The Chinese cheat market has grown to $293 million, despite the government's prohibitive measures

Representatives of Tencent during an online lecture told how the cheat market in China works. The joint actions of the company and the government to combat illegal gaming software do not interfere with the growth of demand. Now this business in the country is estimated at $293 million.Basic market data

the price of cheats and the software required for them varies from $1 to $ 450.

• This allows you to reach the widest possible audience of gamers;among the most popular hacking titles are League of Legends, Apex Legends, as well as PUBG and Peacekeeper Elite;
• In 2018, it was reported that 99% of all cheaters in PUBG are Chinese;
• cheat sellers often advertise their products directly in game chats and use euphemisms to avoid blocking;
• quarantine measures led not only to an increase in game sales (in the period from January to June they amounted to 19.7 billion), but also to an increase in demand for cheats.
• How China is struggling with cheat Manufacturers

In the summer, the Chinese authorities launched the Sword Net campaign, which is aimed at combating cheat manufacturers.

• In June, the police conducted an operation in Taizhou, where $2.9 million worth of illegal gaming software was sold over the past two years.;some developers and sellers manage to be held accountable.
• Last year, two people received real terms for producing cheats for Honor of Kings;Since 2019, Tencent has helped the Chinese authorities in 22 cases related to cheating software.
• Some operations were directed against manufacturers who managed to sell illegal game programs for $38 million;last year, Tencent also blocked 5003 cheating programs — this is 19.9% more than the results for 2018.
• Now there are 657 million gamers in China.

With the growing popularity and sales of games, the black market also increases. Probably, in the near future, gaming companies and the government will have to look for new measures to combat cheat manufacturers.

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