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> Tencent certainly complies with Chinese laws in china, but can you blame it? Wouldn't you comply with the law of your country? Since you've put yourself out
by orly1337 8y ago
> Tencent certainly complies with Chinese laws in china, but can you blame it? Wouldn't you comply with the law of your country?
Since you've put yourself out here as CTO of a Tencent owned company... I've heard that in China, Fortnite requires a Chinese "real ID" to play. Aka China knows exactly who you are at all times.
They also "punish" you for playing more than 3 hours at a time if you're under 18.
And I can't prove, but assume they also record all conversations (otherwise... What is point of using real id??)
This doesn't sound like something Epic games would want to be associated with if Tencent wasn't a major shareholder. Are you saying you've had no pressure at all to implement similar features and make your games "more friendly to the Chinese market"?
To me it feels just like China buying up slivers of hollywood so nothing critical of the regime makes the big screen
- omnimus 8y agoThe question is if this chinese id is requirement from gov to enter the market... how many corporations would refuse (EA for example)? Especialy with Fortnite which is sure to be super profitable. I am not saying Epic/Tencent is good or anything just that you don't need to be partialy owned by chinese company for this to happen. It is financial capitalist decision. Similar to why other companies want to enter china market. It would be more suspicious if Epic was doing it even when Fortnite woulnt be profitable in china.
- yorwba 8y agoSince you mention EA, it appears that they partner with Tencent Games for the FIFA franchise: https://eafifa.qq.com/ https://eafifa.qq.com/