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NEWS: China Suspends Sales of Monster Hunter: World Game




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Morry



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:36 pm Reply with quote
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
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Tuor_of_Gondolin



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:38 pm Reply with quote
^ Just China being China. They can't help themselves.
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Dardre



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:47 pm Reply with quote
Sounds like the new guy is throwing his weight around, with no idea what he's doing.


I feel bad for Chinese gamers that won't be able to play a great game.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:02 pm Reply with quote
Chinese gamers can still 'import' the game via Steam so they'll have no issue playing it. It's just that Valve will get the distribution share of money instead of Tencent.
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xzy123



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:16 pm Reply with quote
Dardre wrote:
Sounds like the new guy is throwing his weight around, with no idea what he's doing.


I feel bad for Chinese gamers that won't be able to play a great game.


Great game with so many pay skin that put crapcom put in it.
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S0crates



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:07 am Reply with quote
China could split into sectors, kind of like how the economic navy zones where open for trade while the rest of the country was locked down back in the day. That way not all of the country has to suffer if 1 guy messes up. It also makes it easier for them to compare within the country as for what policies work and which don't. Just look how much better Hong Kong is doing comparably to the rest of the country?
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:16 pm Reply with quote
xzy123 wrote:


Great game with so many pay skin that put crapcom put in it.


....I'm pretty sure these "pay skins" are optional and don't take away from the main point of this story about China's notoriously awful habit of misusing government power.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:30 pm Reply with quote
They´ll just play the pirated version, as usual. But going offline will require even more mind crushing grinding to progress. The true punishment.
I wonder if a version of the games comes out that puts political flags and slogs all over the place, as with PUBG.
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Haterater



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:02 pm Reply with quote
Curious about those unspecified reasons. Perhaps the other government want info on the players like how Facebook did.
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