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Many of the programmers are very stubborn and want to do everything their own
way even if it means they have no tools and have to do everything by hand. I’m not
sure where that attitude comes from. I can only guess different things like
1) Japanese colleges don’t teach that much programming. A programming major
may actually graduate without having ever programmed.
2) Also, generally, Japanese employees have that whole “the nail that sticks out gets
hammered down” thing; so speaking up about a better way might be slightly harder
to do than in the West.
As far as the no programming in college thing. I’m sure that’s not always the case;
but from what I’ve gathered, it’s not uncommon, or at least used to be not
uncommon, for it to go like this: You cram your ass off in junior high school/high
school to get into a respected college in your chosen major. You then party at college
for a couple of years, because having gotten into your college of choice in your major
or choice, guarantees you’ll get a good job. You then get your job, which you expect
to keep for life. The company takes you untrained, but with the piece of paper
(diploma) that says that you worked really hard to get into your college; therefore,
you’ll work really hard for them learning how to do what they teach you. They then
assign you to someone, your sempaii, to train you. And so, that’s how you learn your
skill, not at college. That also means they can pay you complete shit, because you
come with no skills.
Well, I haven’t noticed too many shortcomings in Japanese games. What do they
bring to the process that allows them to make such good games?
Perfectionism. It’s surprising all the little details they concentrate on that an American
developer would just ship with. That’s not to say they are implemented in a welldesigned
and flexible way from a code point of view, but from an end user point of
view, they are very polished.