Resident Evil 5 Producer Jun Takeuchi has recently voiced his concern regarding the increase in popularity among Western videogame developers in Japan.
The country, which is synonymous with videogames, has slowly been losing its grip on its home field as developers from the West have started production on a number of high profile games targeted towards Japanese gamers.
"I’m worried about the movements of Western developers. Japan is now their target – it’s the last big marketplace," he told Famitsu. "The truth is that Western studios are making great games, and they’re going to continue to do so next year too."
Unfortunately, Takeuchi didn’t reveal which developers or games he has in mind for this point of view, but he did make it apparent that Capcom has some special titles lined up for 2009.
"It’s not good if Japanese developers are making games that can’t be enjoyed by Japanese people," said Takeuchi. "2009 will also see Resident Evil 5 finally released, and it’ll also then see us on to our next step. We haven’t shown what Capcom has in store for 2009 yet, so I hope we can surprise you all soon."
Here’s hoping that Capcom will surprise gamers with some announcements at CES 2009 – we’d love to be in attendance for whatever this illustrious developer/publisher has up their sleeves.