Through the Great Depression in the 1930s, comedian Charlie Chaplin's classic movies City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) were great hits and won huge popularity. In the Asian Financial Crisis, which gripped much of Asia in 1997, South Korea spurred its online game industry as people turned to entertainment such as video games that could provide cheap and lasting fun. But the industry can by no means escape the effect of the global economic crisis. Blockbusters that require millions of investments no longer seem to be practical and investors may have to turn to some cheap comedies that could ease people's mental pressure at bad times.

Editor: Hu Zhicheng