One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

While Chinese internet cafes are supposedly on the decline, but with a 126 million active players at net cafes across the country it’s easy to see that net cafes are still a major player in the gaming scene of China. Such as it is, it’s always interesting to see what kind of games are being played in the country’s net cafes.

Despite it being a new year and a new month, we’ll be taking a look at statistics from last month published by Tencent. Tencent, the Chinese gaming giant that I think will one day take over the world, publishes and develops video games among other things. This list might be a bit biased (Tencent did publish it) so please take it with a grain of salt.

  1. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    League of Legends (英雄联盟)

    Developer: Riot Games

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: Massive Online Battle Arena

  2. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    Cross Fire Online (穿越火线)

    Developer: Smile Gate

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: First Person Shooter

  3. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    Blade and Soul (剑灵)

    Developer: NCSoft

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

  4. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online) (地下城与勇士)

    Developer: Nexon

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: Mutliplayer Beat-em Up

  5. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    QQ Racing (QQ飞车)

    Developer: Tencent

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: Racing

  6. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    Ni Zhan Online (逆战)
    Developer: Tencent

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: First Person Shooter

  7. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    QQ Dancing (QQ炫舞)

    Developer: Tencent

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre: Dancing/Rhythm

  8. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    Meng San Guo (梦三国)

    Developer: Hangzhou Dianhun

    Publisher: Hangzhou Dianhun

    Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game with MOBA elements

  9. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    New Journey To The West (新大话西游2)
    Developer: NetEase

    Publisher: NetEase

    Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

  10. One Company Is Dominating Chinese Internet Cafes (Apparently!)

    NBA 2k Online

    Developer: 2k Games

    Publisher: Tencent

    Genre:Sports/ Basketball

Of the above games, eight out of the 10 are either developed or operated in China by Tencent. In China online games are often “operated” or published by a publisher. Foreign developed games tend to work in unison with a Chinese developer/publisher to put their games out in China, the best example would be World of Warcraft and NetEase. For example, NetEase is the operator and “distributor” of WoW in China.

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