Feelplus president Ray Nakazato said that the Japanese market is producing less higher-end, technically advanced games than its counterparts because it lacks the lengthy history with PC development that Western developers have.

"We need to look at the overseas market more seriously," Nakazato told Gamasutra. "I think one big factor is that in Western gaming market there is a long history of PC games. A long and big market with the PC games, so I think there are a lot of great developers and creators who kept making PC games."

The advent of engines built from the ground up for cross-platform development, as well as piracy and sales concerns, have moved several traditionally PC-focused developers towards the console business in recent years.

"I think [for] this generation of consoles, finally those people started showing up in the console game arena," Nakazato added. "That's one big reason that Japan also seems to be a little behind in that arena."