10 Year Online Game Industry Starts from a Legend

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China, a country with 1.5 billion people and an online game market with great potential.  Blizzard, EA, NCsoft and Nexon and so on, every game company wishes to conquer this big piece of cake. And who wins? Chinese local online game companies. Sounds crazy? At least untill today, the quality of Chinese MMOs are behind NA&KR games. Then what maked good mmos, such like EVE online and Guild War, fail in China?

This is a review article that provides a detailed and state-of-the-art overview of the development of the Chinese online gaming Industry. Online gaming is a remarkable example of an industry that is rapidly growing due to innovative business models of Chinese companies. Chinese companies are also working with the government to improve formal institutions to promote the growth of online gaming. Furthermore, Chinese online gaming industry resembles other technology industries in the country such as those related to handset and PC. Although Chinese companies were traditionally weak in creating new technologies, they have demonstrated success in some modern technologies in recent years. In the early stage of the growth, foreign players dominated the Chinese gaming industry.

Stone Age - The first MMORPG in Chinese MMO market.

MIR - A Korean MMO that brought Chinese MMOs to an epic age and set capital base for Chinese game industry.

WoW - The first and the last successful NA MMO in Chinese market. WoW has earned many players' acceptance there.

Perfect World - A worldwide popular MMORPG made by Chinese.