World's Largest Game Company Tencent Games Removed from Huawei Official App Store
Of the sales of the world's largest game company in China
Tencent games reinstated on Huawei app store | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-games-huawei-tencent-holdings-idUSKBN29626O
Tencent games removed from Huawei app store over revenue dispute | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/tencent-games-removed-from-huawei-app-store-over-revenue-dispute-1.1138912
Huawei Removes Tencent Games in Dispute Over Cooperation --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-01/huawei-removes-tencent-games-in-dispute-over-cooperation
On December 31, 2020, Huawei removed Tencent's game from the official app store and explained that 'there was a major change in the business-to-business collaboration between Huawei and Tencent, and we took countermeasures against it.' No details have been given regarding this 'major change', but it is believed to be in the revenue sharing agreement.
Huawei has asked Tencent to pay 50% of the game's sales as a commission on the official app store, according to information obtained by Reuters from sources. However, it seems that all Tencent games have been removed from Huawei's official app store because Tencent did not agree to a contract regarding this fee.
Tencent said in a statement that the contract with Huawei was not renewed, 'Because we could not renew the contract with Huawei's mobile game platform, Tencent related products were suddenly removed from the app store.' We do not specifically explain that we did not reach an agreement on the app's revenue sharing ratio. However, he said, 'We are currently actively communicating so that we can renew the contract as much as possible,' he said, aiming to return to Huawei's app store as soon as possible.
According to market research firms IDC and Canalys, Tencent has several of the world's top-selling online games, with Huawei accounting for 41.4% of China's mobile phone market and 14.9% of the global mobile phone market. It is said that there is.
In China, Android smartphones have a large share, but in China, Google Play, the official Android app store, cannot be used. Therefore, it is necessary to install the app via the app store operated by the smartphone manufacturer, such as the app store operated by Huawei.
Google has stopped supporting Huawei's Android, and it seems that future Huawei smartphones will not be able to use Google services such as Google Play at all --GIGAZINE
Huawei, China's most popular smartphone maker, will inevitably form the most influential app store in China, but Tencent says that the company's fees on the official app store are too high. There are also protests from other game companies.
For example, online game ' original God , the developer of' miHoYo , the commission does not conduct distribution on Huawei's official app store as too high.
Even Apple, which has been criticized for 'app store fees are too high,' said the fees were '30% of sales' (down to 15% after the second year). In November 2020, Apple also launched a program to reduce App Store fees to '15% of sales' for businesses running small businesses.
Apple launches a program to reduce the App Store's 30% commission to 15%, what are the requirements? --GIGAZINE
by Glen Bledsoe
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