In 2019, PC Gamer published the in-depth feature PC gaming in China: Everything you need to know about the world's biggest PC games industry. At the time, our goal in covering what our shared hobby looks like in a country that Western players still have little insight into.
"China's PC gaming industry is the largest in the world by a wide margin. The entire US games industry, including PC, mobile, and console games, generated only $30.4 billion in revenue in 2018—China's PC gaming scene alone is equal to about half of that," reporter Steven Messner wrote at the time. "In spite of those numbers, you might be hard-pressed to name a Chinese-made PC game."
