i wonder, why some americans make fun of china, while the NRA/US-governments are funding titles such as call of duty.
Mostly because they don't fund Call of Duty.
I see, thanks for the info. Thats a lot of games!
It's a distribution partnership and many of the games coming to the Chinese eShop within the first year is dealt with by Tencent, but that does not mean they'll publish every game in the eShop.
Got it. I'm just trying to figure out why there is only one game at launch, and not even a single eShop only release (if thats the case).
Thats true, but the iQue launched a long time ago, at a time when online distribution of games wasnt common (and like you say, there were no eShop on that system). And China has become one of the biggest (if not the biggest) gaming markets since that time. So seeing only one launch game is surprising to me, but it probably have something to do with the goverment approval as you mention.
I wouldn't entirely say that the issue was it being so long ago. iQue 3DS It came out at the end of 2012 and the eshop had been running for over a full year in other territories. As well the iQue DSi did launch with dsiware in china with a handful of digital titles. I really think the number of titles we see officially released in china will depend on software sales of titles released in china vs the effort it takes to get them through government approval.
Oh, my bad, sorry. For some reason i didnt see your mention of "3DS". I was thinking of the N64 iQue, lol, which was released back in 2003 or something. I didnt even know there existed a 3DS iQue hehe. Yeah, the end of 2012 isnt that long ago indeed. Looking at the 3DS iQue, i guess its not an unprecedented situation, eventhough i think 1 game for a console launch is a really low number.
Ah ok make sense on the confusion. Yeah the systems they released in china were all iQue X with the n64 based system being iQue Player (I actually own one). I think most forgot about the 3DS's release, I'm probably one of the few to actually have one exported from china (the designs at the time were exclusive to china until NOJ used them for a promo in japan).
Nice to see the confirmation on why there is only 1 game so far. "Tencent has confirmed that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey are currently in the final stages of approval by China's gaming regulator and are expected to launch in the coming weeks "
How does something sell so little in a place with almost 2 billion people
Because wealth disparity, mobile dominance, market rhetoric, and plain ol' gray markets hinder the widespread demand for a gimped version of a console when you can import a normal one that can do everything through a VPN.
Switch may do a little better then if they like mobile
Oh I was just thinking about that time players were locked out of online play because of the google block.
its already quite popular, I (and another dude) in this thread have already mentioned we see them around often on the subway in tier 1s and at the airports. Nearly every flight I'm on in the east coast I see at least 1. I see way less out here in Yunnan though.
It was at least big enough that I heard of it through Chinese news sites (that I can't remember). Outside that I don't know.
I've read in an article somewhere (by Niko partners I believe) that said that the pre-orders shown on JD website are more like thr number of wishlist addition and that usually only 10% or so translate to direct sales in the short term. Would you say that's a reasonable interpretation of those numbers in the app and on the website?
