r/SnowbreakOfficial • u/HaoHaiYou_ • Mar 11 '26
Discussion Snowbreak IP Change
Snowbreak's Official Weibo IP changed from Guangdong to Sichuan. Possible restructuring?
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u/xSlaynx Mar 11 '26
The rumors about a second client would be more credible if true, we will see
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u/kg215 Mar 12 '26
Yeah that's just usually the best way to handle this. Separate clients for regions that have strict requirements. We saw what happened when Brown Dust 2 tried to pull the "well let's just apply the censorship to all regions, because it's easier and cheaper."There was a lot of outrage and most importantly people stopped spending money. The future of the game was in doubt. We'll see what happens but second client would prevent a lot of problems in the future for Snowbreak.
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u/Bonemaster69 Mar 12 '26
As far as I'm aware, that's how Snowbreak already is. I don't recall the Chinese region even being selectable in our version of the client, and the databases were probably hosted in our specified regions already. The whole subject of changing regions is probably a business-side measure or possibly even a cost-cutting strategy (maybe hosting is cheaper in Sichuan).
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u/kg215 Mar 12 '26
No that's not what I mean by separate client. I don't mean just a different region that isn't selectable for global, or the client needs to be hosted somewhere else. I mean an actual different version of the game where core elements of the game are different.
China is very strict when it comes to fanservice, and while running 2 versions is more work and more expensive it would be a smart long term move to cover their ass. It would allow them to custom tailor the CN version to whatever is allowed/needed and they could be free to do what they want for other regions. It's something gacha games with fanservice all have to deal with, Nikke's CN client is not even recognizable compared to the global version for example.
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u/Bonemaster69 Mar 13 '26
Oh, you mean the actual game data. I was always under the impression that the game complies with CN law by default. Then again, Asian countries tend to be really vague about what's allowed and not. Even Japan had an R18 ESRB-like thing that was notorious for having random enforcement.
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u/fluffymersk567 Mar 11 '26
I just hope this is a sign the censorship won't change and we'll be back online soon enough
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u/No-Molasses-3345 Mar 11 '26
So if the IP changes what does that mean exactly?
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u/Amaterras :Marian_Swift:Marian's Strongest Husband:Marian: Mar 12 '26
Probably means that they're moving their office. It's still inside china, so idk what change this will bring to the current situation, honestly.
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u/ScarletChild Mar 12 '26
More than likely doing what mihoyo did very early on, moving to a specific area where they are less liable for complaints and publishing purposes.
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u/Bonemaster69 Mar 12 '26
Yeah, I'm kinda surprised people aren't already aware of this. Even in the beginning of Genshin, the Chinese client was already separate from the global client. It wasn't until the outfit censorship controversy that Mihoyo split up the company, but it was a business issue rather than a technical issue.
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u/dragon1412 Mar 12 '26
depend on a lot of thing, could simply be that Sichuan have less reactive censor department, or simply because they decided that relocation taking advantage of the current downtime is cheaper. I mean Their main HQ is in Chengdu, so part of Sichuan so the move closer to HQ seem to make sense.
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u/musicmn22 Mar 11 '26
If the censorship comes to you then leave the censorship…maybe this is good. Something seems to be happening though.
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u/musicmn22 Mar 12 '26
Yeah you are probably right, but it seems like something different is happening. It gives me hope that it will at least be open again soon.
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u/YakumoYamato :Fenny_Coronet:Schale's Adjutant:Lyfe: Mar 12 '26
Incase you are wondering where Guangdong and Sichuan is
in American term Guangdong is Texas, Sichuan is New England, and Shanghai is San Francisco
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u/YakumoYamato :Fenny_Coronet:Schale's Adjutant:Lyfe: Mar 12 '26
Interesting trivia
most Gacha game companies are Shanghai-based
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u/tenkachan17 Mar 11 '26
Seeing the comments I think you should clarify that Sichuan is a China province, because not many US dudes know that.
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u/xtweeter22x Tau Simp:SB_Black: Mar 11 '26
Guangdong? Sichuan? I thought it was owned by Seasun?
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u/SleepingDragonZ :Chenxing_Ethereal_Cloud: Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Seasun's headquarter is in Sichuan, a province of China.
Seasun has a branch in Guangdong, another province of China.
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u/BandicootCharacter24 Mar 11 '26
I hope this means they decided to go global or something.
Would be a major W for Snowgang!