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PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite games were among the apps recently banned in India.
A source familiar cited by the publication said, "The talks are in an early stage, which began just after the government's second round of bans. Officials from both sides are working out the contours of how to structure various aspects of the deal." Another anonymous person cited in the report claims revenue share and localisation details are currently being discussed. "Legal experts from both sides are exploring possibilities on how revenues should be split, whether it would be 50:50 or Jio guaranteeing PUBG revenues based on a fixed number of users every month," added source.
Considering localisation is one of the conditions mandated in the recent ban, PUBG Mobile seems to be moving in the proper direction. These comments, however, suggest that the PUBG Mobile relaunch in India may not be as immediate as fans of the game may want it to be.
PUBG Mobile has more than 175 million installs in India alone, which is a quarter of its worldwide install base. With Reliance Jio as a partner, PUBG Mobile may just circumvent the ban successfully and once again reach its millions of users.