I still think FROM's games present enough of a unique blend of gameplay elements, some of which are borrowed and some of which are completely new (regardless of whether you can track them back to some 80s influence) to be regarded as their own RPG, a JRPG.

I dunno, if you look at the fromsoft games and all the games coming out now being described as "soulslike". I'd say that while the traditional JRPG has fallen by the wayside, the Japanese have spawned a new RPG subgenre.

Card hunter

Totally wrong.

For one Japanese people still have high PC ownership, just not gaming PCs.

I agree its a cultural thing and I also agree that the Japanese PC market won't be growing significantly anytime soon, it has nothing to do with what you've said.

The Koreans on average work even longer hours than the Japanese now (google it) and yet PC gaming is the reigning king. The same point applies to China also.

Its just a unique and mostly isolated gaming culture that likes to compartmentalize their things, they see the PC as a work machine and hand helds or consoles as entertainment machines.

Actually he isn't too far from the truth.

The truth is PC gaming is huge in China and Korea but a wasteland in Japan. There are special limitations on how many hours kids can play MMO games in China and Korea.

There IS a chinese internet addiction camp.

So hes not too far from the truth.

lol +1

So sick of hearing a CCR song everytime theres a vietnam game trailer

yeh we have to EBay expensive originals now :(