According to MySmartPrice, Blue Hole is consulting with India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio, in an attempt to join forces with Jio to bring “PUBG Mobile” back to the Indian market.
“India Business Line” previously quoted people familiar with the matter as saying, “The negotiations are still in the early stages, starting after the government’s second round of ban. Representatives of both parties are studying how to structure the outline of the transaction.”
The Times of India quoted a source familiar with the matter as saying: “The legal advisors of both parties are discussing possible ways to share revenue, whether it is 1:1 or based on a fixed number of users per month to guarantee PUBG revenue.
On September 04, the Indian govt. banned 118 apps from China on the grounds of information security, including PUBG Mobile which was highly recommended by Indian Prime Minister Modi. After that, Blue Hole immediately severed its connection with Tencent and started looking for a local agent/operator in India.
Blue Hole also issued an official statement stating: “It has decided not to provide Indian authorization to Tencent, and hopes to work with the Indian government to find a solution that will allow gamers to enter the Indian battlefield again while fully complying with Indian laws and regulations”.
According to the Sensor Tower report, Tencent’s “PUBG Mobile” still ranked first in the global mobile game revenue list and download list in August 2020.