Game companies in China
Oct. 30th, 2021 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoToday (technically yesterday in China) is the 6th anniversary of 王者荣耀 (Honor of Kings), a PvP/esports game popular in China. And like any self respecting game company (*coughcough*)...in China...they threw themselves a ball.
This is just the intro, in the special stage (stadium?) built just for this party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eU6nUm1Ycc
I look at this and I look at the likes of Anet, or even the larger game companies in the US, and the first thing I can think of is that chinese meme: “世界的参差”. The second thing is, while asian game companies are much more blatant about blood-sucking the user's wallet... at least the users can see where the money is going?
And the third thing that comes to mind is, indeed, the other chinese meme is also true: 现在游戏公司才是真正的唱片公司 (in this day and age, the game industry is the *real* music industry). LOL.
Show 1: Cuteness factor overload
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap12UAtlNlA
Intro to the traditional chinese culture behind the second performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpkzMux76k
Show 2: The actual performance, filmed in one take.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c0bvh7ruoc
There's also a lot of traditional music performances. My favorite is actually this dance 《敦煌秀》, which unfortunately isn't on youtube. There's also this pipa + spear dance performance and this guzheng + ink painting + dance performance.
Cap off with this traditional instruments rendition of Journey to the West mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCu0PgtG8bI
This is just the intro, in the special stage (stadium?) built just for this party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eU6nUm1Ycc
I look at this and I look at the likes of Anet, or even the larger game companies in the US, and the first thing I can think of is that chinese meme: “世界的参差”. The second thing is, while asian game companies are much more blatant about blood-sucking the user's wallet... at least the users can see where the money is going?
And the third thing that comes to mind is, indeed, the other chinese meme is also true: 现在游戏公司才是真正的唱片公司 (in this day and age, the game industry is the *real* music industry). LOL.
Show 1: Cuteness factor overload
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap12UAtlNlA
Intro to the traditional chinese culture behind the second performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpkzMux76k
Show 2: The actual performance, filmed in one take.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c0bvh7ruoc
There's also a lot of traditional music performances. My favorite is actually this dance 《敦煌秀》, which unfortunately isn't on youtube. There's also this pipa + spear dance performance and this guzheng + ink painting + dance performance.
Cap off with this traditional instruments rendition of Journey to the West mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCu0PgtG8bI
