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Originally Posted by tastebud
lets not forget though, that even in europe action games etc are much more popular than adventure games. they just havent died out as much as stateside
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I suspect the answer is to be found in this article.
http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?index=456
Written in 2002, it's still applicable today (if not more so).
US companies tend to be so obsessed with maximizing profits that they are blinded by statistics. They focus almost completely on the target audience that they see as their biggest customers -- or the most vulneraible to advertising.
