My copium take is that there’s no way that the government wouldn’t understand banning “”“player retention mechanics”“” would cause a big divestment. They’re used because they make shittons of reliable money! Did they think it was just because devs are too lazy to come up with actual games? That seems like a pretty basic idea that would come across with even cursory investigation into what’s being regulated. Under this hopeful line of thought, it’d probably be a firing for messaging failure rather than a lack of will to follow through.
Understanding video games or not, you’d hope they’d at least understand the basic economic reality that addictive products make more money than non-addictive products. That’s why it was banned: it encourages unhealthy usage habits.
My copium take is that there’s no way that the government wouldn’t understand banning “”“player retention mechanics”“” would cause a big divestment. They’re used because they make shittons of reliable money! Did they think it was just because devs are too lazy to come up with actual games? That seems like a pretty basic idea that would come across with even cursory investigation into what’s being regulated. Under this hopeful line of thought, it’d probably be a firing for messaging failure rather than a lack of will to follow through.
Anticope take is that the Chinese government is led by old people who don’t really understand video games.
Understanding video games or not, you’d hope they’d at least understand the basic economic reality that addictive products make more money than non-addictive products. That’s why it was banned: it encourages unhealthy usage habits.