Originally, Pei Gou and his team had planned to develop "Wandering Earth" as a large-scale online game.
But then.
Upon further thought, turning it into a large-scale online game would surely affect the game's operability, and issues related to servers would also become more complex.
After all, this game was created with the Feiyue Game Engine. If they wanted to showcase the true gaming graphics produced by the Feiyue Game Engine to the fullest, then making it a AAA title—or a single-player game—would be the most appropriate.
What's more, before this, Pei Gou and his team had already developed an online game, "Resident Evil." Online games like "Resident Evil," which allow a few players to team up, tend to be a bit simpler; but once the number exceeds a certain limit, servers for online games notorious for their popularity can easily run into problems.
Therefore.