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Post Dating Sim games in English
So it seems to me that other than a handful of flash dating sim games, several of which are from Forkheads, most of the English language dating sim games are targeted towards women/girls. Whereas, from my understanding, in Japan and the rest of the "Eastern World" dating sims are usually targeted at men. Why is it that it became geared towards women here, or why isn't it more geared towards women there?

Or am I wrong? Are there actually a lot of English dating sims geared towards men (other than translated ones)?

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I think that in the west it is consider generally a girl thing, and thats why you need to import it from other places. But hey, that's why J-List showed up. <.<

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Hold on a second, jethro! Does this mean that we're the J-List when it comes to hentai games in the west?

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Post Re: Dating Sim games in English
Well, I think he was talking about J-List in terms of importers/translators... or are you guys translating dating sims now?

Well, whatever. Yea, it does seem to be perceived as a girl thing in the west for some reason, which was my point, but why? Why is it one way in Japan, where as far as I can tell it originates, and another thing here? How did it even translate over like this? Or did dating sims emerge on their own in both places but with the different target audiences?

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Post Re: Dating Sim games in English
Hmm... I'm not into dating sims games but I think it's about different psyche. Not very long ago I've watched a documentary movie about sexuality and relationships in Japan. Over there it became quite a big problem. As we all know, societies in highly advenced countries are getting older since less children is getting born and couples decide to have one in older age. That's a social thing so I won't explain roots of such behavior and it's not the topic of this conversation.
Anyway if people don't get enough sex or relationship - they start looking for a substitute. Japan is considered as one of most advenced countries, that's a fact. In Japan finding substitute for sex isn't such a big problem, they have masses of toys, rooms to rent for jerking off to some porn, highly suphisticated and realistic dolls etc. Main problem are relationships.
Mentality of a women is little different than a man, they can more easily substitute is for any other social life such as clubs, work, going animal crazy like come old cat-lady... on the other side man are a little more picky when it comes to any substitute for women's warmth.
But if there's a need market will respond to it. To me - that's how dating sims were born and that's why they were mainly designed for man.

Next part is why they are more likely popular in here among girls, well I would say it's also our eastern societies mentality fault. Let's be clear most of us live in societies where man playing something as dating sim would be considered, wierd, stupid, childlish or just that dude is such failure that he can't get a girl so he runs into a virtual reality. Also many of us live in societies that were for a long time under influence of church, which has treated exposing of sexuality, eagerness for relationships and such whithout marriage as forbidden/ unpleasant thing.
So any other deviations from standards made by them became taboo.
Anyway Girls are treated a little with more freedom, many strange things may pass as long as they look cute, girly etc. And most of dating sims look like that. There's a big difference and judgement of society in appeal between girl and boy when one hears that he/she plays childlish games. Boy = pedophile or hentai when Girl = that's kind of cute.

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Post Re: Dating Sim games in English
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Well, I think he was talking about J-List in terms of importers/translators... or are you guys translating dating sims now?

Well, whatever. Yea, it does seem to be perceived as a girl thing in the west for some reason, which was my point, but why? Why is it one way in Japan, where as far as I can tell it originates, and another thing here? How did it even translate over like this? Or did dating sims emerge on their own in both places but with the different target audiences?


Actually, we have a small 'translation" project going - we just need more team members, since I'm knee-deep in the final phases coding of this mad crazy ass game. We're hoping to start up with doujins, and move towards games as our technical skills improve.

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