Tencent Holdings has the right to nominate directors to the board of Epic Games and thus counts as an associate of the Group.[2] However, Sweeney stated that Tencent otherwise has very little control on the creative output of Epic Games.[21] Sweeney considered the partial acquisition by Tencent as the start of "Epic 4.0", the fourth major iteration of the company, allowing the company to be more agile in the gaming marketplace.[21][37]