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Title Video Game Wars: Japan
Published TVF, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 minutes) : .flv file, sound
Summary Throughout the 80's and 90's Japan was a global force in video games, with mega hits in the gaming arcades such as Pac Man, before dominating the console market through Nintendo and Sega with iconic games such as Mario and Sonic. By 1995, Japan controlled 80% of the global console market and 50% of the global video game market. However, today Japan controls just 10% of the global video game market, with stiff competition arising in the form of eSports and mobile gaming, as well as regional competition from Korea and China which has re-shaped the gaming universe. But Japan is not taking things lying down. With new developments in the past few years including the highly popular Nintendo Switch, and new gaming favourites such as Animal Crossing, Japan is making a strong comeback. Featuring gaming experts and enthusiasts from around the world, as well as cutting-edge graphics and diverse gaming footage, we explore the incredible rise and fall of Japan's gaming industry, as well as the road to its promising return
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Film
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Event Originally produced by TVF in 2021
Notes In English
Subject Asians.
Mass media and culture.
Mass media.
History, Modern.
Computer science.
History.
Documentary films.
Business.
mass media.
history (discipline)
business (commercial function)
Asians
Business
Computer science
Documentary films
History
History, Modern
Mass media
Mass media and culture
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Ahlmark, Nicholas, film director
Swyer, Nick, film director
TVF (Firm)
Kanopy (Firm)