Tencent’s online gaming offerings were removed from Huawei’s app store because the two companies failed to reach a revenue-sharing agreement, Tencent and a source said on Friday.
“Due to the failure of Huawei’s mobile games platform to renew its contract with our mobile games promotion project agreement as planned, relevant products from Tencent Games were suddenly taken off the shelves early this morning.” Tencent said in a statement.
“At present, active communication is underway to try to resume as soon as possible,” he said.
Tencent sells some of the world’s top-ranked online games, while Huawei has 41.4% of the Chinese mobile phone market and 14.9% of the global market, according to data from market research firms IDC and Canalys .
A source said the games were phased out because the companies couldn’t agree on a revenue-sharing deal for App Store sales. Huawei insists on receiving a 50% reduction, the source said.
Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the companies disagreed over revenue sharing.
There was already some resistance from game developers to Huawei’s revenue demands. This included Shanghai-based developer Mihoyo, who decided last year not to place its hit game “Genshin Impact” on Huawei’s app store because he disagreed with the structure. commissions for sales.
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