PUBG gamers in China are required to show ID

Telset.id, Jakarta – Tencent will require para gamers PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), Arena of Valor (AoV), League of Legend and various games others made by them in China to show an identity card or ID Card before playing it.

These conditions will be applied by Tencent in the verification system that will take effect at the end of this year for 10 games PUBG mobile popular, and all games PUBG made by them in 2021.

This identifying information is needed to prove the gamers has met the minimum age limit and is in line with local police records.

As reported by The Verge, Tuesday (6/1/2021), the People’s Daily report recently criticized Tencent by mentioning: games Arena of Valor as poison.

The harsh statement came after reports that many students in China were not doing their homework to play online game.

This summer, Tencent also faced direct pressure from the government, after Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out too many children were farsighted and said the government had already acted.

The realization is to officially ban the release games new, which is an unofficial similar policy update that started last March.

Ban policy games recently cost Tencent up to US$ 1.5 billion or Rp 22.2 trillion. This figure represents the potential loss of company revenue games it’s because it can’t launch games which he has developed.

Last September Tencent implemented a new verification system in AoV games and created a feature that can blur the screen if minors look too close.

Actually the new system only enforces the rules that have existed at Tencent since last year, namely limiting gamers under 12 years old play a maximum of 1 hour a day and establish a curfew at 21 local time.

Whereas gamer 13-18 year olds can play up to 2 hours a day. But this system can’t prevent minors from borrowing smartphone their parents and other adults.

Although Tencent has taken steps to curb addiction video games, this announcement remains the biggest restriction ever imposed.

Until this news was written, there was no response from Tencent regarding the plan to implement the new rule. The company, which also owns WeChat, Spotify and Snapchat, derives most of its revenue from the industry games.

Currently, there are nearly 600 million games mobile in China and Tencent offers nearly 100 titles games phones and dozens of titles games on PC. This means that Panda land’s biggest tech giant will have to check hundreds of millions of players with its new system. [WS/HBS]

Source: The Verge

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