@oxiddys If this is true then as i figured they are gonna keep the game in china to avoid getting closed by the goverment and save face from the harrasment is gonns cause for being a Singaporean branch of the company. I knew it was gonna go downhill once the goverment got involved
Bad Dragon is ending production of physical dildos starting January 2028.
From that date, dildos will be available in digital formats only through the BD Play Store.
This screenshot was found on Xiaohongshu (RED), a Chinese social media platform.
A CN player is openly admitting that the backlash against Valko was a deliberate pressure tactic — not genuine feedback. They admit the complaints weren't real, that stirring up outside public opinion was part of the strategy, and that now that the goal has been achieved, other players should stay quiet so the global community doesn't find out.
Their words, not mine. Read the translation.
Papergames didn't cancel Valko because of legitimate player concerns. They caved to a manufactured campaign. And the people behind it are celebrating.
We're still here. We're not going anywhere.
🐺 #BringBackValko #LoveAndDeepspace #LADS
I’m just so disappointed rn. We thought we only lost Valko but we could potentially be losing ALL Chinese Otome games now…
Who tf thought that reporting lads to the Chinese govt for “romanticizing women in danger” would result in anything good? They 100% want the end result for lads and other women focused games to be completely eradicated. This is why we don’t talk about taboo media or make a big deal out of it so it doesn’t get seen by the govt and we can keep it in our media. Fuck this “women’s safety” group who reported it (prob the same group who reported Snowbreak) they single handedly made things WORSE for women by doing this. Now there will be no more women focused games in china. They are not heroes for reporting games to the govt, they are cowards and a stain on the female community.
So take it with a grain of salt :
There's a rumor saying that the next announcement will be that the six LIs are safe but the game will be restricted for two months for major restructuring.....
Chinese Media turning things up , because that drug case is a part of xavier's story it have no connection with Valko. Ita almost like media is turning the words towards public and government.
Vid cr: insta(lielixlz)
A very kind CN girl asked me to post to try and help explain the situation. This isn't just a simple issue, it's multiple issue stacked onto of each other that caused this. People forget things are viewed differently over there and over here.
@yvaineishere@zaynie_0304 This is not Infold's decision is the goverment. What this post is saying is that infold is trying to keep Valko and the only choice that they can do to keep him to save public eye is to suspend the game for 2 months.
@PanicDisorder88@zaynie_0304 Is not up to them. If they shut down is because is a penalty imposed by the goverment so they can keep Valko as a character and save public eye is that or they close down the entire game
@Kastoriaaa@uncaged_kitten Someone with alot of power payed people to bring up stuff from lads to the eyes of the goverment with the agenda to get rid of the game and it probably bit more that it could shew
They are taking women comfort media so they don't question their partners to "Fix the birthrates". Same shit that happened with the "Unrealistic expectations" of the CEO trope ban in dramas.
I absolutely wish I could say I didn't believe the words I wrote, but unfortunately they are making more sense than most other things I've seen about this situation
I think a lot of global players are accidentally reading this situation backwards😳
Most people only saw:
Valko announced → CN backlash → Valko canceled.
So the conclusion naturally became, "PPG just listened to toxic fans." But from everything that's been surfacing from CN, that timeline seems... incomplete.
What started as concerns over production capacity, missing content, long-term planning, and the introduction of a new LI appears to have snowballed into discussions surrounding a politically and historically sensitive reference that PPG quietly changed before the cancellation letter was even published. And that's a completely different level of controversy😣
Once a discussion moves beyond fandom spaces and starts touching nationally sensitive issues in China, the stakes change dramatically.
This became a company crisis.
A reputation crisis.
Potential regulatory scrutiny.
Potentially an existential crisis if things kept escalating.
The deeper I look into what actually happened, the more it feels like we only witnessed the ending while missing everything that happened behind the scenes😭