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[Arc]

Trump administration debates allowing Tencent to keep its gaming stakes, FT reports

The White House is debating ‌whether to allow Tencent to keep its stakes in major video game groups as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in ⁠April, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

March 3 (Reuters) - The White House is debating ‌whether to allow Tencent (0700.HK), opens new tab to keep its stakes in major video game groups as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in ⁠April, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Top officials have held internal meetings to assess whether Tencent's investments in U.S. and Finnish gaming firms pose a national security risk, the newspaper said, citing several people familiar with the deliberations.

Can't wait until the regime forces Epic to divest from Tencent and makes Tim sell the shares to either the Saudis or the Ellisons.

 

[Arc]

Jesus fucking Christ.

 

[lashman]

Jesus fucking Christ.

are we sure that second tweet is real?

 

[Arc]

https://xcancel.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2029301058363658263

You'd better believe it's real.

 

[lashman]

https://xcancel.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2029301058363658263

You'd better believe it's real.

because OF COURSE it is

 

[Alexandros]

It will be very funny when Steam launches on Android and eats Tim's lunch there too.

 

[CommodoreKong]

It will be very funny when Steam launches on Android and eats Tim's lunch there too.

I assume Valve will bring ARM emulation of PC games along with potentially native android apps. The emulation will be a big deal since people can just download their existing Steam games and play on their phone.

 

[Arc]

You can already upload Android APKs on Steam so an Android app store isn't out of the question. It's more if Valve feels like doing it.

 

[moemoneyb1]

"Hi Elon! Big Mars fan here."

 

[lashman]

Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032

Epic CEO is muzzled.

www.theverge.com

On March 3rd, he not only signed away Epic’s rights to sue and disparage the company, he signed away his right to advocate for any further changes to Google’s app store polices. He can’t criticize Google’s app store practices. In fact, he has to praise them.

The contract states that “Epic believes that the Google and Android platform, with the changes in this term sheet, are procompetitive and a model for app store / platform operations, and will make good faith efforts to advocate for the same.”

 

[Alextended]

That's amazing. I guess he'll just double down on the anti Valve stuff rather than stfu though. But for some stuff you can go "hey Tim Google/Sony do it too, stfu".