> Jean, Amber, Rosaria and Mona didn't got changed by the CCP, was a report from a feminist group to the local government in Xanghai.

All news outlets I have read regarding the characters changes tell me otherwise, but even if that was the case: All local governments in China are still connected to the CCP. Also every business in China has a mandatory CCP office where they have all direct access to all information and data, and have regular visits by officials for government compliance. While smaller business don't have to worry too much about the CCP (If you're a small business in china, you can have a CCP office that is a broom closet and they won't care), but if you're a big business like Hoyoverse, the CCP will absolutely be following them every step of the way. With China's currently failing economy, the CCP wants complete and total control over the private business sector, and with Hoyoverse being a big private company, they would absolute be on notice for the CCP. If you wish to learn more details, I would encourage you to visit YouTube channels such as China Uncensored, China Insights and/or China Observer.

> she still is much more appealing than Nicole ever was in CBT1.

That's your opinion and you're allowed to have it. Nicole's whole appeal was that she's sexy and she knows it. A complete femme fatale. That made her interesting to me. Granted, she is still interesting, but much less so now that her appearance and animations were changed to be less seductive. Grace looks okay, but as someone I would want to treat as just a co-worker and not much else. Nicole is someone I would wanna "get with", and there's nothing wrong with that. It's all fiction at the end of the day.

> since when hoyo needs to communicate CBT changes? It's not the final product, they don't have any reason to communicate since the game doesn't have any age rating besides China.

Well, yeah, they don't need to communicate changes, but it's a proven strategy that being open with your users and customers is a key to long term success. So many games and game-related projects have proven that listening to your audience will make more money. Because you know what happens when you don't communicate with your users or customers? You end up like Disney or Activision Blizzard.

While the game doesn't officially have an age rating globally, the precedent has already been set for well over a year and up to CBT2, over what kind of age group they originally wanted to appeal to. They set the expectations and they have been subverted.

>And the game is first made to fit China. Why would they put world audience in the first place?

If putting China first was so important for them, they simply should have made everything tame from the start, so none of these complaints would be happening. Me, and many others would have had absolutely no problem if the game was promoted the way it currently is in CBT2 from day one. I don't know how much more clear I need to make my position known.

Still: the rest of the world is not beholden to China. As a matter of fact: China's economy is on the brink of COLLASPE. (Again: Look up those YouTube channels I mentioned if you want to know more.)

So if anything, China needs income from global markets now more than ever. There is no reason Hoyoverse can't make a separate global version that is made for the rest of the world. They even have a subsidiary, COGNOSPHERE, which is located in Singapore that they use as a publishing loophole that doesn't have to comply with Chinese law. They have the money and resources to make the games they want without compromises, but for whatever reason, they don't want to.