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Tencent's WeChat minigames business is phenomenal - not only did it grow 50% last year, but the company takes 40% (!!!) of IAP revenue from these games ?? However, ByteDance's Douyin is making a major play for developers as the Chinese minigame market keeps getting hotter. WeChat is in the lead now, but Douyin is offering 90%/10% revenue share. ?? As legacy titles like Arena of Valor (Honor of Kings) and Peacekeeper Elite (Game for Peace) decline, Tencent is investing heavily across a variety of new gaming sectors, not just minigames: - It's market-leading LLM, Hunyuan, is already integrated into its burgeoning ad business - International games, including those from Riot Games and Supercell, make up an increasingly large percentage of gaming revenue - Tencent Cloud's game development services are powering 2024's breakout hit Palworld ?? I read through Tencent's latest earnings report, and lots of Chinese game industry websites, to bring you up to speed on the changing strategy of gaming's largest company. Check it out on Naavik! #gaming #wechat #chinatech #minigames #gamedev

At the top of Forbes’ coverage of China’s Richest 2024, Tencent chairman and CEO Ma Huateng – also known as Pony Ma – was this year’s biggest dollar gainer. He added $14.7 billion to take his wealth to $46.8 billion, reclaiming the title of China’s second-richest person after a three-year gap. Boosted by a recovery in China’s gaming industry, shares of Tencent Holdings jumped 49% in the past year. The May release of mobile battle game?Dungeon & Fighter Mobile, which became an instant hit, helped fuel an 8% year-on-year rise in Tencent’s second-quarter revenue to 161 billion yuan ($22.7 billion). Advertising revenue was up by nearly one-fifth to 29.9 billion yuan, driven partly by strong demand for limited spots on Weixin/WeChat, Tencent’s ubiquitous messaging platform with close to 1.4 billion monthly active users. Streaming service Tencent Video was another winner. Its?Joy of Life 2?and?The Legend of Shen Li?shows were the first and second most-watched drama series, respectively, on Chinese online video platforms in the first half of 2024, according to Tencent. Huge thanks to our China’s 100 Richest list editors, Jane Ho and Yue Wang, who led Matthew Durot, Enyi Hu, Shanshan K., Zinnia Lee, Chengbo Liu, and myself through our reporting on China’s wealthiest citizens. ?? After a one-month hiatus, I’m thrilled to be back to work with an incredible team! #China #Tencent #technology

The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) launched a new book, "Online Gaming in India: Technology, Policy, and Challenges," edited by Prof. Dr. Shameek Sen and Prof. Dr. Lovely Dasgupta. The book explores the complexities of India's online gaming industry, covering technological advancements, regulatory frameworks, and policy challenges.? Experts contributed to provide insights into this rapidly growing field. CTESL NUJS Skill Online Games Institute Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gdhsNkZn #ETLegalWorld

The India Development Foundation (IDF) has released a report proposing a data-driven framework to distinguish between games of skill and games of chance, addressing regulatory challenges in India’s booming online gaming industry. Releasing the report at the IAMAI’s?Indian Gaming Convention?powered by Meta, Professor Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Research Director at IDF, underscored the importance of this framework. "In India, we enjoy gaming, but we don’t like betting," he remarked, highlighting the regulatory challenges posed by inconsistent laws across states. As technology outpaces regulation, the need for a robust, game-agnostic system to differentiate between games of skill and chance is urgent. Read More, Sumeet Swarup | Dr. Kamlesh Kumar | Amitayu Sengupta, Ph.D | Internet and Mobile Association of India | Dream11 | Akanksha Kumari | Piyasha Majumdar | Jay Gohil | Adwithiya Pachisia | Digvijay Singh | https://lnkd.in/gajkpTcj

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Skeletons in the Market: How Graveyard Keeper Cashed In on a Taboo The Chinese gaming market is largely dominated by Tencent and NetEase, two giants whose combined influence creates towering barriers for small indie developers. Tencent alone rakes in billions through its expansive portfolio, including Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, while both companies flex their deep understanding of cultural nuances, regulatory labyrinths, and player preferences like they’re boss-level NPCs in a game designed to crush indie dreams. They control key distribution channels—like Tencent’s WeGame—and wield marketing budgets so massive that even their interns probably have ad campaigns named after them. For indie developers, breaking in can feel less like designing a game and more like trying to sneak into an exclusive nightclub with flip-flops and a coupon for free nachos. READ ON: https://lnkd.in/eUBzmW35

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The gaming (Q2) and marketing (Q3) businesses accounted for 49% of Tencent's total revenue in the third quarter this year (Q1). It is vital for a company to balance its cash cows and investments into the future (Q4). Q1: "Tencent, the world's largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform, reported revenue of 167.19 billion yuan ($23.14 billion) for the quarter ended Sept. 30..." Q2: "Domestic gaming revenue rose 14% to 37.3 billion yuan, extending the previous quarter's 9% growth and marking two straight quarters of expansion after earlier declines. International gaming revenue increased 9% to 14.5 billion yuan." Q3: "Revenue from its marketing services unit, formerly known as online advertising, grew 17% to 30 billion yuan." Q4: "...the company's AI revenue trails U.S. cloud providers due to lower domestic demand for computing services...while Tencent has implemented AI to enhance products like targeted advertising, these investments have not yet generated significant revenue." https://lnkd.in/g8nH5eNA

Here’s to building rails for a more equitable digital landscape. Complete gamer data ownership is real and it’s happening — and Accel in India unwavering support for KGeN proves it ?? Check out the article to know how Accel’s investment has been instrumental in our journey to reimagine data sovereignty for more than 3.4 million gamers till date. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gxkTdRph Manish Agarwal | Ishank Gupta | Amit Hardi | Sreenivas Makam | Sandeep Shetty | Akshey Aggarwal | Abhinandan B. | Anita Srinivasan | Tariq Al Wari | Mai Diab | Mark Ducasble | Lucas "Marduk" Rampinelli | Debashish Ghosh

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