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Poopfeast420
discuss.tchncs.de

So, apparently this headline is just totally misleading.

Browser games were huge in Japan, but that market collapsed (and probably all moved to Mobile), but the "hardcore" PC gaming we'd typically think of, has grown massively.

On Steam, Japanese language has grown from 0.85% in July 2015, to 2.56% in July 2025.

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vividspecterreply
aussie.zone

On Steam, Japanese language has grown from 0.85% in July 2015, to 2.56% in July 2025.

Is that Steam users that have set Japanese as their main language or the proportion of games that include Japanese language support?

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gravitas_deficiency
sh.itjust.works

That’s a rather long way of saying “population be agin’”

Japan’s been going through demographic collapse, and has been for a little bit now. Korea, too, is looking squirrelly with regard to pop age balance.

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