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Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games (partially owned by Chinese company Tencent) says it won’t ban players for political speech
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"Please don't notice that Tencent is directly involved with the genocide of the Uyghurs. Thank you."
I'm not sure of the numbers, but the only way this is true is if Epic has much less income coming from China. My understanding is Blizzard rakes in a ton (seems clear given their moves here), but is that true of Epic? If not, nothing to lose. They'd probably be more than happy to buy Tencent out at this point should Tencent desire.
yeah that was my immediate thought
congrats you just made your next event free Hong Kong central
i await their we meant on their personal time video games aren't for politics actually statement afterwards
Wechat (tencent product) is used to monitor political dissidents and has been used to target Muslims:
there was a china-related dota 2 ban last season but that was because the player said some racist shit so it was warranted. i'm curious what valve would do if china tries to strongarm a dota pro over something political like this.
Because the Chinese market belongs to PUBG and PUBG Mobile. Their money making is mostly elsewhere.
Inside China's Massive Surveillance Operation
In Xinjiang, northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of...
Tencent created and maintains WeChat, among other technologies, specifically for the CCP to monitor and track civilians with a specific emphasis on the Uyghurs.
Epic really leaves no stone unturned when it comes to capitalizing on headlines for their own gain.
But as usual, I don't believe a fucking word of it.
But as usual, I don't believe a fucking word of it.
Isn't it majority own by one person though? What is that fellas name.
It's not an issue for them yet, but if the situation ever comes up then they'll fold just like every other Chinese-owned cowards out there.
Is the standard procedure at Epic to just claim they are on the right side of whatever the current gamer outrage is? I hope they can back it up, and coming out in support is obviously better than staying silent or being against this, but I doubt it's actually something they won't be forced to walk back at some point soon.
Meanwhile, Tencent bought 80% in May this year of the developer from Path of Exile (Grinding Gear Games) and it was added that talking politics in the game is a bannable offensive from now on.
Good on Epic for releasing a statement that political speech will remain allowed. Would be even better if they will follow through.
Good on Epic for releasing a statement that political speech will remain allowed. Would be even better if they will follow through.
they have a storefront and want to get in and disturb Steams sit back and do almost nothing and collect money business. oh and they make games and a engine
Blizzard didn't do what they did because they are partially owned by tencent. That's ridiculous.
They did it to maintain access to the Chinese market through licensing to tencent.
They did it to maintain access to the Chinese market through licensing to tencent.
And what action do you take to prove your words? Like donate to the course of Hong Kong's protests? Anything?
