TechNave Gaming - TenCent officially drops PUBG Mobile for Game of Peace. What does this mean for Malaysian gamers?

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Given the way the Chinese government has been cracking down on games lately, it is unsurprising that Tencent finally gave up trying to get PUBG Mobile licenced in China. Instead, the publisher simply replaced the game with another in-house developed version of the battle royale called Game for Peace where PUBG Mobile players data will get transferred to automatically.

Game for Peace is an almost identical game to PUBG but is censored. Heck, the game even shares the same HUDs, animations, sounds, music, textures and maps and even menus. However, there is no blood or corpses in Game of Peace. Players who get taken out will simply kneel and give their loot before waving goodbye and disappearing. Simply said, you technically don’t kill people in the game and it’s pretty hilarious seeing them wave happily at you after you’ve eliminated them.

Wave goodbye to your killer and give your loot away! Honestly laughable

 

What does it mean for us other PUBG Mobile gamers?

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As we all know, players from China make up the majority of players in the Asian PUBG Mobile server. According to analysts, PUBG Mobile had 70 million daily active players in China which definitely decreases the player base significantly on the Asian server. Personally, this ban may be a welcome for us other Asian gamers as the majority of hackers on the game are also players from China which does make our experience playing PUBG Mobile not enjoyable.

I mean, how many times have you been hit by a headshot by someone who is using an aimbot, killed by someone using a wall hack or a speed hack? However, regardless if players from China are on the server or not, we would definitely still be seeing hackers but probably not on a larger scale as before which would be a welcome to many.

 

What about in the greater scheme of things?

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However, this huge decline in player base can be alarming to many as it brings the possibility of the game shutting down entirely. PUBG Mobile is pretty much one of the most popular mobile games in Asia. The game has faced bans and scrutiny before, particularly in India given some cases such as a boy committing suicide because he did not get the smartphone he wanted to play the game as well as arrests of university students who were caught playing PUBG.

Despite players from China no longer having access to the game, PUBG has been reported to have 200 million active accounts (not counting those players from China) with 30 million active daily users. While that does not rival the amount of players from China, it is still a huge amount of players which leads us to believe that the game would not be shut down anytime soon. We may, however, likely be seeing slightly longer queue times to fill up the lobby during off-peak hours.

 

So... it's a good thing? 

Overall, I guess Tencent dropping PUBG Mobile in China is a good thing for us Malaysian PUBG Mobile players as we would be seeing less hackers in the game and less competition. For the players from China, it is not a total loss as the game would simply prompt them to update their current PUBG Mobile app and have it changed to Game of Peace (GoP).

None of their levels or in-game purchases would be disturbed and they will simply continue where they left off. Tencent saw a 19% rise in shares since GoP was announced so overall this does have a happy ending except for certain players from China, of course. They’re stuck kneeling and waving goodbye when they get shot, lel.

Do you guys think the absence of players from China on PUB Mobile is a good thing? Let us know! For the latest mobile gaming news, stay tuned to TechNave.com!