Vietnamese Companies Can't Make Multiplayer Games?

[ForTheCity]

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...A_Reaction.php

Most of the country's early successes were in serving games from other countries locally in Vietnam. The massive company VNG has been operating MMOs and online games in Vietnam since 2004, and employs some 1,500 developers, according to a Penn-Olson report.

Let’s go back to VNG, that 1,500-person monster of a company that also recently got signed on by social game giant DeNA to make games for the Japanese market. Looking into the company's game catalog, you’ll find that VNG released Vietnam’s biggest locally-developed MMO, Thuận Thien Kiếm, back in 2010. Whoops!



The only explanation I can think of for why someone would say Vietnamese can't make multiplayer games is the fact that Vietnam's government has instituted a curfew for online games, which asked internet providers to block all access to online games from 10 PM to 8 AM. According to Game Politics though, this simply meant the closure of internet cafes past 10 PM, many of which simply ignore the rule.


I was wondering since people ignore the rule. Why does MMO's in vietnam fail at being successful?

[xWalrus]

MMOs fail in Vietnam? No they don't. I'm Vietnamese and I have been to Vietnam. MANY people of different ages play MMOs all day.

[Espada1]

MMOs fail in Vietnam? No they don't. I'm Vietnamese and I have been to Vietnam. MANY people of different ages play MMOs all day.

I think you read the article/OP's summary wrong.

It is about the low quality games that Vietnamese developers are putting out. Not "MMOs fail in Vietnam."

[ForTheCity]

MMOs in general are successful over there but i think maybe because of the law, maybe Vietnamese game sites have to restrict access to online gaming? But if the vietnamese play MMOs from other areas, the government might not have the power to restrict it. I think thats what is going on over in vietnam.

[endrien]

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...A_Reaction.php

Most of the country's early successes were in serving games from other countries locally in Vietnam. The massive company VNG has been operating MMOs and online games in Vietnam since 2004, and employs some 1,500 developers, according to a Penn-Olson report.

Let’s go back to VNG, that 1,500-person monster of a company that also recently got signed on by social game giant DeNA to make games for the Japanese market. Looking into the company's game catalog, you’ll find that VNG released Vietnam’s biggest locally-developed MMO, Thuận Thien Kiếm, back in 2010. Whoops!



The only explanation I can think of for why someone would say Vietnamese can't make multiplayer games is the fact that Vietnam's government has instituted a curfew for online games, which asked internet providers to block all access to online games from 10 PM to 8 AM. According to Game Politics though, this simply meant the closure of internet cafes past 10 PM, many of which simply ignore the rule.


I was wondering since people ignore the rule. Why does MMO's in vietnam fail at being successful?

If it took 1500 developers to make that shitty game...then that is why Vietnam fails at MMO's.

[ForTheCity]

If it took 1500 developers to make that shitty game...then that is why Vietnam fails at MMO's.

i actually don't think any company has 1500 developers. no one could get their ideas out. i think they just worded it wrong in the article. more like 1500 employees.