Because it's so rare in every other media too. Almost everything 'big' comes from the US. Most popular music/films/games. And yet here is the biggest of them all coming out of Scotland. It's the equivalent of the American summer blockbuster but not American. I asked my non-CG related friends where they thought this game…
I think it just proves your non-CG friends don't know about games :) The best-selling games of all are almost always Japanese, and I assume most gamers know that - Mario and Pokemon titles own the top twenty. GTA is pretty much the one exception as console best sellers go. I think people would mistake the GTA series for…