David Jaffe er en af branchens ikoner, eftersom han skabte både God of War og Twisted Metal. I disse dage laver han mere podcasts og videoer, men i den seneste udgave af Sacred Symbols-podcastet, så siger Jaffe at han faktisk fik et ret vildt tilbud fra Tencent for noget tid siden.
Mere specifikt fortæller Jaffe, at Tencent tilbød ham et spilprojekt med et budget på over $100 millioner, men han sagde nej grundet Tencents tætte forhold til den kinesiske regering:
"I had a $100 million deal. I was courted by a Chinese company... and I said 'no thank you'... because you're Tencent and I want nothing to do with you. It was bad because it was the western Tencent, and it was a western guy that I respect that was calling me and I wasn't trying to shame the guy. I hope he's got thick enough skin, and he's been an executive in the business way longer than I have, but I was just like 'man, I don't want to do business with a company like that, with a government like that.'"
Han er dog ikke gået i detaljer omkring præcis hvilket slags spil der var tale om. Han har tilsyneladende delt et billede af korrespondancen via Twitter efterfølgende.