I remember Valorant being massive in Japan yet they still lack many good t1 talents and it’s not like the Japanese scene is underdeveloped either so what went wrong?
Japanese scene has been on a decline since 2021
japan does have a weird issue of viewing esports as just entertainment instead of something to aspire to play, japanese owcs also has this same issue where people watch the game for fun instead of actually playing it. my theory is that due to the working culture people dont have time to actually play the game so instead they just watch it