Sony worldwide presidentShuhei Yoshida thinks that Japan is more open to Western games now. He cites games likeUncharted: Golden Abyssbeing one of the top preordered games for Vita in Japan as a sign of this change.
Japanese people traditionally have a strong local preference, particularly with the manga style look of characters that they love,” he said to theEU PlayStation Blog. “But as technology and presentation advances in games likeUnchartedandCall of Duty, they are rightly seeing their quality.”
Unchartedbeing near the top of the preorder heap is impressive when you consider that the Vita launched with 24 titles in Japan. It was only second to the newHot Shots Golftitle.
Yoshida gives Harrison Ford a bit of credit, though: “Also, it helps that SCEJ paid a lot of money to get Harrison Ford to appear on TV playingUncharted!”
