For a long time, most people's awareness of Japanese gaming still in the fighting game, such as Umehara large Wudeng Japanese gaming star are all comes from fighting the project.

In recent years, Japan has been significantly gaming development. Japanese Gaming League (Japan Esports League) was founded and has been sponsored by the Daily News and Twitch, the second division club Tokyo Verdy football there's a team in the league among gaming.

Japanese Gaming League "Watch pioneer" gameJapanese Gaming League "Watch pioneer" game

In addition to fighting the project has been strong, the recent performance of the Japanese gaming on the PC side game project is also brisk. First was the "Heroes Union" Pacific Tournament champion fist official held, followed in the "vanguard watch" World Cup group stage excellent performance, a little shy of the final minute of reaching the quarterfinals.

Japan LJL Division championship in the "Heroes Union" Intercontinental CupJapan LJL Division championship in the "Heroes Union" Intercontinental Cup

It seems the game atmosphere of the Japanese finally ushered in the e-sports in the spring, but the Japanese gaming industry who has not felt optimistic about the future. In Japan, the law has become a gaming hinder development.

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency performed "King products notation" stipulates that operators in order to promote the sale of goods and money or goods supplied are treated as bonuses, bonus limit is 100,000 yen (about 6000 yuan). In the electric competition, the game also belong to the law "commodity."

Designed to protect the interests of consumers, promote healthy competition "King products notation"Designed to protect the interests of consumers, promote healthy competition "King products notation"

Typically, the Gao Ang prize money will attract star players, increase exposure, create more topics, and thus enhance the commercial value, but the Japanese game makers laws have limited the feasibility of organizing the contest. On the other hand, in the form of crowdfunding audience prize also does not work in Japan, this form is "Japan's Penal Code" is defined as gambling.

Legal constraints discourage so many sponsors, the race has been difficult to expand the scale, the impact of the fighting circle a decade of "play fighting" is finally closed down due to poor management organizations. As another example, Japanese local game company Capcom in order to circumvent the laws of Japan, will also be "Capcom Cup" landing in the United States.

Event lack of sizable income from electricity campaign hand but also to become a problem. With the exception of a few high-prize game such as Topanga League in Japan almost no large-scale electric competition, which means that Japan wants to hand power running to succeed it must track achievements abroad, but foreign lively gaming market for the Japanese gaming still can not help produce, which forms a very awkward situation in Japan.

Just to get EVO 2017 "Street Fighter 5" champion of Japan's Tokido example, he from 2002 to the present decade career, almost all of the game's bonus comes from foreign competition. No matter how much Japan has excellent electrical election hand, they still do not have much opportunity to perform in the country.

Tokido personal prize money rankingTokido personal prize money ranking

Japanese game magazine "Fami-pass" the former editor Hirokazu Hamamura, is currently responsible for more gaming organizations in Japan, he was very disappointed for the development of Japanese gaming, and gaming this is that one can create huge economic benefits of the industry, but they're missing this opportunity, "if not because of legal restrictions, we want much higher prize money tournament organized by how much you can hold."

But this is not no solution, for the brave or can be drilled under legal loopholes. This is done by game manufacturers and players do not participate in the bonus, but by the event sponsors or other third parties, Topanga League, "Tekken 7" World Congress and Japan's "Heroes Union" leagues have already done so.

Topanga League is the one fighting the Japanese League, from 2012, has been held so far, far more than the prize money of 10 million yen limit, held in 2015 on the second session of Topanga World League (Topanga World League 2), bonuses pool reached 300 million yen. Another Japanese event - "Tekken 7" World Congress last year, the first prize of light reached 3 million yen.

LJL League prize sponsored by Amazon, is also more than 100,000 yenLJL League prize sponsored by Amazon, is also more than 100,000 yen

But Japan's Furukawa Zhengping says lawyer sent by the sponsor bonus is still a risky move, the sponsor is likely to be identified as part of the event organization, which constitutes an offense.

It seems that every road Japanese gaming seems to have been blocked alive, relevant practitioners still exploring ways to solve, but now, Japan's domestic electric competition still only survive in the cracks.

Brain hole wide open but the Japanese always think in a special way, such as last year's "World of Tanks" Championship winner gets a pair of underwear Japanese actress yarn warehouse Chennai, it can be considered another way to increase the impact of the event.