The reflection of Japanese culture in videogames

Stolyarchuk Olga Sergeevna

This article is about importance Japanese culture in games for Europeans and how Japanese gaming companies integrates elements of Japanese culture in their products. In 70-80s Japanese game industry have influenced on not only economics of Japan, but on many other countries’ aspects of life by adding parts of Japanese culture in their games, that is hypothesis of research. Research methods are analysis, synthesis and modeling. As a result of research, author makes the conclusion that nowadays Japanese videogames are not only kind of entertainment, but the art like cinematography and animation, too.

Keywords:Japan, culture, videogames, market, technologies, game industry, software, development.