• @Kyrgizion
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    673 months ago

    Tencent will grow to become the anti-Steam, mark my words. They already have their grubby mitts all over devs worldwide, and every single one will live to regret it (or their players, at the very least).

    • @[email protected]
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      383 months ago

      Not just games, movies too. And anything that gets Tencent money ends up with subtle pro-China propaganda.

      • thermal_shock
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        93 months ago

        they own WeChat too, China’s biggest chat app, also used for bill payment and government tracking.

      • @RageAgainstTheRich
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        43 months ago

        I’m not saying there isn’t, but do you have some examples of pro china propaganda in games and movies? I heard something about the live-action mulan movie being filmed in xinyang, but besides that i haven’t personally noticed anything.

        • @[email protected]
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          93 months ago

          It’s more about the scripts being given a passover of approval from the CCP. Want your movie in China? Usually, there’s some adaptation for the region, no big deal. However, I remember articles coming out about how the movie adaptation may not be accepted if the U.S. version doesn’t fit the standard, meaning the U.S. version would have changes made at the suggestion of the CCP.

          Sorry for the NYT link, but it has some examples

          • @RageAgainstTheRich
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            23 months ago

            Oh thankyou! Yeah that does make sense. That is pretty messed up.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        23 months ago

        I haven’t played in a few years, have they done any of that in EvE Online?

    • slazer2au
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      183 months ago

      You say that like they don’t own a sizeable chunk of Epic.

      • @acosmichippo
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        123 months ago

        exactly they are already doing it.

    • @CosmoNova
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      33 months ago

      It’s okay. The Fediverse assured me again and again it won’t matter how much Tencent owns of your company so as long as you “don’t think about them (Tencent)”. Whatever that means.