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[Nightengale]

Put it this way.

If any of the regional pressers had notable amounts of content that'll be big to the western/global market, the western branch of SCE would've been pimping those events more instead of acting like they don't exist.

Heck,even for one of their big pressers (TGS), Sony advices western audiences that the show is primarily not catered to them.

 

[GutZ31]

1.357 billion (2013)
China, Population

1% x 1,357,000,000 = 13,570,000

13.57 Million


Someone have better stats of China's population seeing as google seems to be rather behind the times?

Spoiler

My math = potato.

 

[ZhugeEX]

1.357 billion (2013)
China, Population

1% x 1,357,000,000 = 13,570,000

13.57 Million


Someone have better stats of China's population seeing as google seems to be rather behind the times?

Spoiler

My math = potato.

You been speaking to the artisan?

 

[eerik9000]

Heck,even for one of their big pressers (TGS), Sony advices western audiences that the show is primarily not catered to them.

They still had a stream with English interpreter for the pre-TGS press event last year though.

 

[Javin98]

I've said plenty of times not to expect anything new at this conference or of relevance to Western gamers. It's all about Chinese market on mainland.

Dude, chill out. I was just kidding. I'm not gonna be upset if we don't see Uncharted 4 at all.

 

[DieH@rd]

Uncharted 4 most likely has skeletons... so I don't think it will easily get Chinese release.

 

[The Last One]

Uncharted 4 most likely has skeletons... so I don't think it will easily get Chinese release.

Unless the skeletons are enemies I think they can easily remove them from the chinese version.

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Uncharted 4 most likely has skeletons... so I don't think it will easily get Chinese release.

What beef do the Chinese have with skeletons? He-man fanboys?

 

[Rymuth]

What beef do the Chinese have with skeletons? He-man fanboys?

Closets already stuffed full of 'em. He--yyooo.

I'll leave now.

 

[nightever]

Considering that FFX PS4 is announced firstly at PS China Conference 2014, a new game announcement is possible.

Spoiler

FFXII Remaster

 

[ZhugeEX]

Good news for Consoles in China

For those of you that don't know, China banned foreign games consoles back in 2000. This decision was because the government thought that gaming was bad for mental health or some crap like that despite allowing PC gaming and more recently mobile gaming to flourish in the country.

In 2014 they lifted the ban and created a trial period where they would allow games consoles to be made within the Shangai free trade zone to be distributed across China, subject to standard local inspections on multimedia goods.

Basically this was an experiment to see how it would work with games consoles being sold in China and to see what regulations would need to be changed. An official statement at the time said that this was part of China's exploration of "reform and opening". There had been a number of other economic reforms taking place at the time and this was one of them.

Yesterday, the government issued a statement saying the trial was a success and that it was now over and it is officially ok for console makers to manufacturer and sell their goods anywhere in China. All new regulations have now been put into place and things are finally moving forward. It's unsure how much this will affect new game approvals as those still take time due to the censorship laws in China but this means that all console makers now have the opportunity to enter the country, manufacturer their goods there and sell them anywhere in China.

Sony said, “This is great news for us, Sony Computer Entertainment remains committed to the console business in China.".

Microsoft and Nintendo did not comment.

Spoiler

It's fucking nothing.gif

 

[Jigorath]

Good news for Consoles in China

For those of you that don't know, China banned foreign games consoles back in 2000. This decision was because the government thought that gaming was bad for mental health or some crap like that despite allowing PC gaming and more recently mobile gaming to flourish in the country.

In 2014 they lifted the ban and created a trial period where they would allow games consoles to be made within the Shangai free trade zone to be distributed across China, subject to standard local inspections on multimedia goods.

Basically this was an experiment to see how it would work with games consoles being sold in China and to see what regulations would need to be changed. An official statement at the time said that this was part of China's exploration of "reform and opening". There had been a number of other economic reforms taking place at the time and this was one of them.

Yesterday, the government issued a statement saying the trial was a success and that it was now over and it is officially ok for console makers to manufacturer and sell their goods anywhere in China. All new regulations have now been put into place and things are finally moving forward. It's unsure how much this will affect new game approvals as those still take time due to the censorship laws in China but this means that all console makers now have the opportunity to enter the country, manufacturer their goods there and sell them anywhere in China.

Sony said, “This is great news for us, Sony Computer Entertainment remains committed to the console business in China.".

Microsoft and Nintendo did not comment.

Is Sony the only one pushing into China right now? I know Xbone is there but Microsoft doesn't give it much attention.

 

[Blanquito]

Good news for Consoles in China

For those of you that don't know, China banned foreign games consoles back in 2000. This decision was because the government thought that gaming was bad for mental health or some crap like that despite allowing PC gaming and more recently mobile gaming to flourish in the country.

In 2014 they lifted the ban and created a trial period where they would allow games consoles to be made within the Shangai free trade zone to be distributed across China, subject to standard local inspections on multimedia goods.

Basically this was an experiment to see how it would work with games consoles being sold in China and to see what regulations would need to be changed. An official statement at the time said that this was part of China's exploration of "reform and opening". There had been a number of other economic reforms taking place at the time and this was one of them.

Yesterday, the government issued a statement saying the trial was a success and that it was now over and it is officially ok for console makers to manufacturer and sell their goods anywhere in China. All new regulations have now been put into place and things are finally moving forward. It's unsure how much this will affect new game approvals as those still take time due to the censorship laws in China but this means that all console makers now have the opportunity to enter the country, manufacturer their goods there and sell them anywhere in China.

Sony said, “This is great news for us, Sony Computer Entertainment remains committed to the console business in China.".

Microsoft and Nintendo did not comment.

That's awesome news. Thanks for the update. Is there a (translated) press release anywhere?

 

[gembel]

looks like its timed well in conjunction with DQ11 announcement. all planned by SCE!

 

[ZhugeEX]

That's awesome news. Thanks for the update. Is there a (translated) press release anywhere?

I don't think it's translated anywhere?

But here is Chinese version. It;s the offical press release from the govt. - http://www.mcprc.gov.cn/whzx/bnsjdt/whscs/201507/t20150721_456895.html

 

[Sangetsu-II]

Good news for Consoles in China

More stores selling consoles in China = That 1% Ya'll!

 

[DieH@rd]

So, consoles can now legally be sold country-wide? Nice.
edit - I fail at reading, they can now be produced anywhere inside china

 

[Dreamgazer]

Uncharted 4 most likely has skeletons... so I don't think it will easily get Chinese release.

Why would skeletons matter?

Is Sony the only one pushing into China right now? I know Xbone is there but Microsoft doesn't give it much attention.

No, Xbox been marketing themselves well in playing catch up and «we too« stratergies. They currently have more Chinese indie games and Halo MCC is going to be announced at CJ.

That's awesome news. Thanks for the update. Is there a (translated) press release anywhere?

I don't think it's translated anywhere?

But here is Chinese version. It;s the offical press release from the govt. - http://www.mcprc.gov.cn/whzx/bnsjdt/whscs/201507/t20150721_456895.html

I thought about translating it a few days ago, but didn't find the content to be worth the effort.

 

[ZhugeEX]

So, consoles can now legally be sold country-wide? Nice.

What about games? They still have to go through certification?

Well they always could sell anywhere in China, just they had to manufacturer and base themselves in the Shanghai free trade zone.

Now they can manufacturer and sell anywhere.

Games still have to be approved because of censorship laws, but there are new regulations in place which should see approval process be less than 20 days majority of the time. Therefore means that Sony can work on simultaneous versions of games to be released if they want.

I thought about translating it a few days ago, but didn't find the content to be worth the effort.

Read my spoiler tag in the original post haha. It's nothing but it's something. Is there anything in there that I missed out or got wrong?

Btw, I'll be working when the conference is live. Will you be watching on Youku and willing to post updates as I won't get back from work till long after the conference is over?

 

[TomShoe]

Why would skeletons matter?

Skeltals are clearly 2spooky4the chinese, i don't think the goverment could handle it

 

[DieH@rd]

Why would skeletons matter?

Skeletons are part of the "lets ban anything we want" rule.
https://www.techinasia.com/china-do...-about-game-censorship-in-the-middle-kingdom/

 

[Jigorath]

Why would skeletons matter?



No, Xbox been marketing themselves well in playing catch up and «we too« stratergies. They currently have more Chinese indie games and Halo MCC is going to be announced at CJ.





I thought about translating it a few days ago, but didn't find the content to be worth the effort.

Well that's good.

 

[Usobuko]

No more trials? Nintendo should jump on this asap.

 

[ClearData]

I actually look forward to a lack of anything Western. I want to see what the Chinese community of developers can bring to the console and what the Chinese gamers like to play.

I already love Japanese games, but I'd love to see what countries like China and Korea might make outside the MMO or mobile apace on consoles.

 

[Nightengale]

They still had a stream with English interpreter for the pre-TGS press event last year though.

I'm not saying there isn't one. Just a reminder for western watching fans that the show ain't designed with them in mind.

 

[Shahed]

I actually look forward to a lack of anything Western. I want to see what the Chinese community of developers can bring to the console and what the Chinese gamers like to play.

I already love Japanese games, but I'd love to see what countries like China and Korea might make outside the MMO or mobile apace on consoles.

Same. Only thing is it would likely be several years before we see any benefits from this. Still you have to start somewhere and I look forward to seeing what they come up with

 

[DieH@rd]

I would like to see Chinese devs creating action or adventure games set in hong kong. Some hard hitting police thrillers.

 

[Kikujiro]

A big AAA adventure/RPG game based on Journey to the West would be a dream.

 

[Rymuth]

I would like to see Chinese devs creating action or adventure games set in hong kong. Some hard hitting police thrillers.

.

 

[ZhugeEX]

A big AAA adventure/RPG game based on Journey to the West would be a dream.

I'd like to see a game which is about the three kingdoms dynasty... and it's like a 3D tactical action game where you play as different Warriors from the Dynasty flighting on a giant battlefield... yeh a game like that would be cool.

 

[Qvoth]

Legit wouldn't be surprised if we see some Chinese f2p mmos going to ps4, maybe moonlight blade?

 

[Acquiescence]

I would like to see Chinese devs creating action or adventure games set in hong kong. Some hard hitting police thrillers.

Oh god, if only. A man can dream. Maybe something like Sleeping Dogs, but less cartoonish in its action/pulpy and more cinematic.

 

[Nightengale]

Justice Pao : The Game

 

[ZhugeEX]

I think tomorrow the teaser will be One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3.

 

[RyoonZ]

Legit wouldn't be surprised if we see some Chinese f2p mmos going to ps4, maybe moonlight blade?

I really really want this!
Looks insane!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaj-_mm71u0

 

[delSai]

Someone should bring King of Combat, i can't remember the chinese name, to Ps4 since SNK isnt doing anything.

 

[Sangetsu-II]

I think tomorrow the teaser will be One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3.

Day 2 should be Killing Floor 2, such a good game.

Spoiler

I know it's gonna be KUF2 sadly

 

[robotrock]

Day 2 should be Killing Floor 2, such a good game.

Will the zombies be replaced with robots?

 

[Blanquito]

Looks like Reddit and Verge have picked up on the console+China news as well.

 

[Javin98]

Good news for Consoles in China

For those of you that don't know, China banned foreign games consoles back in 2000. This decision was because the government thought that gaming was bad for mental health or some crap like that despite allowing PC gaming and more recently mobile gaming to flourish in the country.

In 2014 they lifted the ban and created a trial period where they would allow games consoles to be made within the Shangai free trade zone to be distributed across China, subject to standard local inspections on multimedia goods.

Basically this was an experiment to see how it would work with games consoles being sold in China and to see what regulations would need to be changed. An official statement at the time said that this was part of China's exploration of "reform and opening". There had been a number of other economic reforms taking place at the time and this was one of them.

Yesterday, the government issued a statement saying the trial was a success and that it was now over and it is officially ok for console makers to manufacturer and sell their goods anywhere in China. All new regulations have now been put into place and things are finally moving forward. It's unsure how much this will affect new game approvals as those still take time due to the censorship laws in China but this means that all console makers now have the opportunity to enter the country, manufacturer their goods there and sell them anywhere in China.

Sony said, “This is great news for us, Sony Computer Entertainment remains committed to the console business in China.".

Microsoft and Nintendo did not comment.

Spoiler

It's fucking nothing.gif

This is great news. Thanks for the update, Zhuge. I still think it's funny how the XB1 launched in China first, but now, Microsoft isn't doing shit to market it. It really makes you wonder how poorly it really is doing. I wouldn't be surprised if it was doing even worse than in Japan.

A big AAA adventure/RPG game based on Journey to the West would be a dream.

Agreed. I would buy it day one if it was released world wide. I used to watch the series as a kid, though I didn't understand much.

 

[Biker19]

Someone should bring King of Combat, I can't remember the chinese name, to Ps4 since SNK isnt doing anything.

It was called "Xuan Dou Zhi Wang." I do agree with you on that this game should be brought onto the PS4.

I would like to see Chinese devs creating action or adventure games set in hong kong. Some hard hitting police thrillers.

And Beat-'Em-Ups, RPG's, & Fighters.

 

[Deleted member 20920]

Skeletons are part of the "lets ban anything we want" rule.
https://www.techinasia.com/china-do...-about-game-censorship-in-the-middle-kingdom/

China media laws are weird and random lol...
Last year they had this big period drama starring Fan Bingbing (aka Blink from XmenoFP) and they had to take down the drama to do some re-editing because they had too much cleavage. The only thing they could do (since it's like 90 episodes and full of period women with cleavage showing dresses) was to zoom and focus on the face so that cleavages get cut off from the frame lol

Justice Pao : The Game

And when it gets an English release, Justice Bao (Now with some name that puns well with buns) will ask Zhanzhao (probably some English name as well) to go eat some hamburgers.

 

[ZhugeEX]

You guys remember the countdown to the conference that's going on.

Well first we had Paladin 6 for 6 days left

Then Street Fighter 5 for 5 days left

The final Fantasy 14 for 4 days left

But I have no idea what this 3 days left is for, it's not One Piece. Rumours are going around it might be a sports game made by international publisher? But no one seems to know? It could just be a domestic game coming to PS4 + Sony China said it is a niche game. Guess we have to wait to find out unless anyone here knows what this is?

 

[ZhugeEX]

It's rumoured the new Transformers game is another title to be launched within China for 2015 and will be announced at the conference.

 

[mieumieu]

China media laws are weird and random lol...
Last year they had this big period drama starring Fan Bingbing (aka Blink from XmenoFP) and they had to take down the drama to do some re-editing because they had too much cleavage. The only thing they could do (since it's like 90 episodes and full of period women with cleavage showing dresses) was to zoom and focus on the face so that cleavages get cut off from the frame lol






And when it gets an English release, Justice Bao (Now with some name that puns well with buns) will ask Zhanzhao (probably some English name as well) to go eat some hamburgers.

The govt claimed that a lot of people wrote complaints about the cleavage. It may seem like an excuse but I don't necessarily disagree with this explanation. China is a big country and a lot of places are really that backwards...

As for skeletons and ghosts and other superstitions banning them fits the official atheistic stance. Zombies are usually not banned though.

 

[serversurfer]

I wonder what the Chinese consider to be "a lot of people." Like, if a million people took the time to write a letter, would they shrug that off as inconsequential? Probably depends on what they're complaining about, I guess. lol

 

[Callibretto]

The govt claimed that a lot of people wrote complaints about the cleavage. It may seem like an excuse but I don't necessarily disagree with this explanation. China is a big country and a lot of places are really that backwards...

As for skeletons and ghosts and other superstitions banning them fits the official atheistic stance. Zombies are usually not banned though.

so they could not show skeletons, but rotting corpse are fine? yeah that make sense, lol

 

[4Tran]

The govt claimed that a lot of people wrote complaints about the cleavage. It may seem like an excuse but I don't necessarily disagree with this explanation. China is a big country and a lot of places are really that backwards...

As for skeletons and ghosts and other superstitions banning them fits the official atheistic stance. Zombies are usually not banned though.[/QUOTE]
Bans and stipulations from the Ministry of Culture in regards to entertainment products are semi-arbitrary, and they can change their minds at the slightest provocation. For example, they're currently on a cultural sensitivity phase so all wording that touches on ethnicity in even the slightest way are banned. So every instance of a common historical phrase for traitor "han jin" has to be replaced by something else.

Skeletons and ghosts aren't banned, but the publishers of games with them have removed them as a just in case measure.

I wonder what the Chinese consider to be "a lot of people." Like, if a million people took the time to write a letter, would they shrug that off as inconsequential? Probably depends on what they're complaining about, I guess. lol

It can be as little as a single letter of complaint. The PS4 launch delay is widely rumored to stem from a single outspoken netizen.

 

[Sangetsu-II]

You guys remember the countdown to the conference that's going on.

Did you found out what was number 3 zhuge?

 

[Zoetis]

not interested