China ends ban on foreign game consoles

China ends ban on foreign game consoles - FT.com
▻http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1ffe5fac-7779-11e3-807e-00144feabdc0.html

Despite the restrictions, Microsoft’s Xbox, Nintendo’s Wii, and Sony’s PlayStation consoles became available to buyers in China, as many units were smuggled into the country. In 2012, Lenovo unveiled its own home entertainment console, which it marketed as a family exercise device or “sports machine” to circumvent the equipment import ban – the device was initially priced at more than $600, twice the cost of a comparable Xbox.

The ban also failed to dent the rapid rise of PC, internet and mobile gaming in China. Tencent, China’s most valuable internet company, now makes more than half of its $6.9bn annual revenues from gaming.

Together, these activities feed a total Chinese games market estimated to be worth $14bn annually.

Most of the world’s most popular consoles are already made in China – by contract manufacturers, for export. Such operations offer another potential source of leakage into the market.

Imagining a Chinese game console
▻http://www.gamesinasia.com/imagining-a-chinese-game-console

L’excuse de cette mise au ban au départ : la #santé publique.

Les jeunes Chinois sont addicts à l’Internet (ils seraient 24 millions, la plupart entre 12 et 18 ans) et se soignent dans des centres spécialisés.

Cf. Logging out of an Internet addiction
▻http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-12/13/content_17171415.htm

http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20131213/f04da2db148414148ea702.jpg

et ma tambouille personnelle #shameless_autopromo : ▻http://fluxetfixe.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/la-chine-et-les-consoles-de-jeu

et la #propagande @thibnton ?

Ca voudrait dire que tout ça ne serait que de l’affichage ? Je ne peux pas y croire !

Waou, tu veux dire que les chinois mettent des tenues de camouflage pour qu’internet ne les trouve pas, bien joué !