Although everything points to a temporary ban, Steam and Fortnite are blocked in Indonesia

Valve and Epic Games have to register with a registry where Google, Meta and Amazon already exist.

The video game industry is also advancing in Southeast Asia, with a market such as Indonesia that is of great importance to businesses. However, the Jakarta government has been passing laws for years to regulate everything related to the Internet, including companies that provide video game services such as Steam and Epic Games that have been blocked from the country according to the latest information.

According to the Reuters agency, both companies have until July 29 to register with a registry where they can demonstrate their willingness to comply with industry-related regulations approved in November 2020. Google, Meta and Amazon have succeededThe parents of CS:GO and Fortnite have chosen to ignore the deadline for the time being.

According to Daniel Ahmad, a leading video game industry analyst in the region, quarantines expected to be temporary When relevant companies, including Yahoo and PayPal, regulate their status.

With the ratification of this regulation, Indonesia aims to have more power to monitor the publication of content on the Internet, to have the ability to post. remove content classified as illegal or “disturbing public order”” and ask platforms to share data of specific users.

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest emerging economies and is also a lucrative business area for the video game world. Over 170 million playersconcentrated mainly on smartphones, but also on PCs.