I don't understand why mainland Chinese players wouldn't count toward sales. They pay for access to the game and to the expansions just as the western world does. Just because the game is entirely digitally distributed in China and the business model is not the same, shouldn't make any difference. WoW is still sold for money over there one way or the other. We count the sales of PC games sold online through sources like Steam and Blizzard's online store, so why wouldn't Chinese sales count?
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I don't understand why mainland Chinese players wouldn't count toward sales. They pay for access to the game and to the expansions just as the western world does. Just because the game is entirely digitally distributed in China and the business model is not the same, shouldn't make any difference. WoW is still sold for money over there one way or the other. We count the sales of PC games sold online through sources like Steam and Blizzard's online store, so why wouldn't Chinese sales count?