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Editorial
Tencent right to limit access to online games
- Despite huge profits, the world’s biggest gaming company by revenue is living up to its responsibilities by restricting how much time and money youngsters can spend on its platform
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Editorials represent the views of the South China Morning Post on the issues of the day.
Online and video games are arguably the most lucrative sector of the entertainment industry, with an estimated 2 billion global players and annual revenue exceeding that generated by films, television and books.
But with profits and popularity can also come societal problems.
The world’s biggest gaming company by revenue, the Chinese firm Tencent, has voluntarily tightened restrictions for those aged under 18 for its flagship title, Honour of Kings .
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Beijing, worried about addiction, already has some of the tightest controls and the new limits aim to further curtail spending and playing time.
It is a laudable move, but ultimately, it is up to parents and children to determine the right balance.
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Beijing restricts online gaming for minors to 90 minutes a day and three hours on holidays, and requires companies to verify players’ ages and identity.
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Tencent narrows kids’ playing time on video games labelled ‘spiritual opium’ by Chinese state media
Tencent narrows kids’ playing time on video games labelled ‘spiritual opium’ by Chinese state media
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