A lot of it is booming because there are a bajillion Chinamen and they will buy anything made in China because they have strong nationalistic tendencies like that. So its probably mostly actual, but non-indicative of anything beyond "was made in China."
The Wukong game broke so many playercount records you'd think it was a generation defining masterpiece, but instead it was forgotten within a few months and nobody has thought about it since because it was just "decent action game, but China".
None of this is a problem really, but its one of those necessary contexts when comparing their industry to our own.
Unless you think Transformers and Fast and the Furious are the best franchises in American movie history, because that's what China thinks is "top dollar quality."
Unless you think Transformers and Fast and the Furious are the best franchises in American movie history, because that's what China thinks is "top dollar quality."
As an aside, I see a lot of cinephiles who raged at 'cletus and Joanne' for buying anything Micheal Bay has made go really quiet when this is mentioned.
I mean, those types probably did make up a lot of the American audience, but there just aren't that many of them to turn it into a billion dollar franchise each.
A lot of it is booming because there are a bajillion Chinamen and they will buy anything made in China because they have strong nationalistic tendencies like that. So its probably mostly actual, but non-indicative of anything beyond "was made in China."
The Wukong game broke so many playercount records you'd think it was a generation defining masterpiece, but instead it was forgotten within a few months and nobody has thought about it since because it was just "decent action game, but China".
None of this is a problem really, but its one of those necessary contexts when comparing their industry to our own.
Unless you think Transformers and Fast and the Furious are the best franchises in American movie history, because that's what China thinks is "top dollar quality."
As an aside, I see a lot of cinephiles who raged at 'cletus and Joanne' for buying anything Micheal Bay has made go really quiet when this is mentioned.
I mean, those types probably did make up a lot of the American audience, but there just aren't that many of them to turn it into a billion dollar franchise each.