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A quick reference of how China's largest tech conglomerate has quietly expanded into videogames.
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PlatinumGames has formed a Capital Alliance with Tencent
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It's literally in the OP. Unless if you don't trust what they say.
Tencent own 15% of Blizzard's stake. Meanwhile, they also own 40% of Epic's, and they don't seem to be affected at all. So it all depends on the company.
Other than the predatory business practices, yeah totally independent.
I mean, is that Tencent or just something that comes naturally to Activision-Blizzard?
They own 80% of GGG, the company that runs Path of Exile. They also invested in Frontier Developments, the company behind Planet Zoo.
So I'm pretty sure that's just on Acti-Blizz.
On that topic I'm kinda surprised Capcom doesn't have any Tencent money. They were so close to going under not Long ago.
Riot too. And I like Planet Zoo but look at the amount of DLC there is for Planet Coaster.
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Every game company that Tencent has invested in
A quick reference of how China's largest tech conglomerate has quietly expanded into videogames.
Huh, one of my best friends moved to Sweden to work for Sharkmob. Weird that Tencent bought the entire studio, hadn't heard about it! I still don't know what he's working on.
Well time will tell how this deal winds up. Let's hope it's one that leads to some more great games
Well, they did partner together for Monster Hunter Online, though that was more a case where Capcom loaned the IP out to them and Tencent did everything else.
that's just natural to the genre and it's not really predatory
i don't think we should celebrate giant corporations like tencent but the immediate doom and gloom whenever they're mentioned is a bit overboard. i trust platinum enough to navigate these waters just fine
Gross Gross Gross Gross. Tencent can fuck off, and there investment into the gaming space is getting progressively creepier.
I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop with them.
I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop with them.
The idea that fucking Tencent is micromanaging Planet Zoo and shit is just hilarious. Guys, most of their investments in these companies that do dlc and microtransactions are because those companies were already doing it (and thus are already compatible with Tencent's corporate ethos). Tencent has their fingers in the pies of some of the very best and worst in this regard.
Whatever you think of say, League of Legends, Riot is fully owned and is starting a single player story focused publishing wing, like 7 years after purchase. Tencent gets into some shady shit but, at least gaming wise, they aren't the bogeyman.
Whatever you think of say, League of Legends, Riot is fully owned and is starting a single player story focused publishing wing, like 7 years after purchase. Tencent gets into some shady shit but, at least gaming wise, they aren't the bogeyman.
Where's the fun in rationality when we can quote twitter posts with barely double digit likes?
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Now I'm also remembering they recently have a DMC mobile game from Chinese devs, wonder if that has any connections to Tencent
Nintendo has shown no interest in acquiring studios, in fact they recently made statements saying they were more focused on internal growth. At least MS was looking for a Japanese developer.
What exactly is concerning about it? Tencent has their hands in a lot of game companies, some people probably don't even realize. This is literally helping Platinum do what they want to do, most notably be able to publish games on their own instead of constantly being a hired gun. Here's what Inaba said about this years plans
Famitsu and 4Gamer interview Japanese creators on 2020 ambitions
Famitsu and 4Gamer.net have gone up with their annual year-end articles, where over 100 game creators have shared messages, aspirations, and teasers for what is to come in 2020.
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Not to mention NetEase publishes for Blizzard in China. People blaming Tencent for this don't know jack shit.
Do explain about Tencent's predatory business practices. I'll be waiting.
