Topics Discussed

• How and why Tencent has lost $160 billion in market cap in recent months
• What’s behind China’s game approval freeze
• How Chinese developers and publishers view this situation
• How this situation might turn around, along with near-term effects
• China’s regulatory structure
• Gaming addiction in China, including notorious “treatment camps”
• Recent lootbox and micro-transaction controversy

Links

• Chinese teenager dies at illegal gaming addiction treatment camp
• ‘Electronic heroin’: China’s boot camps get tough on internet addicts
• China’s censors may target business models, not content
• China’s new law forces Dota, League of Legends, and other games to reveal odds of scoring good loot