{"id":35783,"date":"2024-08-21T17:23:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=35783"},"modified":"2024-10-15T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T01:48:13","slug":"silent-hill-2s-original-art-director-brings-up-the-games-lack-of-popularity-in-japan-compared-to-the-west-as-he-observes-the-same-thing-happen-with-the-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2s-original-art-director-brings-up-the-games-lack-of-popularity-in-japan-compared-to-the-west-as-he-observes-the-same-thing-happen-with-the-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill 2\u2019s original art director brings up the game\u2019s lack of popularity in Japan compared to the West as he observes the same thing happen with the remake\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With its October 8 launch just around the corner, anticipation for Konami and Bloober Team\u2019s upcoming revamp of the 2001 horror classic <strong>Silent Hill 2 <\/strong>has been on a continuous rise. The atmospheric Story Trailer released on August 20, as well as numerous positive early impressions from the media, have helped dispel many of the concerns people had about the project following its initial announcement. But how are things going over in Japan?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SH2 (First Reveal)    SH2R (Story Trailer) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5lAsRNXBt\">pic.twitter.com\/u5lAsRNXBt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e (@RuleTimeSpace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuleTimeSpace\/status\/1825433690001797560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the release of Silent Hill 2\u2019s latest trailer on YouTube, Ito Masahiro, who was the art director of the original Silent Hill 2 and is also involved in the remake\u2019s development, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adsk4\/status\/1825866105451401489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared<\/a> on his personal X account a post about how many times the Japanese version of the trailer has been viewed compared to the English version. The original poster of the comparison points out the game\u2019s overwhelmingly high popularity overseas, noting how the English-language trailer has 20 times more views than the Japanese one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoting this post, Ito comments, \u201cUnfortunately, Silent Hill 2 has been much more popular in the West\/Overseas than in Japan since the release of the original.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this is not to say that Silent Hill 2\u2019s remake is encountering negative reception, if the numerous positive comments from Japanese gamers are anything to go by. It is most likely not Ito\u2019s intention to measure popularity based on YouTube views either, however, he has on several occasions talked about Silent Hill 2\u2019s relative lack of popularity in Japan when compared to the ovations it receives in the West. Back in 2019, the creator talked about the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adsk4\/status\/1087991672624107520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initial sales being bumpy<\/a> in Japan, as well as how the title met ridicule online for not being a \u201clegitimate\u201d sequel to its predecessor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1146\" height=\"640\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-001.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill 2\" class=\"wp-image-35787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-001.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-001-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-001-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The poor commercial performance of Silent Hill 2 even led to Konami attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adsk4\/status\/1087991672624107520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lowball Silent Hill 3<\/a> with a proposal for an arcade spin-off-type game. Although this proposal ended up being abandoned, it squandered precious time and money, affecting the quality of Silent Hill 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on Silent Hill 2\u2019s reception in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adsk4\/status\/1143644741222842368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another post<\/a> from 2019, Ito says in English, \u201cSilent Hill 2 took soooo long time to be somewhat popular. In Japan it still has not been somewhat popular. Many people like Pyramid Head but most of them don&#8217;t know SH2. Unfortunately, this is REAL LIFE.\u201d The artist has not gone into detail about the reasons for this gap, but has on one occasion stated that the game \u201cabsolutely didn&#8217;t match the trend of the time\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adsk4\/status\/1413395886722273281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in response to a fan<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1309\" height=\"767\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1309px) 100vw, 1309px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-002.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill 2\" class=\"wp-image-35789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-002.jpg 1309w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-002-380x223.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240821-35783-002-768x450.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he has mentioned that Silent Hill 2\u2019s status in Japan has gradually improved, Ito&#8217;s recent response to the reception of the title\u2019s remake suggests that he is still conscious of the disparity in how the game is seen in its country of origins vs in the West. Perhaps Bloober Team\u2019s earnest efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2-remakes-producer-says-the-original-japanese-devs-wanted-more-changes-than-bloober-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faithfully remake<\/a> Silent Hill 2 will help the title get the attention it deserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.konami.com\/games\/silenthill\/2r\/gate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silent Hill 2<\/a> is scheduled to be released on October 8 on PC (Steam) and PS5. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Hill 2 art Director Masahiro Ito comments on the game&#8217;s lasting lack of popularity in Japan when compared to the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":35786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,259],"class_list":["post-35783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-silent-hill"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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