China is the world’s biggest gaming market, where a culture of creativity has flourished – so please do not conflate companies and players with a repressive regime that cracks down on individual expression
ne of the most popular video games in the world today is Chinese. Not that everyone would be aware of the fact, or would care, but that game is Genshin Impact and it was created by Shanghai-based miHoYo. Its style and characters are greatly influenced by anime, and many players might have thought Genshin was Japanese-developed; it is telling that miHoYo is inspired by that country’s culture.
This plays into the hands of the Chinese Communist party, which likes to influence the country’s commerce, businesses and people in such a way as to maintain the illusion that all of them fall under the one-party system every single second. Reality and perception are not the same, however, and it is often more constructive, not to mention more humane, to see how creativity and entrepreneurship flourishes and develops from the ground up.
Previously there was an extended freeze as China’s national regulator stopped granting licences for new games to be sold, but the situation thawed when the government realised the economy was faltering. Like any business wanting to expand, China’s games companies have invested overseas and want to become major international players. Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of Chinese indies and games that are incredibly creative, inventive and unique.
Vast domestic market … young people take part in an Honor of Kings games tournament in Yantai, Shandong province, this May.And why wouldn’t they? In the vast domestic market, the likes of Tencent and its rival NetEase have grown thanks to local titles such as Honor of Kings and Fantasy Westward Journey. Before a recent crackdown on the video games industry, and tech companies in general, which began two years ago , video games were one of the most dynamic parts of the economy.
Brilliant Chinese games such as Self , Cruel Bands Career , and Otaku’s Adventure are quirky, bold and often contain a distinctively Chinese sense of humour that combines irony wackiness, and an existential loser-dom. This is characteristic of modern Chinese culture, much of which has been cultivated online and via gaming.
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