PUBG stopped its all services in India from today | Technoiable

 

Indian govt. recently imposed a ban on the popular mobile game PUBG Mobile along with a slew of other apps and games under Section 69A of the IT Act. The reason given behind the ban was that these apps were engaging in activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defence and security of the country. Since then both the PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite apps have been removed from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

It was then assumed that the company would shut down its India servers for the game, in a similar fashion to TikTok, in order to comply with the instructions from the Government of India. However, that was not the case, and the servers remained online, with the players only being required to sideload the latest version of the game on to their phone. Tencent Games has announced that it is finally shutting down PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite servers in India from October 30, which is also when it will return the PUBG Mobile distribution rights for India, back to Krafton.

Now that all of this has happened, here we will be answering some questions that you might have.

Tencent Games in its announcement states that it has “always complied with applicable data protection laws and regulations in India. All users’ gameplay information is processed in a transparent manner as disclosed in our privacy policy.” In this statement, the company slides quietly past the question of what happens to all of the data collected by it during the time it was active in the country. As of now, we do not know if the company will be preserving the user data or not, if so, where would it be storing the data.
Is PUBG Mobile going to make a comeback to India?

After PUBG Corporation announced that it is revoking Tencent Games’ publishing rights for PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite in India, it was presumed that this will address the Indian government’s security concerns. However, the government after that announced that it is not enough and the country is not thinking of allowing the game back into the country.

Soon after this, a new report by Hindu BusinessLine stated that the company is in talks with Reliance Jio to strike up a partnership for the game in India. The report stated that both the companies were in the final stages of negotiations. But soon after, a new report by Entrackr stating that PUBG Corporation is looking to partner with Bharti Airtel for the games to make a comeback to India.

As of now, the company has not officially stated if it is in talks with Indian companies like Airtel or Jio. However, considering the market size, we can expect the company to try each and every way to try and get back into the market.

You currently cannot play PUBG Mobile or PUBG Mobile Lite legally in India. However, you can play PUBG PC, PUBG PS4 and PUBG Xbox One in the country as none of these games have been banned by the Indian government. However, keep in mind that none of these games is available for free and cost over Rs 1,000 in India.