Thanks to DigiCha citing a blog post by Pingdom, Niko took a look at a list of the top 29 social networking services with more than one million visitors per day that Pingdom posted. In that we can see that both RenRen and Kaixin001 are very small in the world of SNS, even if they are important in China. Qzone is #3 worldwide in terms of DAU. This shouldn't stop companies from wanting to distribute games on RenRen and Kaixin001 however, as they are the 2^nd and 3^rd most popular SNS sites in China behind Qzone.

Chinese online game operators would be wise to expand the business models for online games as well as expand the genres and game themes to accommodate a wider array of Chinese gamers. These gamers are afforded many options for platforms and types of games already. So in light of the changing business climate for online games in China, Giant Interactive has launched a new business model for ZT2, the second coming of its hit game ZT Online (Zhengtu Online). The original ZT Online used to offer gamers a choice to play on a F2P server or on a time-based prepaid server. The new model takes a different path and has eliminated virtual item sales, but awards virtual items to gamers on merit as well as allowing them to buy their way through the game.

Regulations are difficult to navigate in China's games market, equally tough in Vietnam's. In other parts of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, regulations for the games industry are more business-friendly - at least for now. Singapore is one country that does require games to be submitted for approval or denial before being launched, but their ratings system appears to be quite fair, singling out gruesome violence and sexuality. The nation-state is hosting a series of video talks to explore ratings systems around the world and can be viewed on the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT website.