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Game On for China as U.S. PlayStation, Xbox Imports Slow

China 3000 Cons. Discr. - Retailing 487 Info Tech - Tech Hardware 825 South Korea 594 Taiwan 221 U.S. 5348

With Sony’s PlayStation VR going on sale, the September U.S. trade data read for videogames is not good. Seaborne imports were 6% lower in September than a year earlier, after the value of imports fell 19% in August according to Panjiva data. PlayStation-related shipments were 11% down, although this may reflect shipping smaller boxes as well as gamers waiting for the Pro due in November. Microsoft shipments dropped 9% – buyers may wait for Project Scorpio. Looking globally though, Chinese exports by manufacturers including PlayStation-builder Foxconn and Xbox-manufacturer Flextronics we...

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