Spørger man nogle, så har eksempelvis Final Fantasy-serien lidt under, at Square Enix gradvist har ønsket at tjene et globalt publikum, snarere end et lokalt, japansk et af slagsen, men noget tyder på at den tid nu er forbi.
I et interview med Yahoo Japan fortæller Square Enix-chef Yosuke Matsuda, at selvom at deres spil sælger godt globalt, så ønsker de primært at fastholde deres unikke identitet:
"Nowadays, the games market is globalised. The domestic market used to be big, but now it is behind China and the US. If you are not recognised globally, you are not in business. But interestingly, if Japanese developers try to imitate Western games, they cannot make good ones. The designs of the monsters, and the visual and audio effects, are all still somewhat Japanese. And players around the world know that this is what makes Japanese games good."
Måske er det grunden til at japanske spil primært bibeholder en speciel visuel og mekanisk stil?