Sold-out Masters Shanghai signals bright future for VALORANT in China, say Riot execs.
The two hometown teams,EDward GamingandFunPlus Phoenix, only managed 7th-8th and 9th-12th place finishes, respectively.
That became a cause for concern as Chinese fans are known to mostly support their own teams.
We all got a little nervous when EDG, FPX the Chinese teams didn’t make a deep run.
The thing, for me personally, that I find most exciting is actually getting to meet our players.
While the season just started this year, preparations have started long before.
We’ve been in constant communication and within part of the plan all along.
As soon as VALORANT launched in China, VCT CN was soon to follow.
Ensuring VALORANTs success in China was always a tricky proposition for Riot.
So, there will always be an appetite for Riot titles in China.
On the other side of the coin is Chinas relative lack of success in shooters.
It might take a year or two before we see a Chinese VALORANT world champion.
Coming to China was something that I think felt really obvious as soon as we launched the game.
We saw players embracing VALORANT and it’s been a pretty amazing growth trajectory for the past year.
And China, one year in, it’s been just incredible.
