bkev said:
I think this issue is more a problem with the audience, though. Still, I do wonder how Japanese companies treat their game devs...
Computer Programmers aren't well-respected in Japanese society. This is partly due to the hardware-centric culture of Japanese business during the 1980s.
As you can see in the following images, NES Programmers at Nintendo in the late 80s didn't really work in the best of conditions...
They're working on ANCIENT (even for the time! ~1979) HP 64000 mainframe computers.
Now look at the workspace of the Graphics Designer. Need I say more?
