but I know where you’re coming from.

I wonder why people make fun of or criticize one way or another to purchase stuff. This is part of what I like about PlayStation. You have the freedom to decide whether you go physical or retail.

That’s the reason, the message is telling people to at least play one more playthrough. You should at least see it through one more ending. Then you’ll see what the message is all about.

“If I didn’t know any better—and if I took Square Enix’s message literally—I might just call it quits.”

and...

This brings me back about 13 years ago...