China's first blockbuster AAA video game, "Black Myth: Wukong" still has not been released digitally for the PlayStation 5 in Taiwan, causing many to make political assumptions behind the delay. TaiwanPlus spoke to Taiwanese game distributor, Titan, to find out how far it has gotten into the distribution deal with the Chinese developers.
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00:00What's the process of approving Chinese video games in Taiwan?
00:04In addition to the game branch, there is an additional censorship system in Taiwan.
00:12The censorship system has been in place for years, but the past works are mainly online games like mobile games or PC versions.
00:22In terms of single-player games, especially PS5 games, it is almost the first one.
00:28During the assessment process, what's stalling BlackNetWuKong's developer GameScience from signing the distribution contract?
00:36Before the game is released, they need to send the complete content to an external laboratory in Taiwan for screening.
00:42This may be a concern for some developers.
00:46Because this may be related to the possibility that the content of the game will be leaked.
00:50So we believe that this may be the main reason why the PS5 version is delayed.
00:58How long could it take for the PlayStation Digital version to hit the shelves?
01:03After the contract is signed, we will continue to send the content.
01:07This part of the time is announced by the Ministry of Digital Affairs.
01:10In fact, it will be completed within a month, including the update of the digital version.
01:16In terms of conservation, it may be released before the end of the year.