The gaming industry has always had a strange phenomenon: official versions can't beat pirated ones!
When a groundbreaking game hits the market, if its gameplay is novel and easy to mimic, it often enjoys early success but then gets crushed by knockoff games from competitors later.
There are plenty of examples like this.
There was even a news story a few years ago about Tencent suing a small company with low recognition, one that many domestic players hadn't even heard of.
What did the company do?
The answer is, they created a knockoff of "King of Glory," a MOBA mobile game popular across the country, and used this knockoff to break into parts of the Southeast Asian market, outperforming the official overseas version.
This story is somewhat amusing but is indeed a norm in the gaming industry, especially in the domestic gaming scene.
Being the pioneer doesn't always mean securing market share; sometimes, it's the latecomers that become the ultimate winners!
