With PS4 Launch Looming, China Expands Console Sale Rules

Manufacturing and sale of game consoles in China no longer limited to free-trade zones.

[SaveFerris]

But will it be region-locked?

[SoapShoes]

No

[freshslicepizza]

proof?

[SoapShoes]

They already stated it won't along with PS Vita. Look it up!

[freshslicepizza]

http://www.playstationlifes...

http://www.gameranx.com/upd...

this is all i could find and both mention sources, none of which have come directly from sony.

so again i ask for proof, thanks. i am not suggesting it won't happen, just clarification.

[nowitzki2004]

http://www.playstationlifes...

[Gamer1982]

Now we see the real reason PS4 was delayed.. MS will get better sales but to have these rules in place launch day?? Thats HUGE..

[Brettman2008]

Just why would Xbox One have better sales in China than PS4?

[Gamer1982]

Not than PS4, people just assume because its a comment on N4G I was comparing it to PS4 lol. I meant more in general. If Xbox launched with this sale rule available when xbox launched it would have sold a lot better. Sony is going to benefit a lot from this new sales rule. Be a gamer not a hater..

[qwerty676]

when was this supposed to launch?

wasnt it like 3 weeks ago lol?

[Ninte]

It doesn't matter if its just one or more consoles selling in china, its still going to be a tough sell with their restrictions and guide lines

[Knightofelemia]

I wonder if the workers at the factories who make the consoles get a little discount.

[Kribwalker]

Everyone expecting a megaton of sales for either console needs to cool their jets a little. First, the average salary in China is less then $5000 a year, second, Sony themselves have stated that they are capping annual sales at 200,000 units. That's all they are allowed to sell.

http://www.bloomberg.com/ne...

Ms has been approved to sell 5 million consoles total in china. There may be over a billion people out there but only the top 10% would have the disposable income to buy a console, and even then, the government has capped the total amount of consoles to be sold