Tens of thousands of developers chose not to be granted a license by Nba 2k22 Mt the Chinese government. The developers instead decided to let Apple take their products out completely from Chinese gamers. Reuters states that only 74 of 1,500 top-selling games were granted the China license that’s less than five percent compliance.

It wasn’t just independent developers who decided not to obtain licenses, neither. Some of the games were also pulled from the app store of Apple by major developers like Take-Two or Ubisoft. At present, NBA 2k and Assassin’s Creed Identity can’t be downloaded through the Apple app store if you are in China. Prior to December 31, app purge, another 94,000 apps had been removed from the app store. This brings 2020s total loss up to 140,000 apps.

The gaming revenue of Apple’s Chinese operations was $13 billion in the period between January 2020 through November 2020. That figure represents an increase of 14% over what it earned in 2019. The removal of app stores is expected to have a significant impact on the revenues of Apple in 2019. It’s not clear which developers will choose to license their games to be made available into the Chinese market.

Fans have had to adapt to the reality that sports leagues have become non-existent. Racing series have moved over to esports and player tournaments have been a source of excitement as have live events such as the WNBA and NFL draft. Basketball fans can rejoice as the folks at 2K are using the break to buy 2k22 mt simulate the playoffs. Nobody knows if the NBA will be able to finish this season with real-time games, therefore in between shows of The Last Dance this is about the closest we’ll experience real-time action.