Chinese government's new Internet policy, 4,500 gaming apps removed from App Store in just two days

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Premium smartphone maker Apple has removed 4,500 games from the Chinese App Store in the last two days. This decision has been taken by Apple under pressure under the new Internet policy of the Chinese government. In China, in the last week, more than 3000 games have been removed from China’s App Store in just two days. A major decision was taken by the Chinese government to remove the app from the App Store at a time when 59 Chinese apps have been banned by India recently.

According to a TechNode report, the new regulation would require game developers to take approval from Chinese regulators before uploading any game to the Apple App Store in China. The new regulation of the Chinese government has been implemented from July 1. Since then, the process of rapidly removing apps from the Apple App Store has started.

New developers will increase problems of game developers

Please tell that before the Chinese government, a lot of monitoring is done on the gaming app. This is the reason why the Chinese government allowed only 1500 games in the last one year. It takes 6 to 12 months to obtain approval from the government to upload a gaming app in China to the App Store. In such a situation, the new China applicable to gaming app from July 1 can increase the troubles of Internet companies more than ever. On the other hand, apps which have been removed from the App Store will take a long time to upload again to get approval from the government. According to the data, the Chinese government removed 1,571 apps on 1 July 2020. On July 2, 1,805, on July 3, 1,276 apps were removed. According to an estimate, about 20 thousand apps will be affected by China’s new regulation.

According to a report by Sensor Tower, China is a major market for the Apple App Store, where the company generates about $ 16.4 billion in sales annually, compared to $ 15.4 billion in the US. Apple currently hosts around 69 thousand games. According to market research firm Newzoo, iOS accounts for 53 per cent of the total revenue from China, which is around $ 13 billion.