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According to yesterday's Wall St Journal, "China is considering new Internet rules that would pressure service providers to cut off access to foreign websites, adding to the government’s growing legal framework bolstering its control of cyberspace.". That would explain why foreign gaming firms are suddenly in vogue amongst Chinese companies. This adds weight to the theories posted on this forum that the new owners would probably run two development teams - one for Chinese growth (controlled closely by the state) and another to retain the existing income streams outside of China.
The two markets are very different culturally and two different games running off the same operating system makes sense to me.
The main concern of the Chinese government having access to so much personal data still worries me, though; there are a few legal hoops to jump through before this drama is played out..........
One problem with the "existing income streams", i.e. Jagex in this context, doesn't help much to turn their moneylosing buyer's profits to black. So, I don't expect them to just sit back and do nothing. Nobody knows what they will do, but the numbers tell you it is stupid for a moneylosing company to spend $300 million and sit back for a $1-2 million a year "steady" gain.
The Chinese government can't have your data if you don't authorize them to. They can only hack it but it is illegal, even in China. There are heaps of different businesses in China. Do you think the Chinese government can access your personal data just because you are an iPhone user and Apple also operate in China?
31-Mar-2016 06:51:15