Katsuhiro Harada, mest känd som producent av Tekken-serien har länge varit en kritiker av japansk spelutveckling. Att döma utifrån en intervju är han fortfarande inte nöjd, men medger dock att det faktiskt blivit lite bättre.
När han tillfrågades om den starka återkomsten för japanska serier som Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, The Legend of Zelda och Tekken sade han att det inte ändrats så mycket - men medgav ändå att det blivit lite bättre:
"I was one of the first people, back in the nineties, to say that Japanese game development is over and I haven't really changed my opinion. There are a few hits like you mentioned, but Japan was once seen as being at the top of game development. Then it fell right down, and while it might be a bit better [than a few years ago], it hasn't really changed all that much. Compared to the USA, over there you have a lot more game developers just because of the population. You have a lot more funding. Just the scale and scope of development is something Japan can't really compete with. Although there are a few titles that only Japanese can make - and sometimes they do quite well - it's not like Japan will ever be back on top of game development. That's our position: it's a realistic view, I guess you could say. We're not too high, but we're not too low."
Håller du med Harada om att Japan aldrig kommer bli nummer ett igen, men att de har förbättrats något?
