The Polarized Game Industry

*This article is an alternative to a sleeping pill*

**I wrote this in response to people like myself, commenting on games and platforms we either have little true interest in or will pass up entirely. We will only because there is a choice**

As time and technology progress, the gaming industry becomes even more polarized. Its been a while since you could walk up to a person and find out that they too play games and you instantly bond with them. Now you can walk into a gamestore, chat with a person of relative age, and have absolutely no common interests in games because there are so many gamer niches out there.

Western games, Japanese games, and physical games with DDR, Guitar Hero, and maybe the Wii. (Ahh physical games...remember photon and laser tag? Hmm, I didn't care for them much). Some of them are linked. Action games like Dead Rising and Resident Evil are more or less western games developed in Japan. Some games have the flavors of others, mixed breeds.

The industry is so huge now, you can be a fan of only specific types of games and have your gaming time totally occupied with the those. Asking people who are set in their ways to try another is going to amount to asking them to enjoy a different food or type of music. You think - how can they miss out on this!? Obviously they can. Open minded is one thing, but when you have little time to play games...and you going to spend your time playing the ones you like less to "branch out" or because someone tells you its better? Nope. You have a choice now and its not limited.

If you're in to Western games mainly, you barely have to go beyond the PC to get your fill. Since MS jumped into the industry with the Xbox, you have even more. Playstation 1 ans 2 successfully had full support of Western, Japanese, and Physical games. The PS2 really pulled that off. If you like Japanese games you could possibly love final fantasy and JRPG's but have no interest in the Wii. Some people love all games. Most like certain kinds only. Its all about choice. Not, "take this pong and like it..because its all we've got!".