Spelmakarlegendaren Shigeru Miyamoto har snackat med 4Gamer om hur den japanska spelbranschen mår just nu. Ett uttalande som stack ut handlade om svårighetsgrader i spel. Enligt Miyamoto gillar japaner inte svåra actionspel, som enligt honom ofta kommer från USA.
"The issue is that Japanese who cannot overcome the level of difficulty in an action game no longer want to play them. This perception then spreads to all games as a whole, and people avoid them because they see them as difficult," berättar Miyamoto.
Miyamoto menar att vi i väst njuter av actionutmaningar mer, att vi härdar ut och tränar upp våra färdigheter.
"It's action games which really demand a certain level of skill. Right, some players just enjoy playing, some prefer to finish it, and some prefer greater challenge. People looking for a challenge will dismiss an easily cleared game as 'easy.' But by making things too difficult, the people who just want to play get driven off. I always wanted to accommodate both types."
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