The difference is that this is not plagiarism; this is just piracy. The Chinese studio does not claim authorship for this. They have even stated their upstream, making them look like an authorized distributor. They claim to be selling a localized "cracked" version. Shamefully, piracy with a price is not uncommon in China.

It's not quite straightforward why they decide to sell a pirated version. They seem to be specialized in web game development, based on Impact and other framework. I guess they had used Impact for game development, during which they spent some time doing the localization, integration and documentation and felt that was a justification for selling for a price. Their customers, if there are any, are not unaware of the piracy, as in their product forum.

I said similar, not the same. Both people had their game ripped off by Chinese companies without their consent who are now selling them. I'd say that's very similar.

>The difference is that this is not plagiarism; this is just piracy.

How is one worse than the other ? Both people's products are being illegally sold by a company in China. Either way, both are losing out on potential profit. One product was straight up copied, the other was (most likely) re-created. Even if the plagiarized game was completely re-coded from scratch, they still stole their ideas, designs, etc...

I don't think I was disagreeing with you. It's purely relevant information on the other side of the story.