During an interview with Avwatch, Shuhei Yoshida, former head of the Indie PlayStation sector, said that the arrival of Nier: Automata marked a real rebirth for the Japanese videogame industry. Bringing the industry in difficulty. \ r \ nil turning point came with Nier: Automata, a game (which you find on Amazon) born without worrying too much about the foreign market and which instead achieved a worldwide success thanks to its strong Japanese identity. The key was to return to realizing games deeply rooted in Japanese culture, because the international public would have appreciated them anyway. “The Japanese industry is reborn thanks to Nier,” said Yoshida, highlighting that the game marked a first and after in the sector. Of Yoshida is fascinating and reflects an important truth: when the Japanese industry has tried to distort itself to chase the western taste, it has lost its identity and, with it, its unique value. Fantasy VII Rebirth.