Why does Japan have so huge video game industry but China and

Because Japan is full of lazy neet manchildren who like loli. China and South Korea have some of the highest performing students in the world.

>>384672164
Because China has nearly non-existent copyright protection laws, meaning no one there can make any video game without the IP being instantly stolen by a bunch of scam artists trying to make a quick buck.
South Korea is just too small and is largely focused on electronics manufacturing, which is basically their entire contribution to worldwide industry of any kind.

>>384672164
South Korea has a fairly reasonable FTP bullshit industry, but China is so far behind because of how fucked up and censorious the Chinese economy is

>>384672164
China had a ~15 year long ban on video game consoles. They do have a large domestic scene as a result, but a lot of it is local ripoffs of foreign titles, instead of coming up with anything noteworthy.