sadly, it actually is a true news.

sina news just reports the xbox one is gonna release in september with a price at 4999 rmb.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2014-04-30/12109354487.shtml

sadly, it actually is a true news.

sina news just reports the xbox one is gonna release in september with a price at 4999 rmb.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2014-04-30/12109354487.shtml

Nope,this is fake news(and that's what i mean "some shitty Chinese site still trust right now") ,i already report to gov
I know chinese(hell,i'm chinese) and i know it's fake news,MS and BesTV NEVER announced the price in their announcement

Even a big gaming forum who favor to Sony like A9VG already banned this news

Go check the surface/surface 2 price,it's basically US's price x 1.17(tax)

The way I see it chinese game developers will favour PC over xbox and publishing a game to China will be no easy task considering the fact that alot parts of the games will get censored or completely removed in general. 

I know this was in their planning all along. Seems like they are actually able to follow through make it happen. It should be big for Microsoft and for promoting good Internet connections in China.

This could be really big, and good in a way if China can get more of an open Internet.

You're way to optimistic.

Best Case scenario: a couple million sales.

PC is GOD in China however.

So its a blue ocean in theory, red ocean in practice.

Whether or not the XB1 can compete with chinese PC market in september remains to be seen.

However, if there is any place they can get the jump on PS it will be in china. Unless ofc, Sony has enough supply from the summer drought to release there in september as well. 

Why is it a bad thing for the Xbox One that Chinese gamers play mostly on PC?

This is not a strong argument, because they did not even have a choice so far.
And owning a gaming PC does not mean that they can't buy a home console as well.

you're looking at it through the wrong lens.

One of the main advantages of consoles is the price to performance ratio.

the chinese PC market has a much higher price to performance ratio then the rest of the world.

that poses a threat to any console attempting to sell in that country. 

So your point is not the PC, but the higher price tag for the console in China.

Partially, PC is part of it, but price is most of it.

China appears to be free of competition because of the console ban.

But because of the console ban, they've been PC gaming while the rest of the world was on consoles.

That whole MS-Based exclusive thing that some people claimed with Titan Fall ain't gonna fly in China.

Cause those who have PCs will most likely get the PC version over the console version, and MS is going to have a hard time convincing people to buy an XB1 even if it had nothing but pure exclusives.

They have to beat the price performance ratio and convince chinese that its a valuable purchase. If anything, the Kinect seems like one of the only things in china that will be a selling point for it.

It will be difficult but not impossible. Definetly harder than the U.S, but they've got a fresh start and no console competiton unlike Japan.