Germany3356 Posts
Things have turned into a bit of an ugly divorce, so reconciliation seems very unlikely for now. Blizzard is said to look for a new distribution partner in China, but it’s impossible to know how long that will take.
The good news for SC2 is that the SCBOY community is still determined to not only finish the ongoing season of WTL, but to hold a Spring 2023 Season as well – though without the financial support of NetEase.
Best of luck to our Chinese friends in their new adventures on the Asia server, and let’s hope for a somewhat swift return of StarCraft and Warcraft there – all your achievements and rankings might have been deleted, but you still have your memories and you’re still a part of this community.
China6025 Posts
Denmark63 Posts
United States1977 Posts
On January 25 2023 09:32 qcHanHan wrote:
Goddamnit China.
Not sure China is even at fault here. It largely stems from the breakup between NetEase and Blizzard, right?
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Not sure China is even at fault here. It largely stems from the breakup between NetEase and Blizzard, right?
That’s right. But what’s the “NetEase” of Korea? Of Finland? Of France? Of anywhere else? Umm, it should be no problem because there’s no “NetEase” in any other country, right? They could just open the client and play the game in China too. Why is this big news?
Australia3976 Posts
China6025 Posts
On January 25 2023 09:32 qcHanHan wrote:
Goddamnit China.
This is entirely on the greed of Activision.
Denmark63 Posts
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This is entirely on the greed of Activision.
Yeah probably all Activision and nothing about how the Chinese state is isolating itself from the world by making it difficult for certain types of foreign businesses to operate there.
“Foreign developers need to be partnered up with a Chinese company to publish games in the country, a condition Blizzard no longer fulfills.”
This doesn’t make you wonder?
Germany1687 Posts
Germany1687 Posts
On January 25 2023 09:32 qcHanHan wrote:
Goddamnit China.
This is entirely on the greed of Activision.
Yeah probably all Activision and nothing about how the Chinese state is isolating itself from the world by making it difficult for certain types of foreign businesses to operate there.
“Foreign developers need to be partnered up with a Chinese company to publish games in the country, a condition Blizzard no longer fulfills.”
This doesn’t make you wonder?
Yeah, makes me wonder how they thought it would be a good idea to put up with this bullshit for some ez cash grab money.
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