There’s an interesting discussion here of how other country’s economies and cultures impacted their gaming.

But framing it as erasure, gentrification, Sinophobia, etc., seems totally unnecessary. Americans discuss gaming from their perspective and based on their own experiences and that’s OK. That’s authentic. If your perspective and experience is different, and of interest to a broader audience, just share it with the world!

Yeah, I feel like they reach for that simplistic framing because it appeals to our sense of justice. They didn’t want you to learn about this, but I’m telling you anyway!

But the truth is closer to what you’re saying - Americans dominate international media and culture to the point where it’s hard for local culture to survive. There doesn’t need to malice involved, and there certainly isn’t in this case, but for some people it makes the world easier to understand.

I didn’t grow up with consoles or graphics cards. I played Pokémon on game boy emulators because that’s all that would run on my computer. But no one prevents me from talking about that, by any means. Here I am on HN, talking about it.