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<li>Chinese regulators cleared publishing licenses Tuesday for 60 online games in this year’s second batch of new title approvals following an eight-month suspension</li>
<li>The omission of Tencent and NetEase extended their 11-month drought for new title approvals.</li>
<li>Titles on the latest list are mainly smaller-budget games. Despite the absence of the biggest players, the approvals fanned hopes that regulators are easing their tight leash on the industry and will allow more new games</li>
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Chinese regulators cleared publishing licenses Tuesday for 60 online games in this year’s second batch of new title approvals following an eight-month suspension
The omission of Tencent and NetEase extended their 11-month drought for new title approvals.
Titles on the latest list are mainly smaller-budget games. Despite the absence of the biggest players, the approvals fanned hopes that regulators are easing their tight leash on the industry and will allow more new games


Tencent, NetEase Miss Out in China’s New Game Approvals

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Headline Developments As has been widely expected, China has moved to greatly reduce the time under-18s spend playing computer games.  Under the new rule, younger gamers will be restricted to one hour (8 pm - 9 pm) of online games on Fridays, weekends and holidays, with online gaming companies barred from providing gaming services to minors in any form outside of those hours.

Headline Developments As has been widely expected, China has moved to greatly reduce the time under-18s spend playing computer games.  Under the new rule, younger gamers will be restricted to one hour (8 pm - 9 pm) of online games on Fridays, weekends and holidays, with online gaming companies barred from providing gaming services to minors in any form outside of those hours.

Headline Developments China has likened online computer games to opium, causing shares in Tencent (700.HK) and NetEase (9999.HK) to drop 10% and 15% respectively.  The article, which appeared in state-run Economic Information Daily (before being removed), said more than half of China’s children were nearsighted and online games affects their education; adding that gaming addiction is widespread and could negatively impact their growth.

Headline Developments China has likened online computer games to opium, causing shares in Tencent (700.HK) and NetEase (9999.HK) to drop 10% and 15% respectively.  The article, which appeared in state-run Economic Information Daily (before being removed), said more than half of China’s children were nearsighted and online games affects their education; adding that gaming addiction is widespread and could negatively impact their growth.

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<ul><li>NetEase announced 3Q23 financial results on 16 Nov: total revenue increased by 12% YoY to RMB27.3bn, largely in line with our/consensus estimate of RMB28.2/27.3bn; operating income grew by 59% YoY to RMB7.6bn, beating our/consensus estimate by 9/4%, mainly due to enhanced games GPM (+4.0ppt YoY) on optimized channel costs and favourable revenue mix shift.</li><li>Looking ahead, we expect total revenue growth to further accelerate in 4Q23, underpinned by the strong performance of new game titles.</li><li>NetEase’s quality game pipeline, with several highly-anticipated titles to be launched by 2Q24E, will also support its healthy revenue growth in 2024E, in our view. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

NetEase announced 3Q23 financial results on 16 Nov: total revenue increased by 12% YoY to RMB27.3bn, largely in line with our/consensus estimate of RMB28.2/27.3bn; operating income grew by 59% YoY to RMB7.6bn, beating our/consensus estimate by 9/4%, mainly due to enhanced games GPM (+4.0ppt YoY) on optimized channel costs and favourable revenue mix shift.Looking ahead, we expect total revenue growth to further accelerate in 4Q23, underpinned by the strong performance of new game titles.NetEase’s quality game pipeline, with several highly-anticipated titles to be launched by 2Q24E, will also support its healthy revenue growth in 2024E, in our view. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

NetEase (NTES US) – Games Revenue Growth Accelerated with Solid Margin Expansion

<ul><li>NetEase announced 2Q23 financial results on 24 Aug: total revenue grew by 3.7% YoY to RMB24.0bn, below our/consensus estimate by 3.4/3.1%, mainly due to softer-than-expected PC game performance.</li><li>But operating income was up 23% YoY to RMB6.1bn, ahead of our/consensus estimate by 7.8/6.5%, supported by the strong GPM improvement (+4.0pct YoY and beat consensus by 2.7pct).</li><li>We raise FY23-25E operating income forecast by 6-8% to reflect the more positive GPM outlook, mainly due to the favourable revenue mix shift to self-developed games and optimized channel costs. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

NetEase announced 2Q23 financial results on 24 Aug: total revenue grew by 3.7% YoY to RMB24.0bn, below our/consensus estimate by 3.4/3.1%, mainly due to softer-than-expected PC game performance.But operating income was up 23% YoY to RMB6.1bn, ahead of our/consensus estimate by 7.8/6.5%, supported by the strong GPM improvement (+4.0pct YoY and beat consensus by 2.7pct).We raise FY23-25E operating income forecast by 6-8% to reflect the more positive GPM outlook, mainly due to the favourable revenue mix shift to self-developed games and optimized channel costs. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

NetEase (NTES US) – Upbeat on games revenue growth and margin expansion in 2H23E

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