After a 14-year games console ban, gamers in China are finally allowed to purchase a games console legally as the Xbox One has released in the country today.

China banned games consoles in 2000 as they thought that there could be ‘potential harm to the physical and mental development of children’.

Chine is a massively lucrative market for Microsoft as there are apparently more gamers in China than the total United States population. Games released in the country need to receive approval from the culture department in Shanghai before they are allowed to be on sale. Hence the reason franchises like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto aren’t available in the country.