Many people choose to buy a mobile phone, and one of the important reference factors is gaming performance. This is also the current focus of mobile phone manufacturers in promoting device performance. Not only high-end flagship models, but also some mid-range cost-effective models are becoming increasingly powerful in gaming, featuring ultra-frame rates, ultra-high graphics, long-term stable high frame rates, and robust heat dissipation. Mobile phone manufacturers have gone to great lengths to achieve this. So why is gaming performance so highly valued? Naturally, it's due to the steady stream of revenue. Many people spend far more on gaming throughout the entire lifecycle of a smartphone than the phone itself is worth. Take Apple as an example, its annual revenue from game splits reaches tens of billions of dollars.

As an emerging system, HarmonyOS NEXT naturally has game profit models already planned within its official roadmap. Many game developers have already expressed their intention to adapt their games to the HarmonyOS native system. However, there is still uncertainty about the actual gaming experience on HarmonyOS native games. To truly experience it, we'll have to wait until its commercial launch in the fall. Fortunately, the opportunity for an early experience has arrived.

Today, Huawei officially announced that HarmonyOS native games will participate in the 2024 ChinaJoy (China International Digital Interactive Entertainment Exhibition). As the most important annual gaming exhibition platform in China, ChinaJoy holds an irreplaceable position in the hearts of young people. The exhibition site not only showcases the latest gaming equipment, a large number of cosplay performances, but also some cutting-edge gaming technologies. Some netizens even take time off work to attend each year, as ChinaJoy plays a significant role in promoting the popularity of games.

Huawei's choice to showcase HarmonyOS native games at the 2024 ChinaJoy is clearly an effort to promote the official launch of HarmonyOS NEXT in the fall of this year. This allows everyone to feel firsthand whether the HarmonyOS native gaming experience can satisfy their expectations, thereby boosting consumer confidence in HarmonyOS native games among subsequent users.

Although Huawei is confident, there are still a few doubts to be resolved. For example, some large-scale games have high hardware requirements. Compared with competitors, CPU chips are currently a weakness of Huawei devices. Everyone is curious about what optimization techniques HarmonyOS uses to reduce the game's dependence on hardware.

In addition to HarmonyOS's optimization of gaming performance, the adaptation by game developers is also crucial. Apart from the adaptation of existing games, people are also concerned about the development of new games specifically for the HarmonyOS native system. According to Huawei engineers, the three mainstream universal engines, Cocos, Unity, and LAYA, already support HarmonyOS NEXT, which is expected to provide developers with much convenience in launching HarmonyOS native games.

Lastly, tickets for the most anticipated days of the 2024 ChinaJoy, the 27th and 28th, have already sold out. Those who haven't secured tickets will have to wait until next year.