Many players were shocked. What kind of Tom, Dick, and Harry was trying to gain popularity?
In fact, it was not strange at all for such voices to appear. Although the parallel world was relatively tolerant of games, the most popular games for the mainstream media were still games like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, which had "healthy content" and were "aimed at all ages." Regarding the so-called violent games, there has always been controversy.
Even war-themed FPS games were controversial, so it wasn't strange for GTA to be treated like a sore thumb.
But what the players were curious about was how much of an impact GTA had? Well, the more popular you are, the more trouble you'd have …
If GTA was a game made by a small, unknown company with average sales and influence, it wouldn't have caused this much controversy. Moreover, if there was a controversy, the developer would be happy to use this opportunity to gain popularity.
But Chen Mo and Thunderbolt Entertainment didn't care about this popularity …
What's more, everyone realized something strange. Generally speaking, China's attitude toward games was more conservative than America's. However, the controversy of boycotting GTA was more intense overseas, while there wasn't as much opposition in China.
It didn't take a genius to figure out why this happened. It was because they were in a completely different position.
In the past, most violent games were foreign games that entered the Chinese market to make money. But GTA was a Chinese game, it had to be sold overseas to make money!
Moreover, this game would directly affect the sales of the Matrix VR pod, and the Matrix VR pod had a huge market behind it.
The next generation VR market was still monopolized by the Matrix VR pod, which involved the Game Committee, domestic technology companies, and the Chinese video game industry. Moreover, this huge market would bring immeasurable economic and cultural value to the country. Why would they stab themselves in the back when it was selling so well?
Moreover, the Game Committee had personally approved GTA's approval.
Going back on the game that was already approved? Banning sales? What a joke, wouldn't that be slapping themselves in the face? Why would the Game Committee do something like that?
GTA was indeed somewhat controversial, but firstly, there was a complete classification system and relevant regulations in China, so GTA did not violate any red lines. At most, it only skirted the line a little. Secondly, this story completely happened in America. If there was any innuendo, it would be an innuendo of the social problems in America. What did it have to do with China?
Moreover, although there were voices of opposition, the players' love and support for the game was obvious.
Under similar news articles, players could be seen everywhere disdainful of such arguments.
"What does crime have to do with games? Show me the evidence! "
"Do these people live in the last century? Or last century? The game industry has been developing for so many years. Do you still think it's electronic heroin? "
"If you have the ability, ban movies, TV dramas, and comics too. Let's study hard every day and improve every day!"
"It's clearly society's and family's responsibility, but they push it to games. Even if they push the blame, it's still 6666.
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"Why are the Animal Protection Association and feminists here? Are they trying to blackmail us? However, Thunderbolt Entertainment was a domestic company, so extorting money from foreign companies wouldn't work! Let's see if Chen Mo cares. If you have the ability, why don't you sign a petition and ban GTA? Let's see if the players in America will rebel. "
"This is the first time I've felt superior as a domestic gamer! I've decided to buy a skin to show my support for Salent! "
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Obviously, the replies from these players meant that GTA held a very high position in the hearts of the players.
Chen Mo didn't care about the voices of opposition from overseas.
Even if the Animal Protection Association, feminists, and foreign media exerted some pressure on the foreign video game companies, Chen Mo was in China. No matter how much they shouted, it wouldn't be more annoying than a fly buzzing around him.
To put it simply, Chen Mo couldn't even be bothered to explain to the voices from overseas. Banning GTA if you have the ability was obviously impossible. Since I'm still making money, selling the Matrix, and the foreign players are still playing the game, I'll just pretend like you don't exist.
However, Chen Mo felt that it was necessary to refute the voices from within China.
It wasn't that he was worried that these voices would affect the sales of GTA, but he was more concerned about the public opinion.
Even if these voices didn't cause much of a stir, it would still affect the opinions of the higher-ups. Perhaps some people would put pressure on the Game Committee, indirectly affecting the development of the Chinese video game industry in the future.
It wasn't to the extent of banning GTA, but if there were similar themes in the future, it wouldn't be so easy to get past the censors.
Therefore, for the future development of the Chinese video game industry, and at the same time correcting the misconceptions that society had about games, Chen Mo had to fight the public opinion war, and he had to win it.
Chen Mo was now the undisputed leader of the Chinese video game industry. His voice and attitude would sometimes affect the decisions of the Game Committee, and in turn affect the development of the industry as a whole. Therefore, Chen Mo was no longer in a situation where he didn't care about the outside world and only focused on the game. With great power came great responsibility, and Chen Mo had the responsibility to do this.
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Qiao Hua was surprised by Chen Mo's request.
"Are you sure you want to do this? The Game Committee's attitude is to ignore it as much as possible. You know that the next generation of VR isn't going to be affected by something like this. Most of the people questioning GTA are just trying to take advantage of the hype. If you respond to them, they'll only get more excited. The players were already supportive of him. As long as this period of time passed, the topic's popularity would gradually die down, and no one would mention it again. Why do you have to mess with them at this time? "
Chen Mo laughed, "It's not that easy to take advantage of my hype. Moreover, I'm not doing this to spite them. This has to do with the development of the Game Committee and the industry as a whole. If we don't talk back, it'll seem like we're in the wrong. "
Qiao Hua went silent for a bit, "Alright, I'll ask Chairman Zhang for his opinion. If there's no problem, I'll arrange for the best debate program in China. "
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