China has lifted ban on selling video game consoles, paving the way for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to enter domestic market, which is the world's third largest video game market. China's video game revenues reached nearly 14 billion last year.
China had banned games consoles in 2000, citing their adverse effect on the mental health of its youth.
The suspension of the ban permits "foreign-invested enterprises" to make game consoles within Shanghai's free trade zone and sell them in China after inspection by cultural departments, the government's top decision-making authority, the State Council, said in a statement.
"We are still not sure exactly what we will be able to do in Shanghai, and thereafter in Greater China," said Yasuhiro Minagawa, Nintendo's Japan-based public relations manager
written by Nicolas Yang
