unfortunately, Japan companies notoriously don’t give a shit about earning money by making their fans (especially international fans) happy.
generally Japan companies’ main motivation for fandom is to create niche one-off experiences in inconvenient locations at inconvenient times in a way that only Japan residents with lots of free time and disposable income can participate. because that makes those participants feel special and elite in an exclusive secret “ultra rich aristocratic” feeling club.
Japan society rarely gives residents the feeling of being special and valued in social groups or even family, so they feel strongly enough to spend and charge exorbitantly for the experience.
Shout out to Nintendo requiring to go to a store at certain dates to get special Pokémon which cannot be obtained any other way legitimately. Do they still do this shit?
unfortunately, Japan companies notoriously don’t give a shit about earning money by making their fans (especially international fans) happy.
generally Japan companies’ main motivation for fandom is to create niche one-off experiences in inconvenient locations at inconvenient times in a way that only Japan residents with lots of free time and disposable income can participate. because that makes those participants feel special and elite in an exclusive secret “ultra rich aristocratic” feeling club.
Japan society rarely gives residents the feeling of being special and valued in social groups or even family, so they feel strongly enough to spend and charge exorbitantly for the experience.
Shout out to Nintendo requiring to go to a store at certain dates to get special Pokémon which cannot be obtained any other way legitimately. Do they still do this shit?