China Bans Two of the Most Popular Games, Fortnite And PUBG, Along With A Bunch of Others

China recently decided to implement strict regulations for video games that are currently playable in its market and the result is that Fortnite and PUBG are allegedly in the line to get banned.

[adamwparker]

Holy Crap!

Look at all of the different reasons for all of the games.

China clearly is never going to get a multiplayer or AAA game again if these hold.
Those consumers over there helpless to this decision. I would be so pissed.

[AspiringProGenji]

At least chinese teens are saved from eternal virginity playing Fortnite

[DarkkMinion]

Agree. Fortnite=Population Control.

[Twinblade]

probably something they need since they have like, over a billion people.

[nommers]

So...maybe for the best over in China since they have a population crisis to the point where there were laws made for number of children allowed per couple.

[Daeloki]

You'd think China would encourage teens to play Fortnite in that case :D

[AnubisG]

That's not a bad thing in China. Their populations is dangerously high.

[sander9702]

Those consumers over there have got a lot more problems than video game censorship, I couldn't care less for what the Chinese tech elite get's to play in their Orwellian cities while their less fortunate friends die in slave factories working for companies like apple and working in the fields barely getting enough to eat.

[kevinsheeks]

those apple working conditions literally had employees killing themselves i think they had to create somesort of blockade so employees couldn't jump to their deaths .

here it is

2011
In May 2011 Foxconn erects nets around its Shenzhen factory buildings, designed to prevent suicide jumps. A PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, is hired to deal with negative publicity. The nets seem to work, with fewer suicides reported after they go up, but at least four employees die by throwing themselves from buildings.

.. I can't begin to imagine what they go through, and they'll hire someone to deal with negative publicity but won't give workers better working conditions -.-

it's probaby to the point now when someone jumps foxcon comes out "NOOO THAT WAS NOT OUR BUILDING IT WAS THE ONE NEXT TO US PLS LEAVE US ALONE EVERYONE IS HAPPY HERE . .HIM NO HE ISN'T BLEEDING THAT'S KETCHUP ON HIS HANDS HE WAS EATING A BURGER NO MORE QUESTIONS"

[kreate]

Sounds like a Communist country ...

[pinkcrocodile75]

Sigh...

Americans and their knee jerk reaction to socialism.

I'm not advocating one way or the other but capitalism on steroids it's good for a country when the president decides to push for nationalism.

As for China, I'm not Chinese, I'm Welsh, so I don't give a f@ck

[fiveby9]

@pinkcrocodile75

Sigh...

Knee jerk reaction? Gimme a break. Moral relativism at it's finest.

Socialism is an economic principle. The article speaks to an ethics board making these recommendations which is not economic principle. The end of the article also states this is unconfirmed as it was translated from a Reddit post. I seriously wonder if this will be implemented, enforced, or is even true.

If true though, It's clearly interesting to see that this is why Blizzard made the mobile Diablo Immortal game ' family friendly' for all ages. They mine as well make it a Lego Diablo game.

[Traecy]

Smh.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Censorship is so incredibly dumb. Then again it's China.

[kneon]

Well they have a point about "inharmonious chatroom." Nobody wants to deal with toxic idiots while gaming, except perhaps other toxic idiots.

[Christopher]

Let's be honest, they don't care about toxic environments, they care about environments in which they have no control over what is said nor the capability to track who is saying what.

[Spartacus10]

Censorship is even more dumb when people vote for it to be forced on them.
Screw the EU and their copyright plans. Brexit means Brexit.

[BrettAwesome]

What are you talking about? And screw the EU? Well, fuck the UK and your shitty little wannabe "empire". Scotland should be allowed to leave the UK because you fucked them so hard. They only voted to remain in the UK because they wanted certainty they could remain in the EU

[Spartacus10]

@BrettAwesome
The EU is an empire. Britain is a democracy.
Let me freshen your memory. We had a DEMOCRATIC referendum on brexit. The result was to leave. Scotland had a DEMOCRATIC referendum on independence. The result was to remain.

So just get over it. Your SJW act will only work on a channel 4 interview. On the internet, you're just another loser (not indented as an insult, you actually did have 2 referendums go against you).

[kevnb]

we are catching up.

[Thundercat77]

Selecting Donald Trump for president is very dumb. Then again it's USA.

The point is... We cannot judge them.

[iofhua]

Well I'm glad I don't live in China.

[MIDNIITE_Z3RO]

I'm glad my bro decided not to move to China. He would go insane without his PUBG.

[RedDevils]

It's seem you bro is mentally ill, if he couldn't live without PUBG

[ShockUltraslash]

The spread of communism remains America's biggest failure.

[Eonjay]

Spread? China isn't newly communist.

[bluefox755]

In fact, despite the censorship, China is less communist than they've ever been. They've largely embraced capitalism, at least economically. Since embracing capitalism, their poverty level has dropped from 80% in 1981, to 6% in 2012. Now if they can be less tyrannical and embrace social and individual freedom as well, they'll be in much better shape.

[Shikoku]

Ugh no blue fox they haven't embraced Capitolism the government just lets some people have more money than others but it's still a Communist country with a Communist government that manipulates its markets, artificially props up its economy and does shit like this.

[Dreamcatcher45]

No, it's because they have got their country back from brittish imperialism and don't have to pay high taxes to brittain or have its recourses taken from them anymore.

[Thundercat77]

It is for him 😂

[Kabaneri]

Unfortunately it spread to the American education system.

[2pacalypsenow]

And in 2018, someone people want Communism/Socialism in the US.

[2pacalypsenow]

When you take from someone forcefully to give to someone else, that's Communism/Socialism.

Distribution of wealth is straight out of Stalin ass.

Also, don't watch the news it's all BS.

[kneon]

@briannah95

It benefits everyone except those leaching off of the current abomination that is the American health care system.

How are all those poor insurance and drug company executives going to afford that new Ferrari and another vacation home if they aren't able rip off everyone in the USA who ever needs medical care?

[Muzikguy]

No. Nobody is saying we need to be like communist countries or 100% socialist ones. There are ideas some would like to implement to create change. I’d like to have an affordable healthcare system. I think that people against these things are generalizing too much.

[rainslacker]

China has been communist for quite a while. Still, even the reasons they ban things in China tend to be pretty extreme.

I'd wager this is more to protect revenue of locally produced games, which would take a hit if people we're playing these instead.

@bluefox

Capitalism doesn't have to be tied to any socio-political paradigm. One is a standard for socialism and control, the other is a economic structure.

[StormLegend]

Like sheesh it's just games China. Chill out and worry about more important things.

[nowitzki2004]

So many kids will be going to jail.

[InTheZoneAC]

Typical, these same Nazis banned winnie the pooh from kingdom hearts.

[bluefox755]

Dunno why people are downvoting you. In practice, they weren't much different than the nazis. They certainly killed way more people than the nazis could ever hope to.

[Cobra951]

Stalin and Hitler both killed millions. But their empowering ideologies are diametrically opposed.

[ShaunCameron]

Actually, Communists are even worse than Nazis. Stalin and Mao >>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt; Hitler in overall body count. And Pol Pot >>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt;>>>>>> Hitler in sheer cruelty.

[Rangerman1208]

While I don't mind much about Arena of Valor and those other mediocre NetEase games (Vainglory is still better), I do feel bad League of Legends, Paladins, and Blizzards' games. China is REALLY going way to far with this. This is why I always have skeptism whenever a china developed game gets announced for consoles (especially on the PS4).

[RomanPSX]

Now the world should Ban Fortnite!

[alb3rt]

Too extreme but this is China and they have a lot of weird rules.

[DafunkyRebel]

There Xi goes again

[zombiewombie]

China numba 1!!!??????

[joestrummer77]

MEGANE,america is not king of the world,its the laughing stock of the world.

[2pacalypsenow]

Did Facebook tell you that?

[2pacalypsenow]

"The Resistance!"

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

If that's what liberalism looks like, ill take the idiot running into the pole.

[kneon]

Leave the trailer park and travel the world and you will find out that most people think the USA has become a complete joke. It's always funny to see the drastic attitude change when people find out I'm Canadian after they had assumed I was American. And it's always been that way, but it's become more extreme with the current idiot occupying the oval office.

[2pacalypsenow]

Who would have known there's racists and hateful people in the world.

Want to see real widespread racism? Visit Europe, you'll be surprised.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

MAGA!!

https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ger2396]

That would be France at the moment. All things being, if America truly used it's military might without restraints, the world landscape would be quite different. America's foreign policy is run by public sentiment, while China and Russia's foreign policy is run by shear brutality.

[Kabaneri]

I stopped playing RB6 Siege after they censored it to fit Winnie the Pooh's standards.

[Shikoku]

They didn't they walked that back and just censored the Chinese version

[Kabaneri]

Oh, good nevermind then.

[Shikoku]

Hahahahahahahahaha what's Mcdonalds say? I'm loving it!! Hahaha. Over revealing female characters, blood and gore.......for fortnite, paladins and overwatch......are you kidding hahahahah yeah China is the going to be a big gaming player? Jesus Christ I hope not hahaha. Play with devil get burned but its alright these companies will comply change and whore themselves to Communist anyway. Anything for a buck.

[Psychotica]

What about Ms.Pacman? All she wears is a bow on her head, that's sick!

[Shikoku]

Mm ms pacman

[fingazblank]

Good, maybe we can play the game without the cheating prix ruining it for most

[paintedgamer1984]

Just move to another asian country?

[SilentXCaspa]

China has Ring Of Elysium, this isnt even a bad loss. ROE is a better BR in all aspects.

[Imalwaysright]

Censorship is a bad thing.

[Glak18]

All these comments trying to justify who is better than who...

The US can do their thing and China can do theirs. All I know is my life isn't changing.

[plmkoh]

Bingo, this guy gets it.

[Ninte]

Is anyone surprised!

[CobraKai]

And people are in an uproar over Sony’s censorship policies. I’m glad I live in a country where outright banning like this doesn’t happen......yet.

[PlayableGamez-]

The Chinese Government is preventing a plague.

[Segata]

For once China did something right.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

The Chinese people must reject communism and the tirany that it forces over it's people.

[Muzikguy]

China is a strange country

[dragonyght]

9/17 games ban because Overly revealing female characters wow talk about SJW Heaven

[Bob Dole]

Yay no more CHINA#1 hackers in pubg!

[kevnb]

How can they actually ban it? They can make it harder to play, but realistically...

[Kuma]

This is what the dems have planned for us. Just follow big G and project dragonfly.

[Tzuno]

Wow, they are doing good with this one.

[RizBiz]

Doesn't sound terrible. Now more people will play games which are actually good.

[PCgamer98]

Good. Population of cheaters would actually dwindle down now.

[GameStallion]

That is communism boys and girls.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Can't they just us a VPN to get around this? Many players buy/play games using a VPN to get around shit like this or to buy games cheaper. China is a shit country, I don't see why the billions of people don't form some protest. Without people China will be shit, everyone should just one day not leave their house, not do anything like a shut down.

[Exvalos]

A blessing in disguise pubg and fortnite are trash

[m2stech]

Living is banned in china too

[Daeloki]

Can we please ban them globally? :)

[CatCarDriver]

Hi , a Chinese gamer here. This news is not ture, the so called "China's ethics board" is just a nongovermental org, and their review has no power. Fortnite and PUBG is not literally released in China (you need to get permit to publish, but games on Steam and other platforms is not in this range), but we can all play them with no problem. The thing is, Fortnite is not very poplular in China, Chinese games think it's too cartoon to play, along with tons of players leaving PUBG for the past year. So no worry here :)

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Commies can’t game. They can make the consoles for the freefolk to game on.

[rye74]

goood, chinese players are a real problem on PUBG anyway.

[ravinash]

Good news is no more hackers from China.
Bad news is about 80% of the player base now can't play the game.

[Bleucrunch]

After reading this list, this is nonsense and ridiculous, it sucks that the Chinese government has a hold over such non important matters like video games. Note to self, do not go to China.