TLDR: China Hero Project is 21 games 14 are still in development. And PS5 is seeing big sales gains over PS4.
And the Final Fantasy quote is about them wanting to have a long term relationships with Chinese developers like they have with Square Enix who has been putting games on PlayStation for 20 years.
Bao Bo:
CHP has been in existence for seven years, and has announced a total of 21 selected titles.
Seven of these titles have been released, and 14 titles, including the multiplayer open world ARPG “Unending Dawn” , the single-player adventure “Loulan” , and the martial arts action RPG “Brocade-Clad Guard” announced at CJ2024, are currently in development by the supported developers. We are currently in the final stages of developing these third-term selected titles.
Bao Bo:
I think it has been quite successful. That’s because the changes in the Chinese game market in recent years have been a big tailwind. To be
honest, during the first and second phases of CHP titles, consumer game consoles were hardly popular in China. However, recently, the PlayStation platform has rapidly penetrated the market, and the number of people playing has increased dramatically, and Chinese gamers have naturally been able to touch it.
4Gamer:
Which is stronger in China, PS5 or PS4?
Bao Bo:
I don’t know the exact market share, but as far as I know, PS5 is overwhelming. This is because, as I just said, during the PS4 era, consumer game consoles had not yet taken root in China, whereas in recent years, it has become the norm for new people to start with PS5.
