>"There are 312 million PC gamers in China. By 2023, analysts predict that number will reach 354 million, surpassing the total population of the United States and generating an estimated $16 billion in revenue. That alone is greater than the GDP of 90 different countries. But despite having the highest concentration of gamers worldwide, China's PC gaming scene is often misunderstood or treated as isolated from PC gaming everywhere else."
>"Over 24 percent of Steam users now have their language set to Simplified Chinese and Chinese players are downloading a whopping 40 petabytes of Steam games week after week, more than anywhere else in the world. Steam isn't even supposed to be accessible in China, yet more and more often, Chinese games not localized in English are reaching Steam's top sellers list, and Chinese gamers are flocking to games not even officially released in their country. More publishers, like Ubisoft, are looking to conform to China's strict censorship regulations in hopes of reaching its lucrative market. "
>"The State Council's ban on console games was just one of the ways China's communist party sought to control its videogame market. To restrict the flow of information between China and the outside world, the Chinese government has erected a great internet firewall that blocks any content it deems unsuitable. Google searches are altered to remove offensive results and sites like Twitch and Wikipedia are blocked outright. The film Bohemian Rhapsody was heavily censored in China, removing all references to Freddie Mercury's homosexuality, drug use, and battle with AIDS."
>League of Legends got popular and raised interest in pc gaming in china.
Is China saving (PC) gaming, Yea Forums? Will more and more companies make their video games chinese friendly?
>"Chinese PC gamers have long been familiar with the ways their games are altered to conform to censorship regulations. When Blizzard launched World of Warcraft in China, it famously doctored the appearance of its undead Forsaken race to make them look less dead, among many other changes. "They don't have a ratings board that says this game is for 18 and older or this game is for 12 and older," Hanson explains. "We have the ESRB, and they don't have that. Games need to be appropriate for all ages." "
>"Before the SAPP took over, two regulatory bodies oversaw the licensing and approval of videogames: The Ministry of Culture (MOC) and the State Administration of Press and Publications for Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT). The Chinese government didn't draw clear lines of responsibility for either agency, but the MOC was loosely responsible for monitoring the ongoing operation of online games, while the SAPPRFT approved games prior to release. "
>"Steam is an enigma in China. Despite the great lengths to which the Chinese government has gone to censor and regulate videogames, Steam and most of its games remain accessible to Chinese users. Only community features like forums and adult games are blocked on Steam in China."
>"The government's freeze on approvals has thawed, but only time will tell how rigorously and uniformly the SAPP will enforce censorship, and things are only getting more complex. Last week, Epic Games silently made its Epic Games Store available to Chinese consumers presumably without the proper government approval, effectively joining Steam as another mysterious hole through China's great internet firewall. But for the gamers and developers who have come to rely on Steam as a haven for uncensored games, and for the Chinese PC gaming industry as a whole, the future is uncertain. "
Play on Asian server Chinks do nothing but cheating Yea Forums complain about Russian or Brazilian often, you don't know how Chinks are the worst
William Barnes
Post webms of chinks dying because their country is permanently in alpha
Ayden Taylor
Remember that China is sub human and always will be
Anthony Carter
the main problem with russians and the monkeys is that they not speak english, making their already problematic group look far worse.
chinks are another problem entirely. they cheat in ridiculous numbers, enough to kill any game without region lock they play with enough numbers.
it's not only asians they fuck shit up in the AU servers too
Camden Jenkins
>Is China saving (PC) gaming, Yea Forums? No, it's killing it.
Levi Hall
Reminder that the only thing China is throttling is mobile gaming. If anything, China is killing PC gaming with how much bugmen they have singlehandedly killing multiplayer games.
Isaac Johnson
wheres all the china webms when you need em
Jack Wright
Region-lock chinks to their own containment servers in every single game and while we're at it, do the same with eastern europe.
Dominic Perry
>312 million pc gamers in a country of 1.5 billion the size of North America. I can see why theres so many despite chinese government desperately trying to ban having fun in the country. Theres simply too many fucking people in there to govern effectively.
Josiah Jones
no lie, if China ends up dictating the PC market and everyone starts catering to them, I'm 100% done with this hobby. I'm playing less and less vidya anyway
Jaxson Wood
Will there ever be a good Chinese developed game
Adam Barnes
imagine playing with a fucking survival game with Chinks.
>if China ends up dictating the PC market Not going to while their government keeps putting those blanket bans on games. Tencent is always going to basically make chinese versions of western games, instead of just western games being made for chinese.
Juan Mitchell
Cheating or Trickery is not actually something evil in China as long as your not caught and actually win. Its quiet strange, but they actually put a high value on winning and crushing your enmies, but always trying to maintain face.
Camden Taylor
Fucking this. What's the point in allowing them go outside their region anyway? Do they really want to play with a 300 ping?
Eli Bennett
We'll always have emulators and old games
Brody Fisher
So they're basically russians.
Jordan Long
They already have experience just from living their day to day lives.
Sebastian Price
Maybe if you lived in a fucked up dictatorship where people aren't allowed to visit western websites you would have different views.
What has this to do with videogames? How does joining a server or a host in EU/East coast improve their or anyone's gaming experience? They can't even speak English either.
>they not speak english looks like you don't either ESL-kun
Jeremiah Stewart
If the west had the same moral values like you, the place would look like yours as well. The fact that it doesnt is proof enough they dont share the same values.
Nathaniel Johnson
Where is the difference to our current vidya?
Lucas Gomez
>no u
This is the only "retort" you morons have. His point still stands though, every point and criticism in this thread and generally is still valid, all you do is pathetically trying to reflect the blame while never addressing the issue.
Juan Phillips
yeah they developed so rapidly that they even have hundreds of uninhabited ghost cities that definitely are not part of a housing bubble that will cause their shithole to collapse once and for all.
William Smith
Then stop playing shit games that attract them. I haven't seen any russians in monster hunter or dark souls multiplayer even though Im russian myself.
You are probably playing f2p garbage, so of course you will run into thirdworlders.
Daniel Anderson
Underclass Americans working three jobs are not having a much better live especially if they get injured.
