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statham · Sep 24, 2013

Microsoft and Chinese media company BesTV New Media Co., Ltd, are partnering to bring a new gaming console and streaming device to China. According to Xinhua News, BesTV posted the news on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The new venture, E-Home Entertainment Development, will be 51 percent owned by BesTV and 49 percent owned by Microsoft. The total investment in the joint venture is $237 million.

Other unconfirmed reports found by Polygon say the new console will be based on Xbox technology and be called the Bestpad. BesTV is China's leading IPTV provider with 18 million IPTV subscribers in China, southeast Asia and eastern Europe. The company just recently acquired the five-year, exclusive broadcast rights for the Premier League.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-09-23-microsoft-partners-to-create-chinese-game-console
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-09/23/c_132743885.htm

edit:also

The joint venture is expected to be registered in the newly established pilot free trade zone in Shanghai.

BesTV, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group, boasts 18 million IPTV subscribers with its businesses in China, southeast Asia and eastern Europe.

def sim · Sep 24, 2013

Xbox Two already?

NeOak · Sep 24, 2013

Xbox Half

Bluekaveli · Sep 24, 2013

Get in where you fit in like Too $hort said.

Stumpokapow · Sep 24, 2013

iQue One

R3TRODYCE · Sep 24, 2013

Odd news.

Pie and Beans · Sep 24, 2013

Xbox Huan.

Takao · Sep 24, 2013

Bestpad? How humble.

Donny · Sep 24, 2013

Americanmushroom · Sep 24, 2013

The Bestpad? What? the? fuck?

Proelite · Sep 24, 2013

Maybe this one will have the dGPU.

def sim · Sep 24, 2013

Takao said:
Bestpad? How humble.

Coming from the makers of BesTV, I'd trust them.

Creaking · Sep 24, 2013

Pie and Beans said:
Xbox Huan.

KINGofCRA5H · Sep 24, 2013

Microsoft wants dem Chinese markets

RoboPlato · Sep 24, 2013

Proelite said:
Maybe this one will have the dGPU.

It was hiding in China all along.

McDougles · Sep 24, 2013

Smart move, seeing as consoles are no longer contraband.

jbug617 · Sep 24, 2013

My guess it's probably close to 360 specs.

maplelord93 · Sep 24, 2013

ms already won.MEGATON

unholyrevenger72 · Sep 24, 2013

It'll be called "That Black box you make for 16 hours a day at 3 cents an hour"

Kaako · Sep 24, 2013

Will it play bootleg xb1 & ps4 games?

NinjamicWZ · Sep 24, 2013

Sony better get that Vita TV there soon.

Hypereides · Sep 24, 2013

holy shit. This is a potential megaton.

Ein Bear · Sep 24, 2013

So does this make China Tier 1?

maplelord93 · Sep 24, 2013

Ein Bear said:
So does this make China Tier 1?

tier ultra since they are developing a new exclusive console there

Twin Tails · Sep 24, 2013

This is pretty huge right?

Donny · Sep 24, 2013

One Billion Sales confirmed!

GDGF · Sep 24, 2013

Going to be seeing a lot more movement in this area in the near future.

dragonflys545 · Sep 24, 2013

LOL. They for real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd1YIbO34Ns

cafemomo · Sep 24, 2013

Banjo KaMao
Forza Maosports
Maotown Madness

Cynn · Sep 24, 2013

Abandon Japan for China? It could be a viable solution all things considered.

gaming_noob · Sep 24, 2013

Michaelsoft Binbows taking over the world.

Ushae · Sep 24, 2013

So its basically Xbox One for China, and they got the TV deal going.

Megaton? Hmmm

CassidyIzABeast · Sep 24, 2013

that came out of no where...

Doc Evils · Sep 24, 2013

Throwing in the towel already.

Alebrije · Sep 24, 2013

Xbone 720 , China gets the real deal

RulkezX · Sep 24, 2013

highluxury said:
holy shit. This is a potential megaton.

Big Jeffrey said:
This is pretty huge right?

Why ? We don't even know what the thing is yet.

Ushae said:
So its basically Xbox One for China, and they got the TV deal going.

Megaton? Hmmm

Where does it even suggest it's Xbox One ?

Yo93 · Sep 24, 2013

News about explosives "Bestpads" incoming.

maplelord93 · Sep 24, 2013

dragonflys545 said:
LOL. They for real?

whats funny?

game console from non-chineses company's ban have not been lifted yet in china, ms gets an exclusive deal with a big media company. WIN.

Ushae · Sep 24, 2013

gaming_noob said:
Michaelsoft Binbows taking over the world.

Holy shit LOOOOOOL! Is tht real? D:

coolasj19 · Sep 24, 2013

Yo Sony, you better hurry up with the VTV in China.

Gentleman Jack · Sep 24, 2013

China choosing the partner with a market lead on handing over customer data to government, obv.

Skeff · Sep 24, 2013

Impressive, looking forward to more info.

Sushigod7 · Sep 24, 2013

As long as they can play Starcraft, Warcraft or other RTS games it will sell like crazy. It's a huge market I'm surprised no one had done this earlier pretty smart for MS.

Majmun · Sep 24, 2013

But will it have Kinect?

enzo_gt · Sep 24, 2013

Sweet, not a shitty android console, but a shitty WP8 console instead!

Stitch · Sep 24, 2013

I thought consoles were banned in mainland china :|

maplelord93 · Sep 24, 2013

enzo_gt said:
Sweet, not a shitty android console, but a shitty WP8 console instead!

good to see reading skills are up to par

he new console will be based on Xbox technology

SatelliteOfLove · Sep 24, 2013

maplelord93 said:
whats funny?

game console from non-chineses company's ban have not been lifted yet in china, ms gets an exclusive deal with a big media company. WIN.

Neat little racket they got going on there, all told.

mgcastro · Sep 24, 2013

And here we thought Sony would win the generation with 100 million PS4 sold. This must've been Microsoft's plan all along.

ProfessorMoran · Sep 24, 2013

statham said:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-09-23-microsoft-partners-to-create-chinese-game-console
original source
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-09/23/c_132743885.htm

Maybe they can package a fake watermelon with each box.

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