

Other times, however, they are seen as an outright affront to Chinese values and are banned. Sometimes they have to be heavily edited before they're considered appropriate for Chinese consumers. With that in mind, it's easy to see why some games just don't make the cut. The ban was lifted in 2015, but the regulatory board in China is still very particular about what it allows to be widely distributed in the country. This was due to a fear that they could cause delinquency in children, as well as other physical and mental side effects. In fact, the country completely banned the manufacturing and sales of video game consoles in the year 2000. China has always had something of an interesting relationship with the video game industry.
