Tencent set for fastest growth since 2018 after coronavirus outbreak
Call of Duty MobileInvestors also hope many of the first-time users that gravitated toward Tencent's games will remain once the pandemic subsides.
Tencent owed its gains to people like Huang Sihao who, for almost a month, was glued to his smartphone before going back to work. For as long as seven hours a day, the 28-year-old Shanghai resident hacked and slashed through the virtual battle arena of- until the game's anti-addiction system eventually booted him."I had nothing better to do," he said.
The pandemic may have also boosted Tencent's nascent cloud division, which is closing the gap with Alibaba in terms of revenue. Tencent's two collaborative office apps - Tencent Conference and WeChat Work - rank among the most downloaded free apps on Apple's iOS Store in China, closely trailing Alibaba's DingTalk.
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