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由沙特阿拉伯主权财富基金支持的Savvy游戏集团，将向中国电竞公司VSPO投资2.65亿美元。
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该交易将使Savvy获得VSPO的少数股权，并使其成为该公司的最大机构股东。
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沙特阿拉伯正在努力成为一个顶级的游戏中心，它创建了Savvy来投资和发展这个拥有300多亿美元的国家的产业。
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该国旨在减少对石油收入的依赖，并设定了一个目标，即到2030年使博彩业对其GDP的贡献达到1%。
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这项投资将帮助VSPO继续实现其全球战略，加速移动电竞的发展，尤其是在沙特阿拉伯。
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沙特阿拉伯的游戏战略由6000亿美元的公共投资基金（PIF）领导，该基金也投资于游戏股票，包括任天堂的5%股份和动视暴雪等美国游戏公司的约30亿美元。
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PIF的投资引起了一些分析家的关注，他们猜测这些投资受到了王储穆罕默德-本-萨勒曼(Mohammed bin Salman)偏好的影响，他是Savvy的主席，是该国的日常统治者。
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穆罕默德王子因侵犯人权而受到西方国家的批评，但他受到支持其社会改革的年轻沙特人的欢迎。
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沙特阿拉伯的游戏市场预计将在未来增长。全球电竞收入预计将在2025年达到18.6亿美元，高于2021年的13亿美元。
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Savvy Games Group, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, will invest $265m in VSPO, a Chinese esports company.
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The deal will give Savvy a minority stake in VSPO and make it the largest institutional shareholder in the company.
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Saudi Arabia is trying to become a top gaming hub, and it created Savvy to invest in and develop the industry in the country with more than $30bn.
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The country aims to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and has set a target to make the gaming industry contribute 1% of its GDP by 2030.
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The investment will help VSPO to continue to deliver on its global strategy and accelerate the growth of mobile esports, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia.
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The gaming strategy of Saudi Arabia is being led by the $600bn Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has also invested in gaming equities, including a 5% stake in Nintendo and about $3bn in US gaming companies such as Activision Blizzard.
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The PIF’s investments have raised concerns among some analysts, who speculated that they were influenced by the preferences of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who chairs Savvy and is the country’s day-to-day ruler.
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Prince Mohammed has been criticised in western countries for human rights abuses, but he is popular with young Saudis who support his social reforms.
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Saudi Arabia’s gaming market is expected to grow in the future. Global esports revenues are projected to reach $1.86bn in 2025, up from $1.3bn in 2021.