Also the few voiced Chinese RPG for it's time.
Won't be long before I'm crying about unlocalized Chinese games alongside the Japanese ones.
Won't be long before I'm crying about unlocalized Chinese games alongside the Japanese ones.
i'm sure china will react with enthusiasm towards a prohibitively expensive box which they have to buy all the games for, none of which are dota or league of legends.
The Chinese game development scene has been mediocre since forever. Even the "big titles" by "big publishers" are pretty much just B to C tier games by US/JP standards.
WHERE IS MY HEAVENLY SWORD AND DRAGON SABRE RPG, GAMING INDUSTRY!?
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Pretty much.
The only thing to be hopeful for in the Chinese gaming scene is the publisher money, and even then, their money goes to funding stuff like Saint Seiya Online or Monster Hunter Online...
We won't see Tencent putting any real money into games that aren't always-online-social-blahbahblah.
The newly established joint-venture company and SCE Shanghai announce they will attend CCG EXPO 2014 (China International Cartoon & Game Expo) in July. More than 30 PS4 and PSV games will be playable there and there will be big announcements on the show (most likely launch date, I'd guess).
There's like 2 of them, not counting the mmo stuff.
I know, but I'd like to see at least one attempt from the AAA-dev scene.
I still remember my bitter regret buying one of the few Smiling Proud Wanderer RPG adaption... and the game keep breaking and bugging out on me because no one did their goddamn QAs on the game.
To be honest, it's not like the destruction of Japanese-related property during the height of the disputed islands troubles was fabricated. Mob mentality is scary, and the reports in the 'western media' weren't even 24/7 sirens like mass shootings are now, the reports were just cursory coverage of the unsavory property damage, and so on. I don't think it's that farfetched for someone unfamiliar with the purchasing habits of the Chinese to worry about how international relations could affect Sony's business in China.It's entertaining to read people knowing nothing about China to talk Chinese market with confidence. It's hard to argue though, since it's what western media tell people.
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This is going to be a hard market for any of them to capture through official channels due to grey market and piracy. I'm interested to see what the marketing campaigns for MS and Sony in the region are going to look like.
Gray market does not matter at all, it is irrelevant.
Gray market does not matter at all, it is irrelevant.
What is relevant is games tailored to local tastes... Sony already has a lot of F2P on their consoles, so that is perfect for this market.
I think Sony could do very well given the right marketing. I'm no expert on the Chinese market though, so can't really say what that would entail.
IMO, F2P's dominance in China is not so much due to people's choice but rather the utter lack of non-F2P Chinese games.
The overall Chinese development scene has never been exceptionally good in quality or graphics, so sales were always an issue. This got especially worse when 3D graphic gaming took off in Japan and the West during the mid-late 90s. For those reasons, once Chinese devs caught on with the subscription/micro-transaction model in the early 2000s, they never looked back. The market was then pretty much devoid of any non-F2P games outside of your occasional monpoly, generic wusha or softstar RPG variation.
So, again - localization is the real key imo. Just making F2P games but no localization won't do any good.
Yah, as a dominant market force the bigger battle will be against net cafe games, MMOs, F2P, and especially smartphones i reckon.
Grey market is what it is and will definitely cut in but I doubt it'll be like the glory days of the 90s in Malaysia and Indonesia, where even an allegedly real game store in a mall would just be selling home-copied shit with terribly printed fake covers
BestTV and Oriental Pearl belongs to the same investment group, Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group, SMEG.
This is exactly what I'm talking about.I'm Chinese and this statement is so wrong. Everytime there is a chinese related topic I read comments like these and I think about how much you people are wrong
I haven't been in China for a long time but I remember that years ago I was in a subway and EVERY DAMN KID had a PSP. In my city, every electronic store had NDS,PSP,PS3,WII. (and actually I've never seen an Xbox)
Even my parents who don't know anything about electronics know the Playstation brand and even though they dislike Japan, every electronic thing in our house and in my grandparents house is japanese.
Even my grandfather who fought in World War II doesn't give a damn
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
I've chatted with several chinese gamers in the past and they all said the same.
This "Sony/japan = hard times in china" talk is crap.
This is going to be a hard market for any of them to capture through official channels due to grey market and piracy. I'm interested to see what the marketing campaigns for MS and Sony in the region are going to look like.
The Chinese word for four (四, pinyin: sì, jyutping: sei3), sounds quite similar to the word for death (死, pinyin: sǐ, jyutping: sei2), in many varieties of Chinese. Similarly, the Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, and Sino-Vietnamese words for four, shi (Japanese), sa (사, Korean) and tư (Vietnamese), sound similar or identical to death in each language (see Korean numerals, Japanese numerals, Vietnamese numerals).
Special care may be taken to avoid occurrences or reminders of the number 4 during festive holidays, or when a family member is sick. Similarly, 14, 24, 42, etc. are also to be avoided due to the presence of the digit 4 in these numbers. In these countries, these floor numbers are often skipped in buildings, ranging from hotels to offices to apartments, as well as hospitals. Table number 4, 14, 24, 42, etc. are also often left out in wedding dinners or other social gatherings in these countries. In many residential complexes, building block 4, 14, 24 etc. are either omitted or replaced with block 3A, 13A, and 23A.
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Sony will have a harder time than Microsoft, probably because of the Japan-China relations.
Interesting and possibly enlightening:I thought this was pretty funny - http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/...mg_to_merge_bestv_and_shanghai_oriental_pearl
The PS4 carrier and XBONE carrier in China are being merged.
Now the same company will distribute both PS4 and XBONE in China.
Chinese media conglomerate Shanghai Media Group has announced that the company will merge two of its subsidiary companies, TV service operator BesTV (Xboxone partner) New Media and media company Shanghai Oriental Pearl (PS4 partner)
The new company will reportedly raise nearly RMB 10 bln to purchase a handful of other Shanghai Media Group subsidiaries, including SMG Pictures, Oriental CJ, Wings Media and Shanghai Interactive TV.
Upon completion of the merger, the new company may also seek a strategic investment from Chinese internet giants Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), Alibaba, or Tencent (0700.HK) totaling more than RMB 1 bln. Negotiations between Shanghai Media Group and the three companies are reportedly still underway.
Sony posted 191 job listings related to network infrastructure and Web UI features three months ago and I expect the (US) jobs won't bear fruit for a few more months. The same infrastructure would need to be built up LOCALLY in other major markets where the XB1 and PS4 are selling.from Wikipedia said:Baidu offers many services, including a Chinese language-search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike (an online collaboratively built encyclopedia) and a searchable, keyword-based discussion forum
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) is a publicly traded Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses, including business-to-business online web portals, online retail and payment services, a shopping search engine and data-centric cloud computing services.
Tencent Holdings Limited (Chinese: 腾讯控股有限公司; SEHK: 700) is a Chinese investment holding company whose subsidiaries provide mass media, entertainment, Internet and mobile phone value-added services, and operate online advertising services in China.[3] Its headquarters are in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.
"Collaborating with stakeholders of multiple worldwide business units" is likely referring to markets like Shanghai which requires majority ownership by China companies.The WebKit team at SNEI develops and maintains the platform at the heart of the PlayStation User Experience. We have an open position for a talented Sr. Software Engineer with a passion for contributing to world class open source software for the hugely anticipated PlayStation 4.
Sony seeks a Software Engineer II in San Diego, CA to be responsible for the design, development, implementation, unit testing and automated testing of interactive web-based applications and services.
As a Sr. UX Designer, you will work to define the user model and user interface for new and existing SNEI products and services. You will develop high level and/or detailed storyboards and wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
We are currently searching for Hadoop Administrator to join Data Analytics and Services (DAS) team in San Diego, CA. We are looking for a highly energetic Administrator with Hadoop Admin Experience to support Data Warehouse solution and administer/ support Cloudera Hadoop Clusters on AWS. {Amazon Web Services}
You will be part of a team responsible for developing the automation of core infrastructure components that are responsible for the operations for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and future flagship Sony devices and services.
The Sr. Software Engineer will design, and develop cloud-based network software services for the PlayStation® and other applications/devices. S/he will provide strong technical leadership in cloud based software development and scalable API designs for the implementation of commerce and social features of PlayStation® Now, Sony's cloud-based gaming initiative.
You will drive development projects from inception through deployment on a worldwide scale across device platforms. Programs will impact how millions of customers will play games on their PS4, TV, Vita, Mobile and other devices. Collaborating with stakeholders of multiple worldwide business units and 3rd parties to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, goals, expectations, and tasks
After MS and Sony,let's see when will Nintendo move
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...tart-china-console-packaging-by-december.html
Seems like Sony is gearing up to launch in December.
What.
What.
Oriental is potentially offensive as a term to people from East Asia. And that game is called 'Whore of the Orient.' Without any context, yeah that sounds like it could be offensive!
The fuck is wrong with you.