Neither the Nintendo Wii nor Sony's PlayStation 3 are available in the country. Ironically, both those consoles, along with the Xbox 360, are manufactured in China.
Microsoft working on approval to sell Xbox 360 in China
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Aug 11th 2010 7:50PM
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Neither the Nintendo Wii nor Sony's PlayStation 3 are available in the country. Ironically, both those consoles, along with the Xbox 360, are manufactured in China.
Reader Comments (46)
Posted: Aug 12th 2010 6:36AM fais said
@Joseph9307
Well they have games the're just all pirated. For example I was in Bangladesh last year and there are hundreds of game shops full of the latest 360 titles all pirated. You can't buy a real even if you wanted to! So I have no idea how Microsoft is going to make money in China.
The PS3 on the other hand hasn't taken off there because they haven't figured out how to copy blueray games yet.
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Well they have games the're just all pirated. For example I was in Bangladesh last year and there are hundreds of game shops full of the latest 360 titles all pirated. You can't buy a real even if you wanted to! So I have no idea how Microsoft is going to make money in China.
The PS3 on the other hand hasn't taken off there because they haven't figured out how to copy blueray games yet.
Posted: Aug 12th 2010 10:45PM The Pumpkinmancer said
@fais
I believe the strategy here is to have an actually legal video-game business presence. If they have that, than they might be able to actually work through legal channels to actually get something done about that no holds bar piracy.
It's the same thing movie studios have been trying.
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I believe the strategy here is to have an actually legal video-game business presence. If they have that, than they might be able to actually work through legal channels to actually get something done about that no holds bar piracy.
It's the same thing movie studios have been trying.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 8:02PM tomrslever said
Yes, I see no problem with this, as long as they acquire the correct paperwork from the Ministry of Foreign Dangers and Moist Assholes. Otherwise, I would hope that our great leader would see to it that this filth stays away from our proud and productive nation.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 9:10AM Cap Morgan said
@tomrslever
This time the red-ring will be a "feature". The RRoD means you've been playing too long, get back to work.
sorry, couldn't help myself.
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This time the red-ring will be a "feature". The RRoD means you've been playing too long, get back to work.
sorry, couldn't help myself.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 8:08PM Rocketman36 said
If they get this to pass Xbox 360's sales should launch like a rocket.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2010 9:14PM kives343 said
@Rocketman36
Probably not in china PC gaming still remains king and when they see a console they will say what ever PC gamer says like "its underpowered" or "no keyboard or mouse." But don't get me wrong MS might sell a million more consoles but it won't come close to other markets sales.
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Probably not in china PC gaming still remains king and when they see a console they will say what ever PC gamer says like "its underpowered" or "no keyboard or mouse." But don't get me wrong MS might sell a million more consoles but it won't come close to other markets sales.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 10:04PM Rocketman36 said
@kives343 Oh ya forgot about the whole PC thing. Well It was a good way to work in Rocket
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Posted: Aug 11th 2010 11:23PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
@Rocketman36
Rocketman if its one thing you know its launching like a rocket, If you say they will sky rocket then damnit man i believe you.
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Rocketman if its one thing you know its launching like a rocket, If you say they will sky rocket then damnit man i believe you.
Posted: Aug 12th 2010 1:02AM Prboi said
@Stevetrop Man of Mystery
Still, if MS comes up with a 360 bundle exclusive to china with games only on xbox, then I think it would convince them to purchase one. I think MS just wants to be the first to do this because it can't compete with Wii & PS3 in Japan.
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Still, if MS comes up with a 360 bundle exclusive to china with games only on xbox, then I think it would convince them to purchase one. I think MS just wants to be the first to do this because it can't compete with Wii & PS3 in Japan.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 8:13PM Lagunamov said
"Neither the Nintendo Wii nor Sony's PlayStation 3 are available in the country"
Yeah... except for the likely imports that go under the radar, like in the rest of the world where the machines haven't been officially released. Seriously, with taxes and all that crap, they might end up costing more if officially released rather than imported from somewhere else.
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Yeah... except for the likely imports that go under the radar, like in the rest of the world where the machines haven't been officially released. Seriously, with taxes and all that crap, they might end up costing more if officially released rather than imported from somewhere else.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 8:35PM lazurus said
Well there is a positive side to this endeavor, if the Chinese government do allow Microsoft to sell Xbox 360s in China then the product becomes legitimate and would offer benefits such as customer support and warranty. At the moment, people in china are shelling huge amount of money for Japanese imports. I had a friend who bought one in china and within a few days the unit RRODed. So basically my friend shelled out over a thousand yuan for a piece of brick. There were countless units that became defective after being purchased, mostly due to the RROD problem, and to have it fixed most Chinese have to go to a private shop and pay a couple hundred of yuan to fix issues where we Americans can get fixed for free. So buyers protection is non existent for anyone who intends to purchase an Xbox 360 in China at the moment, same with the Wii and PS3.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 12:59AM Prboi said
@lazurus
But the chinese government won't have to worry about that because microsoft will just sell their new console & since the RROD epidemic happened before the consoles selling in china, it wouldn't count. They'd consider it a brand new console in their country even though it's been 5 years since it's release
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But the chinese government won't have to worry about that because microsoft will just sell their new console & since the RROD epidemic happened before the consoles selling in china, it wouldn't count. They'd consider it a brand new console in their country even though it's been 5 years since it's release
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 11:43PM kingdogfish said
I take it no one has ever looked at an iPod before either; seeing how they try to fool you by posting a big 'designed in California' when you first open it up
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 7:00AM Decanus said
@kingdogfish tobe honest with you i dont care where it is created still love my 120gb of music brilliant for long weekends with no computer but still haveing enough music to not listen to the same song twice(unless i chose of corse). on a side not i dont think this is much that isnt made in china
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 12:05AM ch3burashka said
I was not aware that China was so cut off. Entertainment isn't necessary for sustaining life, but damn they must be starving for some Xboxin' and Playstationin' and Wiiin'.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 5:50AM Wongfeihong said
@UNSCleric As a resident of China I wonder they teach your in American schools. China may not be a democracy, but at we made genuine improvements in our living standards, and today's Chinese government is far more open than their predecessors. I find your government an even bigger embarassment: starting wars across the worlds and butting in the affairs of other countries.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 9:19AM Cap Morgan said
@Foetoid
Democracy is the worst form of Government, other than all the others that have been tried.
It's the human rights violations and censorship that are China's biggest problems that need to be addressed right now. Other social reforms still need to come but to quote alpha centari "Beware he who would deny you information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master"
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Democracy is the worst form of Government, other than all the others that have been tried.
It's the human rights violations and censorship that are China's biggest problems that need to be addressed right now. Other social reforms still need to come but to quote alpha centari "Beware he who would deny you information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master"
Posted: Aug 12th 2010 10:08AM ChomskyKnows said
they should be forced to buy all the RROD units they manufactured early on...thanks China...
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 2:15PM incendious said
And this is why China is amassing almost all the money in the world. They export almost everything, and import very little. With all that money, they're also the world's loan shark and someday they'll want to collect.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2010 4:20PM ThePenIsMightier said
@incendious
It will be a deliciously painfully hilariously ironic day when we have to hand over ownership of America to China. "Oh, poor America, you rost at your own capitarism game!"
All because we rack a disciprine.
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It will be a deliciously painfully hilariously ironic day when we have to hand over ownership of America to China. "Oh, poor America, you rost at your own capitarism game!"
All because we rack a disciprine.
Posted: Aug 13th 2010 9:11AM Wongfeihong said
@Foetoid Did America owe up to their past support of dictatorships such as Pinochet's Chile, their forced removal of Native Americans from their lands, and their slavery and racial segregation against African Americans? America loves to bitch about how evil China is, but I don't see China telling Americans how to run their country. Lay off the Fox News and Glenn Beck.
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