when are you guys gonna actually start doing well
Crazy comparison, Brazil played CS since 1.6 or GO, Japan had 1.6(probably) but at GO the only ones that close to being relevant(they're not) was Absolute..
While Brazil had a huge amount of PC gamers for so long, PC gaming in Japan only started to be relevant when Apex came out.
Being a 4th world country or 1st doesn't matter when there's no interest yet...
Bro is so wrong about the economy thing. Problem with Japan is just the console gaming popularity over PC gaming for so long. Unlike Korea or even china where PC gaming took off a long time ago, the PC gaming scene in Japan has been growing for a very short time which is why Japan is so weak at PC eSports scene. Even then only valo and apex have been popular there and only now is foundation for the eSports scene growing there.
PC cafe in Japan is about 5-10 times more expensive than korean pc bang. It usually costs around 1000 yen for 3hours and it's not something you can go everyday, nor every week when people have bills to pay. Also going to internet cafe to play fps games weren't common since you usually go there to read manga rather than play games
Yeah, you're right 1000yen+ for 3 hours quite pricy
When i watch smashlog tv in hangout esports area (toraneco as MC) with meiy, neth, rion and ade
they're introduce esports arena to jp val community, i hope that content makes some val enjoyers more interest to playing fps game in japanese pc bang and there is gonna be common things, not only for reading manga hehe
maybe more affordable price If it's possible 😅
PC gaming in Japan needs to be mainstream for quite some time, look at China and Korea, they have been playing PC games since the concept even exists, while in Japan at that time PC games are mainly Hentai games and Love simulator. This needs time, meaning the PC gaming needs to have a hold in Japan and not just become a fad ( only exists for 5 years then everyone back to console).
Playerbase itself, currently Valorant is just a "spectator sports" in Japan, this is great meaning there's an incentive for the region to improve, since the demand is there, but the playerbase are lacking. Talent only comes from the playerbase, when your player base is small meaning there's less talent to pick up, academy team can help relieve this issue, but ultimately there needs to be a larger playerbase.
Essentialy PC gaming culture needs to take root. It will take time, it took Korea from Cs 1.6 to pubg or overwatch to be great (Idk how accurate when exactly their fps become good but it's not that they're) and China too. Expecting Japan to do good in 4 years timespan is crazy if imma be honest, which is why my whole point when I'm speaking about VCJ is about how to make the region better.
As a EU guy who has worked in JP for more than 2 years, I can assure you that everything is just starting for the JP scene.
There are a lot of talent which gets more and more experience and understanding of the 5x5 tactical FPS like VALORANT.
Not having a solid CS scene hurts them obviously, so the teamplay experience in many different aspects is just building.
Most of the things that set the level in VALORANT came from the CS experience and you need time to develop this in Japan.
Things take time and we already see that year's competition level is rising. I think that the JP scene will be very solid in the upcoming years.
Thank you.
Obviously the trio from RIDDLE and other players from ZETA AC. All of them are just starting and already have some very decent experience.
In Challengers Absol was a beast for Murash. Nobita from SG had such a great season. Hands from FAV is so good and it's sad they did not qualify for this year's challengers, I think they are a very decent team. RC's Brian is very good as well, as far as I understand it was one of his first serious teams and he came out of their AC. Muto was very good for the RC also. Tenzou from SZ is very good as well. RIA has great potential, he helped us a lot last year and I hope he'll get his chance.
When we had an AC in FENNEL in the past, we had some players with good potential. BinBin is probably the guy I remember the most. SG's AC had some good prospects as well.
I'm sure there are a lot more and I'm missing someone.