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Carol Huang
Apr 16, 2020

Chinese mobile gaming is more distribution than content

With more players staying home and social distancing, Chinese mobile game developers are hoping to establish sticky customers attached to franchised story lines – but bargaining power is incrementally moving towards distributors.

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