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China announced new laws to limit microtransactions, affecting major corporations like Tencent. (gamerant.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by cyd@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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These laws will ban rewards for spending money within a game for the first time, ban rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions, and ban rewards for daily log-ins.

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[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 117 points 8 months ago

It's so destructive that even China doesn't like it

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

It’s so destructive that even China doesn’t like it

They probably love that it's hurting competing nations, though.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Tencent is a Chinese company

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Tencent is a Chinese company

Yes and the new rules apply to the Chinese domestic market. Tencent is free to do harm western teens.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Well they can hardly pass laws controlling other jurisdictions

[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

They can apply any laws they want to on Tencent, since it's from within China. Doesn't mean they want to

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

They can't control their foriegn offices

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

They can, just the same as EU laws bind EU companies and nationals abroad.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

What makes you think I ever claimed otherwise. In fact I find your replies to me rather confusing.

[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

Things like this and the screen time laws are why I foresee China as a huge threat in the future. Every other country will be mindless zombies staring at their screens and stupid. Easy to take control of.