Banned in China - a list for esports and gaming investors
- ePlay Digital
- May 5, 2019
- 2 min read
Gaming investors may have heard of Tencent struggling to receive permission to obtain a license to release or monetize some of the most popular games in the world - Fortnite and PUBG - in China. They may have heard that the Great Firewall blocks Google, Facebook, and Twitter in China. Here is a list of banned and restricted features, services and products in China.
Video Game Geatures Banned in China
Corpses
Mahjong
Poker
Attacks on palaces
Gratuitius violence
Addictive features without time limits
Popular Games and Consoles banned in China
Fortnite
PUBG
PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Consoles until 2015
Pokemon Go - uses Google Maps and needs local partner - Let's Hunt Monsters is popular alternative
App Stores Banned in China
Android App Store - Apple is not banned and neither are 21 Android App Store with a MAU count of 1M or more.
eSports Sites and Apps Banned in China
Social Banned in China
Facebook
Twitter
Services Banned in China
Google Maps - that is why ePlay does not use Google Maps in Big Shot
Instagram - Weibo is a massively popular alternative
Whats App - WeChat is China
Reddit - to keep Steve Bannon out
Github - software development collaboration service
In addition foreign publishers are banned from publishing in China without a local partner. Want access to the largest game market in the world? Must put some checkmarks against the above. ePlay is the only Canadian public company that can put a ✅ checkmark beside all the necessary components for success in China. ePlay will release and officially launch Big Shot in multiple countries starting with the United States, Canada, UK and Australia followed by China.
Big Shot China Checkmarks
No Video Game Features Banned ✅
Popular game genre in China ✅
No App Store Bans ✅
eSports Streaming in China ✅
Uses social not banned in China ✅
Does not rely on Google Maps ✅
Has China publishing partner ✅
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