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Re:Steam Sales 2015 by wyldfire on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @10:19AM (#10843620)
The "long ban"? On XBox/PS/etc?
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Re:Steam Sales 2015 by adventured on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @10:21AM (#10843631)
Yeah -

Why are consoles banned in China (2010): http://kotaku.com/5587577/why-are-consoles-banned-in-china

China lifts the ban (2013): http://kotaku.com/china-lifts-their-console-ban-but-theres-s...

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Re:Steam Sales 2015 by beefsack on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @06:02PM (#10846817)
It's important to note thought that there was always a fairly significant grey market for consoles and games in China.

Some big department stores even sold major consoles and games, including Friendship Stores[1] which are state run.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_store

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