Who gets the game first, who plays the games longer. Statistically its Japan. Why do games come to the us? We have 3x as many citizens, and don’t limit things like games. The facts are that these games are funded and popularized by Japan first then come to the US months or years later. They would never be just released here first cause chances are they wouldn’t be as popular. Singular sales numbers are not the best metric you can use. Or even the only metric you should use.

Hate to break it to you but final fantasy is more popular in Japan, gets realized in Japan first, and is primarily supported for the Japanese’s community. Yes the Franchise has worldwide appeal but it’s made for Japan.

Same with monster Hunter to a lesser extent. We get the game months after Japan. There aren’t even dual releases. This is kind of a “America is the center of the world” argument.