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Why India has banned PUBG Mobile

Political discord between India and China are at the root of the ban

Why India has banned PUBG Mobile
Álvaro Arbonés

Álvaro Arbonés

  • July 25, 2024
  • Updated: September 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Why India has banned PUBG Mobile

There is probably no mobile battle royale more popular than PUBG Mobile. Even if its success in the West doesn’t seem as massive, particularly because the market is dominated by Fortnite, in Asia it is the biggest game of all. It even usually competes for second place with Call of Duty: Warzone in Europe, which shows that we are not talking about a small contender.

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PUBG Mobile (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) is probably one of the biggest and most popular battle games in the market.

This behemoth could be even bigger, but the Indian government has banned the game within its borders. It was banned it in September of 2020, and subsequent relaunches with different rebrandings have ended up being a failure.

The Reasons Behind this Ban to PUBG

Why? Apparently for political reasons: the Indian government believes that Krafton, the developer studio, shares user data of its players with the Chinese government.

Due to the political tension that has existed between China and India for years, this makes it very difficult for Chinese games to enter the market in this country.

This is particularly painful in the case of Krafton, as it has been prevented from continuing to grow organically, particularly in such a fertile market like India, which was once its main stronghold.

This is a clear demonstration that there is no commercial success that a political decision cannot kill in time. However, you can play using some tricks, like a VPN to avoid the this ban

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Álvaro Arbonés

Álvaro Arbonés

Cultural journalist and writer with a special interest in audiovisuals and everything that can be played. I'm not here to talk about my books, but you can always ask me about them if you're curious.

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