After over a decade of being against the law the the Chinese government has lifted the ban on the manufacture and sale of video game consoles.

The largest country on earth, in terms of population instated the ban in the year 2000 because they feared letting the population have them would “corrupt its youth”, but will now allow for distribution of consoles in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. The SFTZ is a test zone of sorts for trying out new economic strategies before going country wide.

If all goes well during testing and the markets open for the entire country, this will be the biggest market for video games in the world. A game changer for sure. How do you think China could affect the video game industry?