Is tencent even that much of a meddling company? Every time I hear a story of them asking something of a company they invested in (and getting rebuked), they find someone else to do what they want.
Seems better than most western games conglomerate.
I can only speak about PoE and they really haven’t exerted much influence over the Western version at all. The Chinese version does have some bad monetization though, like premium pets that can auto-loot (which doesn’t exist otherwise in any version of the game). They’re mostly fine.
Is tencent even that much of a meddling company? Every time I hear a story of them asking something of a company they invested in (and getting rebuked), they find someone else to do what they want.
Seems better than most western games conglomerate.
I can only speak about PoE and they really haven’t exerted much influence over the Western version at all. The Chinese version does have some bad monetization though, like premium pets that can auto-loot (which doesn’t exist otherwise in any version of the game). They’re mostly fine.
The emblematic case for me is how much they wanted Riot to do a mobile version of LoL and ended up making their own with another company.