It turns out that Apple’s 30% commission is nothing, Huawei also claims 50% commission on its store

Due to a disagreement over how the revenue is split, all of Tencent’s online games on Huawei’s app store were removed and then reinstalled on Friday.

According to a Nikkei source at Tencent, the reason for this stems from Huawei’s insistence on 50% of Tencent’s game sales on its store and when the two companies cannot agree on the deal, Tencent’s game has been removed.

Currently, Apple and many app stores around the world are collecting commissions at 30% on game sales or in-game transactions, but still considered by developers like Epic Games to be too high and unreasonable. Understandably, Tencent rejected Huawei’s request to share up to 50% of the store’s game sales.

Tencent currently offers many of the world’s top online games, while Huawei holds 41.4% of the Chinese mobile phone market share and 14.9% of the global market share, according to data from analytics firms. market IDC and Canalys.

Tencent said that its games are now being returned to Huawei’s app store after negotiations, adding that “both sides will continue to work together to bring experiences and translations. better service for consumers. ”

Not only Tencent, some Chinese game developers are also opposed to Huawei’s commission splits, including game developer Mihoyo. The company decided not to put its hit game “Genshin Impact” on Huawei’s stores because it disagreed with its revenue division.

Refer to Nikkei