China's Open Door for Game Console

Due to fear of its adverse effects on mental and physical development of children , the last in 2000 the Chinese government decided to ban gaming consoles .

Thirteen years on, the Bamboo Curtain country last week announced it would repeal the provision .

As quoted from The Verge , will the players in such games console business Sony ( PlayStation ) and Nintendo will be mamasarkan their products throughout China . Condition , they have to limit the sale of production activities in the area of ​​free trade in Shanghai .

Each console game is also obliged to obtain sertififikasi of the Ministry of Culture of China before entering the market .

The announcement came after news earlier that China began to allow citizens access to social networks like Facebook and Twitter . Just like the console game , this rule applies to the free trade area of Shanghai.

From 29 September, some parts of the city of Shanghai is changing the status of a Free Trade Zone with a number of " perks " such as a more lax regulatory tekait foreign business activities . This status is similar to that also applied to Hong Kong .

Unclear when it will begin selling game console in China or consumer reaction terhada " new stuff " is. For more than a decade , only gaming console available on the black market and Chinese gamers have grown accustomed to playing on computers and mobile gadgets .

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