PUBG ban to upset Tencent's 'chicken dinner' in India

With over 175 million estimated downloads, India accounts for around 25 per cent of PUBG's global revenue, which stood at $1.3 billion in the first half of 2020

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Surajeet Das Gupta | New Delhi Last Updated at September 4, 2020 13:50 IST

The government’s recent ban on ‘Playerunknown's Battlegrounds’ (PUBG), the most popular gaming app in the country — besides 117 other Chinese apps — is expected to make a major dent in Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent Holdings’ India revenues.

The latest ban on 118 Chinese apps follows India’s earlier ban on 59 Chinese apps amid escalating border tensions between the two countries. According to App Annie, which tracks apps globally, PUBG was ranked first in July by revenues from customers who downloaded the app from Google Play or Apple ...

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First Published: Fri, September 04 2020. 13:38 IST

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PUBG ban to upset Tencent\'s \'chicken dinner\' in India

PUBG ban to upset Tencent's 'chicken dinner' in India

With over 175 million estimated downloads, India accounts for around 25 per cent of PUBG's global revenue, which stood at $1.3 billion in the first half of 2020

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