"Huge part" of Total War: Three Kingdoms pre-orders from China

We already knew that Total War: Three Kingdoms has broken records when it comes to the series, and Creative Assembly's Chief Product Officer Rob Bartholomew spoke in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz about where this success has come from, including of course China itself.

"China as a market - as you might imagine - has kind-of gone crazy for us," Bartholomew says. "A huge part of our pre-order population has been those Chinese fans, who either played and like Total War already and are excited for the subject matter, or it's a whole new audience of Chinese fans coming to the franchise for the first time."

"Certainly Korea and China in particular... we have seen them grow as markets over the last few years we have released titles. We know that Steam is growing significantly in those territories, and Steam is obviously a really important partner for us. We tend to grow when Steam grows. But China, in particular, has dramatically moved up through the market share rankings for our titles over the last four or five years. We're now at a point where China is absolutely the most major market for Three Kingdoms. And it's definitely hovering around in that Top Six collection of territories that we have for all of our games that we're selling at the moment."

The popularity of the Total War series in China is nothing new, but Bartholomew adds that "it's just now that we're starting to reach those guys with our products, and they're putting money down and engaging with us much more. With Three Kingdom, that Romance of the Three Kingdoms subject matter is obviously doing a lot to help us along with that."

Batholomew also talks about how Chinese journalists have praised the portrayal of the Three Kingdoms, something that has been covered in many games that have come before.

Have you tried Three Kingdoms yet? If you haven't, it might be worth checking out our review.