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Microsoft's Xbox One beats Sony's PS4 to the punch with China launch after 14-year console ban u-turn

on Sep 29, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Microsoft’s Xbox One has become the first games console to be released into the lucrative Chinese market beating rivals Nintendo and Sony to the punch.

The US console will be first sold in Shanghai for a price of 4,299 yuan (£430) to a receptive Chinese audience which has not seen a mainstream video games console for the last 14 years – at least outside of the black market.

This comes after China gave the green light to games companies in January this year after reserving the right to censor the games which can be release in the region.

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Source: The Drum