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I just asked my 23 years old sister if she knew what Steam was, she said no. I would guess that China doesn't have any big enough economic advantage of allowin
by jokoon 5y ago
I just asked my 23 years old sister if she knew what Steam was, she said no.
I would guess that China doesn't have any big enough economic advantage of allowing steam, so maybe steam is not that really big that people think.
Not to mention Valve takes a large cut of game sales so China has pretty good reasons to block it.
Aren't PC game sales a big stagnant? And on all those sales, Steam seems to be interesting for indie and niches games, not for big AAA games, since those AAA games often have their own online platform.
I looked some numbers some time ago, and to me it seems that the PC game market is not really profitable anymore.
And honestly, China might also increase its game profits by banning steam. When you can legally push a product out to make more money, you do it. China doesn't care about liberal economics.
- 300bps 5y agoChina seems more anti-game than it seems pro-profit in this case. Otherwise why limit children to 3 hours per week of gaming? Why ban images of “effeminate men”? To me, China seems to be preparing.
- xvector 5y ago> To me, China seems to be preparing. This is a really interesting perspective. If China is trying to masculinize its teenage male population, we could see it engage in conflict as soon as these teenagers grow into adults at their physical prime, 6-8 years from now. I think it's entirely likely that China will attempt to annex Taiwan within the next 10 years. I think we will also see China be one of the first countries to engage in large-scale cyberwarfare alongside any physical conflict, e.g. DOS'ing civilian communications.
- 300bps 5y agoYes China seems to have a very long term perspective with their five year plans that they seem to take very seriously. Couple that with the treatment China received in the Opium Wars, Rape of Nanking, etc. I type on computers for a living so take it with a grain of salt. But it seems to me China was on top technologically for thousands of years. Then they suffered humiliations for hundreds of years. And I think they’re done with that.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThey were neck and neck with other civilizations but they certainly weren't "on top" unless you only read Chinese history books.