Huawei Restores All Tencent Games On Its App Store After Legal Dispute

Huawei Technologies Co. reinstated Tencent Holdings Ltd.โ€™s online games back to its app store after it was removed over a disagreement on revenue sharing by the two Chinese companies, reports Reuters.ย 

Apparently, Huawei was demanding a 50% cut of Tencentโ€™s game sales on the app store. Since both the companies werenโ€™t able to reach a deal on the revenue sharing, it led to the removal of Tencent online games from the app store.ย 

โ€œDue to the failure of Huaweiโ€™s mobile game platform to renew its contract with our Mobile Game Promotion Project Agreement as scheduled, relevant products of Tencent Games were suddenly removed from the shelves early this morning,โ€ Tencent had said in a statement on Friday after removing Tencentโ€™s online games.ย 

โ€œAt present, active communication is being made to try to resume as soon as possible,โ€ it said.

On the other hand, the official announcement posted on Huaweiโ€™s gaming app mentioned that the games were removed after Tencent made a โ€œbig changeโ€ on December 31, 2020, on how the companies work with each other. It, however, did not provide a detailed explanation of the changes.

Shortly after the online games were removed on Friday, it was reinstated on the app store after further negotiations.ย 

โ€œWe will continue to work together to bring better experience and service to Tencent game community,โ€ a spokesperson for Tencent said in a statement.

According to data from market researchers IDC and Canalys, Huawei has a 41.4% share of the China mobile phone market and 14.9% of the global market. Meanwhile, Tencent owns the companies behind League of Legends and Clash of Clans and sells some of the top-ranked online games worldwide such as PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor, Honor of Kings, and more.ย 

Kavita Iyer
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