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"Report me for what?"

"Didn't I just say that we're exploiting loopholes to release illegal games that involve violence, incite crime, and objectify women?"

"Tsk, an American branch in China, reporting me for exploiting vulnerabilities? And also reporting me for selling games that are violent and incite crime? Which games did they report?"

Lin Li's tone was somewhat puzzling.

I have a feeling this scene is rather darkly humorous.

The platform was reported.

This isn't the first time for Xinghuo; there have been reports of violence and nudity before.

However, all of Xinghuo's games have obtained publishing licenses, and the publishing administration under the propaganda department and the publishing administration under the radio and television administration have the same name.

But the institutions are completely different.

For the current State Administration of Press and Publication, let alone a report from an American company, even if Chinese parents came, it wouldn't make a difference.

Don't you see that the later "Black Myth" was able to get a publishing license?

Therefore, this thing is not fatal.

The fatal flaw was the sentence mentioned earlier.

Spark is exploiting vulnerabilities to sell games, and that's the real problem.

Jiang Shaohui also revealed some details of the whistleblower letter, which used GTA5 as an example, claiming that Xinghuo illegally sold 30 copies of GTA5 in China.

This detail made Lin Li frown immediately.

GTA5 was launched on the Spark platform in June of this year, following an initial collaboration between Spark and Rockstar Games.

Like many overseas games.

GTA5 uses an overseas version number.

In principle, there is no regional server for Chinese players; players need to use a VPN to purchase it.

However, this road.

With time, most players know to use a VPN before logging into the platform.

Someone who knows a little bit about computers.

Anyone can easily buy the games they want through an accelerator, and those without a computer... well, they're not users of the Spark PC platform at all.

Let's not even talk about Tencent's WEGAME.

Let's talk about the Spark platform.

Since this system matured, it has indeed introduced many classic works from overseas to China.

For domestic players

The Spark platform is the most convenient platform, bar none.

Because the Spark platform, in addition to introducing games.

They will also provide supporting services for the game.

For example, after GTA5 was launched on the Spark platform, Spark also set up servers for GTA5, and these servers were loaded with Spark's official anti-cheat system.

To facilitate online play for players.

Spark's platform anti-cheating system uses a server-based anti-cheating method.

In other words, when players are playing the game, Spark will record the player's data once and check the player's data at intervals. Once abnormal game data is found, it will take action.

It will extract all abnormal data to determine whether cheating has occurred.

Besides GTA, the Battlefield series is also like this.

As I mentioned before, for games like Battlefield, it's not that difficult to combat cheating; it's simply impossible to catch all the cheaters.

But at least we can make the game environment less chaotic.

It's simply because Battlefield is a buy-to-play game.

Almost all Battlefield games, after release, see EA quickly abandon its investment in anti-cheat measures.

This resulted in the official anti-cheating measures being completely ineffective.

Ultimately, this led to the collapse of the entire game. The game's anti-cheat system relied entirely on the host kicking players out, and many of the hosts of unofficial rooms were either cheaters or unregistered players.

The official servers are infected with malware, and so are the unofficial servers.

Players' most basic experience cannot be guaranteed.

The gaming experience was naturally terrible.

In contrast, Spark's anti-cheat software uses server-side computation to achieve its purpose, which increases Spark's server costs when loaded into these games.

What can be achieved is that players can have a relatively fair gaming environment.

of course.

That's why Xinghuo did it.

The reason is quite simple: it's because the money was well spent.

Both are Battlefield games, but on Steam, Battlefield games bought through EA can only access the official servers, while Battlefield games bought through Spark can access the official Spark servers.

These servers also come with anti-cheating measures.

Which platform will players choose?

In addition, with the establishment of Xinghuo service integration in Guizhou, Gansu and other places in the past two years, the operating cost of Xinghuo's servers is actually not high.

These old games had a peak concurrent user count of only a few thousand at times, and at most tens of thousands.

This can lead to an improved reputation.

It's much more expensive than the cost.

Many overseas players even buy an extra copy of the Spark server just for its anti-cheat features.

Take GTA5 as an example.

Since it went on sale in June, it has sold 300,000 sets in just over two months.

I really want to ask that question.

Who hasn't bought GTA5 yet...?

"They want to detonate the accelerator?"

Lin Li remained completely unfazed when Xinghuo reported his own game.

The fact that accelerators can be reported actually made Lin Li frown.

Because this matter has essentially become an unspoken rule, but now someone wants to break this unspoken rule, and the key point is that this person seems to be an American.

If the other party leads the US media to engage in a reverse export and domestic sales strategy.

The State Press and Publication Administration really didn't have any good solutions.

"Their complaint letter did indeed mention this aspect..."

What does the State Administration of Press and Publication plan to do?

Lin Li asked another question.

"We're discussing solutions too."

Upon hearing the words "discussing a plan," Lin Li's heart sank.

"Sigh, when we established the Spark Platform, we should have just set it up somewhere overseas. These Americans can sell it, but we can't. Who are the true citizens of this land anyway..."

Jiang Shaohui was momentarily speechless.

He knew that Lin Li was reminding him, or rather, reminding the Press and Publication Administration.

Don't kiss someone who hurts you, or your enemy will rejoice.

Chapter 363 The Awkward Domestic Platform

The reason why current gaming platforms, whether Steam or Epic, can sell games globally is because...

It's not without reason.

According to the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services, transactions involving the purchase of games on digital distribution platforms, based on cross-border small-scale software sales, are legal and protected.

Therefore, as long as a member state of the WOT, it can enjoy the benefits of the WOT.

This is equivalent to opening up its game market to the outside world.

There are no laws in China that restrict this.

In other words, as long as a game platform complies with local requirements for cross-border services, it can sell games worldwide.

This is why Steam was able to sell games globally in its previous life.

Spark also operates on this logic, selling its games to countries around the world.

But this way.

A bug emerged, namely, in the previous version of Steam and Epic, selling games in China did not require a game license because the products they sold fell under the category of cross-border small-scale software.

On the contrary, Chinese companies, if they have the capability, can build a platform to sell games to other companies.

Can be biased.

If Huaxia's own platform wants to sell games in China, it needs to be subject to the supervision of relevant domestic departments. Games without a license cannot be sold.

Isn't that amazing?

"Alright, Mr. Lin, don't complain in front of me. It won't make a difference if I say anything."

Lin Li knew, of course, that this matter couldn't be resolved simply by complaining to Jiang Shaohui.

I'm just a little angry.

"Well, Brother Jiang, what's your opinion on this matter? What's the higher-ups' stance?"

The two wandered around for a long time.

We've finally gotten down to business.

"Your superiors will always support you."

Jiang Shaohui answered very seriously.

"So what was the result of the discussion? We can't just turn off the accelerator, can we?"

"No need for that. Our suggestion is that you talk to the other party privately."

"..."

Lin Li rubbed his brow.

He knew it.

Although the State Administration of Press and Publication strongly supports Spark Program, it still hopes that Spark Program can handle things on its own when problems arise.

Today's visit is actually just to inform Xinghuo.

If Lin Li can't handle it, and things really escalate, then things will become even more difficult.

"But if I go there, wouldn't I be like a lamb entering a tiger's den? And even if I manage to deal with this one, what if another one pops up? This isn't the way to solve the problem."

to be frank.

Lin Li doesn't mind using money to smear this matter.

Can be a problem.

Even if you smash it, what if someone else comes after you?

Moreover, what if the other party makes an exorbitant demand that you can't meet?

“We are aware of your difficulties. The leaders have also said that you don’t actually need to solve it. Just wait until October.”

Jiang Shaohui told Lin Li another idea.

Go and communicate first.