Steam to Face a Major Challenge from Tencent’s WeGame Platform, Which is Going Worldwide

Steam to Face a Major Challenge from Tencent’s WeGame Platform, Which is Going Worldwide

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Steam’s domination of the Western PC gaming scene may be about to be challenged, as Chinese mega publisher Tencent has announced they’re planning to bring their WeGame marketplace to a worldwide audience. WeGame was established last year, and, so far, has focused on selling PC games from Tencent and a small handful of other publishers (it only has a catalog of around 220 games right now) to the Chinese market. That’s about to change — according to Tencent representatives, a Hong Kong version of WeGame is about to launch, and that’s just the beginning…

“The Hong Kong version of WeGame is now under development. This version will be available for overseas users, and we will use this platform to bring more Chinese games to the global market.”

Steam to Face a Major Challenge from Tencent’s WeGame Platform, Which is Going Worldwide

Jul 9, 2018, 9:25pm UTC
https://wccftech.com/steam-tencent-wegame-worldwide/ > Steam’s domination of the Western PC gaming scene may be about to be challenged, as Chinese mega publisher Tencent has announced they’re planning to bring their WeGame marketplace to a worldwide audience. WeGame was established last year, and, so far, has focused on selling PC games from Tencent and a small handful of other publishers (it only has a catalog of around 220 games right now) to the Chinese market. That’s about to change — according to Tencent representatives, a Hong Kong version of WeGame is about to launch, and that’s just the beginning… > “The Hong Kong version of WeGame is now under development. This version will be available for overseas users, and we will use this platform to bring more Chinese games to the global market.”