Why do we NOT have access to China cosmetics?

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Fleshbane wrote:

you litrally just said there is content behind closed doors we dont have access to in POE because some dude running POE in china says we cant buy it thats what im missing i want to buy ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN POE do companies just hate money like wtf

"I want"...

Decisions aren't made based on you, you know. There's stuff in the Chinese store that would upset A LOT of players here, when it comes to art direction the game takes. And understandably so. There's tons of stuff there that really do not fit the game's "image", or art style, if you'd like. But as long as YOU want it, I guess all that doesn't matter.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

No "official" answer, but it probably comes down to who paid for their creation and who would get the money if they were purchased. When those two don't coincide, you're not going to get access to them.

This really should have answered your question completely, Fleshbane. I'm puzzled that it did not.

They are two different games. If you would prefer to play the other game, there are probably ways you can make that happen. Chinese isn't trivial to learn, by any means, but many people have done it. You can too, if you really want to.

hate money like wtf[/quote]

"I want"...

Decisions aren't made based on you, you know. There's stuff in the Chinese store that would upset A LOT of players here, when it comes to art direction the game takes. And understandably so. There's tons of stuff there that really do not fit the game's "image", or art style, if you'd like. But as long as YOU want it, I guess all that doesn't matter.[/quote]


I would have belived that few years ago but your telling me this fits the game ? with crap like this (( Carnival Mystery Box )) now being added why woud'nt you just give your audiance access to all the games cosmetics ? if its a case of money they just have the american versino of POE rip off the exact deseigns of the cosmetics in china and just call it there own that way everyone can atleast buy the same stuff

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gibbousmoon wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

No "official" answer, but it probably comes down to who paid for their creation and who would get the money if they were purchased. When those two don't coincide, you're not going to get access to them.

This really should have answered your question completely, Fleshbane. I'm puzzled that it did not.

They are two different games. If you would prefer to play the other game, there are probably ways you can make that happen. Chinese isn't trivial to learn, by any means, but many people have done it. You can too, if you really want to.

if its a diffrent game then call it somthing diffrent and seperate it from the other game interirly so its audiance doesn't get pissed when they find out they are missing out like there POE even seems to have inventory bag extensions like to expand your inventory well your running maps and such thats awsome i dont know

You think calling it a different name is going to keep people from getting pissed off? You need to meet more people. It's pretty clear you want the game to move to a more pay to win sort of business model. It's fine in China, because they started that way and it was clear that was the way they were going. PoE was founded on the principle of "ethical micro-transactions" and GGG would lose pretty much everything by breaking that trust.

Extending the character's inventory space would be too great an advantage to allow for a fee. They're treading thin ice with stashes, get pretty grey on the "ethical" scale. But they're consistent. We know about that, and they've not gone beyond it. Allowing some players to have larger inventories would open that old wound.

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Fleshbane wrote:

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gibbousmoon wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

No "official" answer, but it probably comes down to who paid for their creation and who would get the money if they were purchased. When those two don't coincide, you're not going to get access to them.

This really should have answered your question completely, Fleshbane. I'm puzzled that it did not.

They are two different games. If you would prefer to play the other game, there are probably ways you can make that happen. Chinese isn't trivial to learn, by any means, but many people have done it. You can too, if you really want to.

if its a diffrent game then call it somthing diffrent and seperate it from the other game interirly so its audiance doesn't get pissed when they find out they are missing out like there POE even seems to have inventory bag extensions like to expand your inventory well your running maps and such thats awsome i dont know

Sorry, I cannot agree.

The creation of multiple versions of the same media--and non-media!--which have been tailored to different countries' audiences has been the norm for decades now, and for very good reasons.

Books, movies, TV shows, CDs, games, comics, toys, posters, household products, bathroom products, you name it.

It seems to me your objection stems from not understanding the reasons for the above. Different audiences have different expectations, so if you are selling it to them, you need to match those expectations. Video games are no exception.

An example of that, close to home: Coke (the beverage) in the US was sweetened with corn syrup, and Coke in Mexico was sweetened with sugar. It created a black market for Mexican Coke in the US.

Don't get me started on the difference between Irish and US Guinness Stout. Night and Day.

I guess I don't understand why their would be two different versions of POE, I had thought it was ONE world wide, but then again I did hear sometime back that the China server had a thing where when u died u could buy points and get back your 10% death loss. Still it would be cool if we at least had access to see their MTX list and if so purchase if we so wanted.

Tencent (Chinese gaming corporation) owns a large majority of GGG (80% I think). Their agreement is to allow GGG free reign of the company, but they will at times request changes for the Chinese servers. If GGG wants, they are free to make those changes global. I couldn’t possibly say what or how much. Tencent controls PoE in China, and GGG controls it everywhere else. I read a Reddit post from a couple years ago from Chris when they made the sale. I don’t really care to dig it up. I’m not sure why you are whining that you aren’t treated “as well as” those under a communist government that controls everything in your life, even how you play a video game.

China mtx is much better!