Tencent failed in its attempt to control Bluehole
Last week, some media in China reported that Tencent had acquired a stake through shares in the Korean studio Blue hole. According to the report, the Chinese tech giant intended to buy a private Korean company, but the purchase was rejected. Tencent had to settle for a minority stake. The percentage acquired by Bluhole y cuánto se pagó, de momento no se ha hecho public.
Bluehole was formed in 2007 and in 2011 launched its first project in the form of an MMORPG, The exiled kingdom of Arboreaalso known as TERA. MMO cosechó un éxito remarkable, but the interest of Tencent in the Korean company has emerged after the clear success of Bluehole’s Battle Royale, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
The shooter, which has sold more than 4 million copies on Acceso Anticipado on Steam, has created a huge player base on the Valve platform and is a super game Counter Strike Global Offensive en lo que se referé en jugadores simultáneos jugando al juego, more the 500,000 users. Un dato que indica el potential del título.
We just broke 500k! Thank you all so much for your continued support! <3 pic.twitter.com/FXnsy6twGX
— PLAYERUNKNOWN (@PLAYERUNKNOWN) August 4, 2017
Tencent’s investment in Bluehole came shortly after rumors emerged that it had obtained the license to publish PUBG in China. At this time, Tencent has not made an official announcement about this, but despite its great interest in Western games with great success, it seems to be true.
The rumor last week said that Tencent would release PUBG in China
New rumor says Tencent has invested in Blueholehttps://t.co/1KDNc062UJ
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 10, 2017
To give us an idea of the power of this Chinese titan, Tencent has participated in…
- MNC Tencent (100%)
- Riot Games (100%)
- Comsenz (100%)
- Miniclip (100%)
- ZAM Network, LLC (100%)
- Supercell (video game) (84.3%)
- Epic Games (48.4%)
- Pocket Gems (38%)
- Garena (Sea Ltd) (30%)
- Netmarble games (22%)
- Glu Mobile (21.5%)
- JD.com (21.25%)
- Thunderbird Technologies (16.67%)
- Cocoa (13.54%)
- Activision Blizzard (12%)
- Seasun Holdings Ltd. (10%)
- Digital Sky Technologies (10%)
- Cocoa (7.71%)
- Tesla, Inc. (5%)
- YG Entertainment (4.86%)
