PUBG Mobile is making headlines once again thanks to the recent ban on 118 Chinese apps announced by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Both PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite are part of the list and it is expected that they will soon be blocked for all users in the country. The reason for the ban is the game’s association with Tencent Games, a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, which is one of the largest Chinese multinational companies. While the games are still live and available on the Google and Apple app stores, they should crash very soon.
Now we have noticed that there is some confusion when it comes to PUBG and PUBG Mobile. The ban applies particularly to the mobile version of the game, and not to the original which is available on consoles and PC. PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was originally created by Brendan Greene, an Irish video game designer. The game was eventually developed for PC and consoles after being acquired by Bluehole, a South Korean-based game studio.
Tencent was given the right to create a mobile adaptation of the announced game and in 2017 invested a large sum of money in Bluehole, eventually acquiring 1.5 percent of the company and announcing its plans to fully acquire the game studios. To this day, Tencent is one of Bluehole’s largest shareholders, adding to the entire partnership with China. In particular, Tencent’s partnership is limited to the mobile version of the game and not the one available to play on PC and game consoles. In fact, that game is much more advanced and much more difficult to play.
This brings us to another important issue. If mobile games that have Chinese associations are blocked, why has the Indian government ignored games from Chinese studios available on PC and game consoles? Do you think it’s unfair or could this be the next target?
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