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Censorship, Prices, and Pirating Strangle Chinese Console Gaming Market

While Sony and Microsoft debuted their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles in China within the past year, only 9 million out of China’s 515 million gamers use a console. Due to content censorship, prices, and pirating, Sony and Microsoft are expected to sell less than 550,000 consoles, combined, this year, with online PC and mobile games expected to haul in $16.8 and 4 billion, respectively.

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‘Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection’ Releases October 9

A banner for Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection appeared early on the PlayStation Store last week, hinting at an anthonlogy including the first three titles of developer Naughty Dog’s action-adventure game for the Playstation 4. A tweet from Naughty Dog’s creative director and writer Neil Druckmann set an October 9, 2015 release date for the bundle.

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