\u201cSince the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, disrupting our daily work and life routines. During this challenging time, we utilized our platforms and technologies to help users adapt to the new normal via online tools, to support enterprises in conducting digital upgrades, and to broadly contribute to economic recovery,\u201d Ma Huateng, Tencent Chairman and CEO said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Gaming, social networks boost Tencent revenues<\/h2>\n
Online game revenues contributed a lot to the profitable quarter as revenues grew by 40% to $5.5 billion.<\/p>\n
The increase was primarily driven by higher revenues from smartphone games in both domestic and overseas markets, including titles such as Peacekeeper Elite and Honour of Kings, partly offset by the decrease in revenues from PC client games such as Dungeon & Fighter and CrossFire.<\/p>\n
Total smartphone games revenues (including smart phone games revenues attributable to our social networks business) were $5.18 billion and PC client games revenues were $1.57 billion for the second quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n
Social network revenues, meanwhile, increased by 29% to $3.85 billion. The increase was mainly due to revenue contributions from digital content services including the live broadcast services of HUYA Inc. and music subscription growth, as well as revenue growth from in-game virtual item sales.<\/p>\n
Revenues from FinTech and Business Services also increased by 30% to $4.3 billion for the second quarter of 2020. The increase mainly reflected revenue growth from the commercial payment due to increased average daily transactions and value per transaction<\/p>\n
Officials downplay potential effects of WeChat ban<\/h2>\n
Tencent executives also stressed the ban to be enforced by the U.S. government on WeChat could hardly make a dent into the company\u2019s earnings.<\/p>\n
Tencent chief strategy officer James Mitchell said Trump\u2019s order only covers the U.S. and does not affect the bulk of the company\u2019s operations that are mostly based in China.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t see an impact on companies advertising on our platform in China,\u201d Mitchell said<\/p>\n
He added that WeChat\u2019s U.S. operations only contribute to less than two percent of the global gaming giant\u2019s revenues.<\/p>\n
With over 1 billion users worldwide, WeChat, owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent, has mainly users from China with only a few users in the U.S. Most of the messaging and electronic payment app users in the U.S., however, are those from the Chinese diaspora who contact their relatives back home using the WeChat messaging service.<\/p>\n
Aside from WeChat, Tencent also has minor stakes in various American companies including companies such as electric carmaker Tesla, social media company Snap, and social news aggregator Reddit.<\/p>\n
The Chinese tech giant also has invested in companies such as music streaming company Spotify and the Universal Music Group.<\/p>\n
American videogame makers may also be affected by Trump\u2019s recent executive order as it has significantly invested in companies like Los Angeles-based \u201cLeague of Legends\u201d developer Riot Games as well as owning minority shares in Activision Blizzard\u2019s “Call of Duty” franchise and popular game \u201cFortnite\u201d developer Epic Games.<\/p>\n
The scope of the executive order on Tencent\u2019s operations will still be up for clarification from the U.S. commerce department which means the global gaming giant will have to wait in the next 45 days on how the ongoing US-China tech wars will affect their business.<\/p>\n
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