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Naavik Digest: Why China’s Gaming Giants Are Pivoting to Lifestyle-Sims
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This is the audio version of the Naavik Digest newsletter published on May 3rd, 2026. This week, we examine what direction China’s gaming giants are taking following the decline of the traditional Anime-Gacha ARPG model.
You can read the newsletter (with even more sections and visual detail) here: https://www.naavik.co/digest/beyond-gacha-why-chinas-gaming-giants-are-pivoting-to-lifestyle-sims
Meet with Naavik at the Nordic Game 2026: https://naavik.typeform.com/to/Jc5cl7eY
Our most recent AI x Gaming newsletter: https://naavik.substack.com/p/kraftons-radical-ai-transformation
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