China has restored the approval of imported games. The suspension of approval since June 2021 ended. At the same time, a major uncertainty faced by China ’s prosperous game industry has disappeared.
Wall Street Journal and Daily Economic News reported on Wednesday (December 28) that the National Press and Publication Agency said that 44 imported games were approved earlier this month, including China Tencent and Japan.The first -person shooting game developed by The Pokémon Co., jointly developed, and the first -person shooting game developed by Riot Games Inc..
It is reported that the approval of imported games has been resumed, and it has paved the way for game developers and publishers to make a profit through some popular international games in China, the world's largest mobile game market in China.In China, the game company must get the game version number issued by the government to charge players.
Imported games have always been an important source of income for large Chinese game companies.Because the previous game version number is frozen, these companies can only rely on old games to make money in China.The new game version issued by the government allows them to quickly release the corresponding games in China, and these games are often launched overseas.
According to another announcement issued by the National Press and Publication Agency on Wednesday, 84 domestic games in December received the version number, including Tencent's third -person shooting game rebirth edge and the peak speed of NetEase.
Including the game approved on Wednesday, since the approval process in April, Beijing has released more than 500 game version number this year.The Wall Street Journal reported that this percentage was lower than previous years, and about 1,000 games were approved each year.
In July 2021, the Chinese regulatory agency frozen all game version number distribution including domestic games and imported games, and announced strict new measures, stipulating that minors under the age of 18 are on Friday, Saturday Sunday, and Sunday.And public holidays can only play an hour of online games a day.
Due to the limited number of game versions issued by the Chinese government, Chinese game developers, including Tencent and its competitors NetEase, have shifted their key points to games with a small number of but larger potential.At the same time, it also develops games for the international market.
