Buying Video Games for $1 in China – Tech-Web

www.chengduliving.com — The dubious foundation of video game culture and society in China rests on – you guessed it – software piracy. Mega-developer Activision is not only not making millions from sales in China but there isn’t even a Chinese language localization because they’re too intimidated by ubiquitous 5 yuan burned copies. In China, the rules are very different.

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