Gaming addiction and an increase in near-sightedness are cited as reasons for the crackdown
Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced new curbs on underage video-game playing as part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction that has cast a cloud over the company’s biggest revenue source.
Tencent said it has imposed a digital lock on some games that requires players aged under 13 years to ask their guardians to open.PUBG MobileLast year, the government announced new controls on the number of games that can be played online, limited new releases, and imposed rules on under-age players to reduce their screen time.
The government justified the new curbs as a way to counter worsening near-sightedness among minors, shortly after President Xi Jinping called for greater national attention on optical health. Tencent, in which Naspers has a more-than 30% stake, has already launched a real-name identification system forChina is the world’s biggest video game market and Tencent the planet’s biggest game company.
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