istanbullu@lemmy.ml to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 months agoHow China’s first AAA game Wukong Became One of the Fastest Selling Games in Historythedroidguy.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkHow China’s first AAA game Wukong Became One of the Fastest Selling Games in Historythedroidguy.comistanbullu@lemmy.ml to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEchinoderm@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoFulifilling your dreams is all about the power of persistence folks! That, and having a friend willing to invest almost $70M in your dream.
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoLet us not forget the revolutionary idea to-- now pay attention cause this is BIG-- to prioritize player experience! Can’t believe nobody has thought of that before.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThe player experience of running into invisible walls every five meters?
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLook, they only had $70m to work with, okay? You gotta make some compromises when you’re on such a shoestring budget.
minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWukong’s 70M$ is fairly small compared to the other AAA games.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoJust like Chinese wages are pretty small compared to Western wages. Nonexistent in many cases.
minus-squaresunbather@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agosource? plus “western wages” is a pretty broad range and doesnt really mean anything without context
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/01/30/the-east-west-wage-gap-not-nearly-as-compelling-as-it-once-was/ As for the nonexistent salary, that’s a reference to the millions of slaves: https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/china/
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wonder how much of that is marketing. That eats up most of a AAA game budget and I don’t think it was heavily advertised outside of China.
Fulifilling your dreams is all about the power of persistence folks! That, and having a friend willing to invest almost $70M in your dream.
Let us not forget the revolutionary idea to-- now pay attention cause this is BIG-- to prioritize player experience! Can’t believe nobody has thought of that before.
The player experience of running into invisible walls every five meters?
Look, they only had $70m to work with, okay? You gotta make some compromises when you’re on such a shoestring budget.
Wukong’s 70M$ is fairly small compared to the other AAA games.
Just like Chinese wages are pretty small compared to Western wages. Nonexistent in many cases.
source? plus “western wages” is a pretty broad range and doesnt really mean anything without context
https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/01/30/the-east-west-wage-gap-not-nearly-as-compelling-as-it-once-was/
As for the nonexistent salary, that’s a reference to the millions of slaves:
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/china/
I wonder how much of that is marketing. That eats up most of a AAA game budget and I don’t think it was heavily advertised outside of China.