Right but that’s not the “missing middle”, that’s the most popular game on the app stores making billions in revenue.

Mid-range stuff has not really come ouy of China. The only game that comes to mind by Chinese indies is My Time at Portia, which had alright gameplay but was noted for janky localization.

Ah, I was just trying to rebut the claim that Chinese developers can't capture western markets in general.

Mihoyo is a juggernaut at this point, which speaks to the worldwide appeal of Chinese game dev but absolutely precludes them from the "mid-range" category, lol.

It’s also a sample size of one. So to me at least it’s still the exception that proves the rule.