Bland Theft Auto: China censorship weighs on games consoles

NOT THAT SIMPLE: China has fully lifted a 14-year ban on selling videogame consoles, but foreign console makers hoping to make a killing in a potentially huge new market will first have to find a way around the country's onerous censorship rules. — Reuters

BEIJING: China has fully lifted a 14-year ban on selling videogame consoles, but foreign console makers hoping to make a killing in a potentially huge new market will first have to find a way around the country's onerous censorship rules. 

The likes of Microsoft Corp, Sony Corp and Nintendo Co will henceforth be able to manufacture and sell consoles in China through "foreign-invested enterprises" in Shanghai's free trade zone, Shanghai's government said on its website on Monday.