Gaming

I haven't played the game, but the reviews are mostly positive. The only negative reviews so far are coming from hit-pieces like Rebekah Valentine, who is just a racist hating the game because it was made by non-white people.

Also it's a top seller on Steam.

Not really on topic but wait just a gosh darn second.

This person is playing and reviewing (what might be called) the prettiest, most demanding game ever made, and they're doing it on a Steam Deck, on Low?

But still, the visuals are the main thing they praise about it?

I'm a bit surprised? Confused? Anyway that's a little weird.

The game is great lol

OK, but the context matters.

Part of the context is that most of those sales are probably to China, and that despite the big global numbers, it's probably not not the same level of success in the Western world as the steam sales imply.

Part of the context is that game sales have never meant a game is actually good.

But part of that context is that it's the first real effort from China at a real AAA, single player game, and the differences in government and culture are part of the conversation.

And part of the context is that China is a huge, largely untapped market for AAA single player games, and publishers are going to notice that and push games to do some of the things other media have done to be more palatable to that market (most think to the detriment of quality by western standards).

I'm not hyper interested in the game (I'd probably try a demo), but it's being talked about because it actually affects the gaming industry.

This is exactly the Hogwarts legacy story over again.

Some people got the idea stuck in their head that the game needs to be canceled. And they're upset that the game is not canceled.

Seems to be a theme with flops these days. "Oh you don't hate the movie, you hate XYZ"

Nice try marketing assholes. Quit your fake ass job and contribute to society.