TiA podcast: the truth about game consoles in China (with Iain Garner of Haogamers)

There’s been a lot of ink spilled about video gaming in China this week following China’s decision to lift the few remaining restrictions on console makers. But what has really changed? Should you believe what’s being written in the Wall Street Journal? Should you be rushing out to buy stock in a gaming console company right now?

In this episode of the podcast, Tech in Asia‘s resident video game curmudgeon Charlie Custer dives into all that and more with Iain Garner, the editor-in-chief and founder of Haogamers.com. If you want to understand China’s video game market, this is a podcast that you should not miss.

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Show notes

Links:

• Iain Garner’s site Haogamers.com
• Laurie Burkitt’s article in the Wall Street Journal
• A misleading video on game consoles in China, also posted by the WSJ
• We told you so: 6 reasons why China getting game consoles won’t be a windfall for Sony or Microsoft, a TiA article from 2013 that has thusfar proved very accurate

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