Thoughts on seeing a Chinese faction added to Squad?

[Cpt.EdwardTeach]

The Chinese military has plenty of interesting vehicles and gear that I would love to role with...


Just an idea

[Kim Jong Shlong]

+1

[Cpt.EdwardTeach]

Very true. I'd also love to see a German faction added. If you've ever seen a Leopard MBT in full camouflage, you'll understand my excitement towards that :)

[¤Zyklon¤]

We have seen enough of german army for the next 100 years my friend.

Chinese?? com'on,we don't want to be invaded by one billion cheaters my friend.

[Cpt.EdwardTeach]

Originally posted by Aegmar:

Originally posted by ¤Saddam¤:

Chinese?? com'on,we don't want to be invaded by one billion cheaters my friend.

Not sure if that would be going to happen, because:

1. Squad is such a small niche game, much traction for the more arcade orientied asians players is unlikely

2. Really bad ping, chinese would probably play on Asian servers then... if at all

But any Middle Eastern Army or even some fictional one like the MEC in PR would also do. G3A4 with Optics anyone ?

I never said I wanted Chinese SERVERS, I said it would be cool to see Chinese factions (tanks, guns, etc)

[All Crows Are Brilliant]

The Chinese military definitely has some cool stuff (including recently spotted railguns!), however, incorporating them and getting that approved in China does present some unique challenges. I can say we're not currently working on a Chinese faction, but we're tracking the demand. =)

[Hollen]

Originally posted by Aegmar:

Originally posted by Gatzby:

The Chinese military definitely has some cool stuff (including recently spotted railguns!), however, incorporating them and getting that approved in China does present some unique challenges. I can say we're not currently working on a Chinese faction, but we're tracking the demand. =)

Now im curious, why would you need approval from some chinese agency ? Are there some unique canadian laws that would require you to seek permission from a foreign government for using their stuff in a game ? Or is it merely to make sure squad doesn't end up banned in china ?

China is controlled by a tryannical goverment that censors all media that their people consume, so its going to be a bit more difficult to add in the peoples "liberation" army .

[Cpt.EdwardTeach]

Originally posted by Aegmar:

Originally posted by HollenHund:

China is controlled by a tryannical goverment that censors all media that their people consume, so its going to be a bit more difficult to add in the peoples "liberation" army .

why ? OWI is not a chinese company, they can't do anything if they decide to use the PLA as a faction ingame except banning the game in china (where they have jurisdiction). I imagine sales in china are not that big a deal anyways that such a ban would hurt OWI much, but i can of course be wrong about that.

What about wargame: red dragon or even BF4? they have plenty of Chinese stuff, and I doubt they asked the Chinese for permission

[4and4squared]

Any depiction of the PLA or China being an aggressor of war is grounds for getting the game banned in China and thus being removed from steam there. While as a faction they would be very refreshing as an addition, it would mean potentially cutting sales from one of the most lucrative gaming markets on the planet. That is of course if government regulation/censorship people take notice of Squad, which they might given it's sold like what? At least 100k copies on steam.

[JoeShmoe]

Anything that would draw the massive amount of Chinese hackers to any game would a hard NO from me. We need to build an electronic wall around China

[Cpt.EdwardTeach]

Originally posted by JoeShmoe:

Anything that would draw the massive amount of Chinese hackers to any game would a hard NO from me. We need to build an electronic wall around China

The OP wasn't about drawing in a Chinese consumer base. Besides, it's not like milsim is big in China. All they play is LoL and PUBG (I know from expierience)

[All Crows Are Brilliant]

Originally posted by Aegmar:

Now im curious, why would you need approval from some chinese agency ? Are there some unique canadian laws that would require you to seek permission from a foreign government for using their stuff in a game ? Or is it merely to make sure squad doesn't end up banned in china ?

Hehe, that's a question for the Chinese government to answer, we just have to follow their rules to be available for play in China. We do have a fairly large and growing Chinese community, and we'd really like to continue to support the folks who've supported us. For most intents and purposes, it's not that different from getting a PEGI rating, approved in Australia, or similar processes, I think -- it's not something I handle direcly though.

The question of getting games approved has been an interesting one of late, as they did freeze the process last year. It's been reinstated recently though: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/20/china-restarts-game-approval-process/

[blackspell]

Originally posted by Polissya:

Very true. I'd also love to see a German faction added. If you've ever seen a Leopard MBT in full camouflage, you'll understand my excitement towards that :)

yeah that would be awesome!