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Steam is Finally Coming To China But Chinese Gamers Don't Want It (abacusnews.com)
Valve officially announced this week the arrival of Steam China in Shanghai. But Chinese gamers are telling the PC gaming platform to "get lost!" From a report: One of the most upvoted comments wrote, "Steam China get out of China." It's important to point out that gamers are directing their anger at Steam China, not Steam. In fact, Chinese gamers love Steam... the global version of it, anyway. There are an estimated 30 million Chinese users playing games on the platform -- games which otherwise aren't officially available in China.
But that's exactly why they fear the launch of Steam China, which is a joint venture between Valve and Chinese company Perfect World. Gamers worry that not only will Steam China be a heavily censored platform with a much smaller lineup of titles; worse yet, it might also be the trigger for the government to ban the global version of Steam.
But that's exactly why they fear the launch of Steam China, which is a joint venture between Valve and Chinese company Perfect World. Gamers worry that not only will Steam China be a heavily censored platform with a much smaller lineup of titles; worse yet, it might also be the trigger for the government to ban the global version of Steam.
That's not true. Most Chinese I know like their culture and history. Their current government is scary, they know it, and thats just The Way It Is, and they have many friends and family still in China. I asked my ex why there was no change if most people feel repression on some level... She said to me, how can you change the moon? And if you changed it, would it be better? Could you protect your family if the moon fell from the sky? Leave the moon there.
My employee ate rats and small birds when he was young.
Now he has a good job and a stable income.
He is one of the 800 million China has brought out of poverty the last 40 years. He is also one of the 400 million who has made it into the middle class.
This is not the generation that will revolt against their government.
Frankly, the western democracies are closer to revolt than China.
Chinese gamers love Steam... the global version of it, anyway. There are an estimated 30 million Chinese users playing games on the platform
For China, 30 million is just a fringe user base. I think it would be accurate to rephrase as 'not very many Chinese gamers have even heard of Steam'
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Most Chinese people in general have no idea about their culture and history because Cultural Revolution has actually happened. I've no idea who your Chinese friends are, but chances are, they're not from actual PRC. As in not even raised there, much less living there, which seems to be what you're implying.
And there's well in excess of billion of Chinese people living in PRC, who very much support their government in most things, because state propaganda is near absolute.