China's New Rule: Children Can Play Online Games For Maximum Three Hours A Week
Just last month, we also saw Tencent, Netease and other gaming companies based in the nation being forced to cut the amount of time minors could play its popular titles to just an hour on weeknights, and two hours on the weekends.
It is getting tougher being a kid in China who loves playing video games as the nation announced more stringent norms for online gaming, limiting them to play video games just three hours per week.
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Reported first by Bloomberg, it stated citing local news reports by Xinhua that now online gaming companies like Tencent would only be allowed to offer gaming to kids between 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday, weekends and public holidays.
This reduction is considerably more stringent than what it did in 2019 where it had capped the players at just 1.5 hours per day.
Just this month, we also saw Tencent, Netease and other gaming companies based in the nation being forced to cut the amount of time minors could play its popular titles to just an hour on weeknights, and two hours on the weekends.
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The Chinese government hasn¡¯t had a positive relationship with video games. From not selling game consoles in its nation to calling it ¡®spiritual opium¡¯, the game industry has been struggling in the nation.
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The Chinese government has also ordered all titles to be linked to an anti-addiction system. The players have also been asked to keep their real names as their game IDs as well as adding more scrutiny on in-game transactions.
It will be interesting to see how big of an impact this will have on Tencent as it says minor gamers comprise a minuscule share of its overall user base. Do you think such stringent norms are necessary for minor gamers? Tell me in the comments below.
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