According to Reuters, after Apple patched the loophole to comply with China's licensing requirements, mobile game apps have been removed from Apple's Chinese app store in June. According to the latest data from SensorTower, there are more than 2,500 mobile game applications removed from the Apple China App Store in the first week of July, which is four times that of the same period in June.
Apple has previously required game publishers with revenue returns to submit a license number granted by the government by the end of June. This license number allows publishers to add in-app purchase functionality. China's major Android application stores already have this requirement. But why Apple allowed the vulnerability to exist for so long is puzzling.
SensorTower's data shows that so far, the well-known games that have been removed from the Apple China App Store in July include Supercell's popular farm game Hay Day, Flalaregas' Nonstop Chuck Norris and Zynga's Poker.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Randy Nelson, SensorTower’s director of mobile observation, said: “These games are very likely to return in the future, but it has been more than five days since they disappeared from the page.”
SensorTower cannot determine the specific reason for each game being delisted, but Nielsen added that the significant growth of these games is worth noting. These games, which were released in the first week of July, had a total revenue of 34.7 million US dollars and had accumulated more than 133 million downloads before they were released.
In recent years, China has strengthened its supervision of the domestic game market, and online games usually require a long period of approval to obtain profitable licenses.
Apple has previously required game publishers with revenue returns to submit a license number granted by the government by the end of June. This license number allows publishers to add in-app purchase functionality. China's major Android application stores already have this requirement. But why Apple allowed the vulnerability to exist for so long is puzzling.
SensorTower's data shows that so far, the well-known games that have been removed from the Apple China App Store in July include Supercell's popular farm game Hay Day, Flalaregas' Nonstop Chuck Norris and Zynga's Poker.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Randy Nelson, SensorTower’s director of mobile observation, said: “These games are very likely to return in the future, but it has been more than five days since they disappeared from the page.”
SensorTower cannot determine the specific reason for each game being delisted, but Nielsen added that the significant growth of these games is worth noting. These games, which were released in the first week of July, had a total revenue of 34.7 million US dollars and had accumulated more than 133 million downloads before they were released.
In recent years, China has strengthened its supervision of the domestic game market, and online games usually require a long period of approval to obtain profitable licenses.
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