The domestic single-player game market is on the brink of extinction.

Zhonghao Game News website (http://www.93lm.cn/) reports: Compared to foreign single-player and online games, the domestic single-player game market can be said to be on the brink of extinction. On one hand, there is the impact of many excellent online games; on the other hand, which is also very important, there is the rampant piracy in China. In fact, this cannot be blamed on the players. For the same game, it costs only a dozen dollars in the United States, but nearly a hundred yuan RMB in China. Perhaps someone would say that after the exchange rate conversion, we are still relatively cheaper, but the per capita income in the United States is dozens of times higher than ours, shouldn't this be taken into account? Such prices make many players stay away from single-player games. As a result, one by one single-player game studios either disband or turn to developing online games. Even the most well-known domestic game brand "Xianjian" couldn't change the fact that its developer Shanghai Softstar went bankrupt.

In fact, observing foreign single-player blockbusters, we can see that mainstream blockbusters are mainly first-person shooter games and action-adventure games, which happen to be the ones that require the highest performance from game engines, and this is precisely the weakness of domestic developers. Now, domestic single-player games have been basically monopolized by role-playing games (RPGs), and there is a lack of new works. Most of them just add a number to the existing series. Of course, RPG games are not without masterpieces. Japanese RPGs have classic series like "Final Fantasy", "Ys", and "The Legend of Heroes", as well as younger members like "Zodiac Star Story" and "The Last Remnant". While in Europe and America, there are many famous series such as "The Elder Scrolls", "Fable", and "Fallout". Last year's "Fallout 3" and "Fable 2" created very excellent sales figures. However, these games have their common points. Japanese RPGs mainly focus on large and twisted plots, while Western RPGs win with high freedom. In contrast, domestic RPGs are mostly single-flow processes, and the one with the highest degree of freedom is probably "Sky Eight Parts" by Zhi Guan. Without freedom, naturally the plot becomes the main focus, and the "Sword" series has shed countless tears for players. However, domestic RPGs mainly focus on martial arts, history, and mythology, whose cultural compatibility is relatively poor, making it difficult to resonate with foreign players. With the foreign market unable to open up and the domestic market being occupied by piracy, the domestic single-player game market has become increasingly desolate.

In previous years, some studios tried other game types, such as action games "King of Heaven" and "Meteor Butterfly Sword", and first-person shooter games like "Bloody Battle of Burma". Now, basically no other game types can be seen except for the recent dating simulation game "Dream of Red Mansions" released by Entertainment Pass. This is mainly due to the lagging behind of 3D game engines, making it impossible to develop next-generation works that can match foreign blockbusters. And if we delve deeper into the reasons, it should still be attributed to the lack of R&D funds. In fact, this is no longer just a problem of the gaming industry. Nowadays, too many industries in China are too eager for profit, hoping to turn one yuan into a million, eventually leading to a situation where dregs are everywhere and there is a lack of quality products.

The domestic single-player game market is bleak, and the domestic online game market is a mess. Now the online game market is mainly dominated by European and American, Korean and Japanese games, followed by a few excellent domestic works, and the rest are all copied and plagiarized. Fortunately, there are many people in China, so even the trashiest games have support, which further increases the developers' pursuit of short-term benefits while ignoring long-term R&D innovation.

I have a dream, I dream that one day domestic games will gain recognition and love from players all over the world.