Relaxed Muscle
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Insanely high taxes for foreign goods. ~_~
Protecting the Brazilian own manufactured console industry I see.
Insanely high taxes for foreign goods. ~_~
Rich people get it for free.That's strange. You'd think there are enough rich people in Brasil.
The columbian Peso has been dropping all year against the dollar and that trend seems like it will continue. It's going to be cheaper importing because you only have to juggle the exchange risk once, they have to do it for the life of the console and you can't raise prices due to the foreign currency losing value. I'm not saying prices like in Brazil are justified but it shouldn't be a surprise at all that places like columbia will likely have higher domestic prices than if they imported.
Its a missed opportunity
huge market
I would like to know the Xbx1 numbers though
Is it to be believed that the reason for the price is Brazil's import taxes and fees? Not Sony's decision?
I live in Brazil and I have already imported 2 PS4's. The first one I had preorderd on Amazon and the second one I bought on ebay last friday. The one that I bought on ebay has a interesting story.
There was this seller who was selling PS4's only for brazilian customers for US$399. It would be shipped through DHL and the shipping was free. The seller sold 108 consoles in 40 minutes and then he was sold out. A lot of people who had bought from this seller was afraid of not receiving the console because they (and I'm included) though it was a scam but since we payed with Paypal, we weren't sooo afraid.
Today almost all PS4's were delivered by DHL and the consoles all seem to work. The curious part was that one person decided to email the seller to know why they were selling the console for $399 and with free shipping. The reply was that Sony Brazil had contacted them to offer those consoles because they wanted to bring some consoles to the brazilian customers for a better price. It was interesting that this offer appeared on the same day that the Xbox One launched here.
Can someone explain why Sony isn't currently manufacturing PS4s in Brazil? They made a big deal about manufacturing PlayStations in Brazil at the Sony Brazil event back in May, so it's weird that their not currently manufacturing PS4s now.
Can someone explain why Sony isn't currently manufacturing PS4s in Brazil? They made a big deal about manufacturing PlayStations in Brazil at the Sony Brazil event back in May, so it's weird that their not currently manufacturing PS4s now.
Exactly.Good for them, voting with their wallets. Best way to fight price gauging.
But it isn't price "gauging." The prices are adjusted due to government tax and import fees.Good for them, voting with their wallets. Best way to fight price gauging.
That's strange. You'd think there are enough rich people in Brasil.
3rd world tax. The 3rd world government people need something to corrupt and steal you know? Nearly same like us, though the price is not as stupid as this.why is the price so high ?
educate me gaf
why is the price so high ?
educate me gaf
High tariffs and a poor infrastructure that brings the price up even higher. Brazil is flush with money from harvesting natural resources (and the boom in resource commodity trading these past few years), but they've been choosing to invest it in a welfare state before strengthening their basic infrastructure. The book "Breakout Nations" by Ruchir Sharma talks all about Brazil, and why a hotel room in Rio would cost about twice as much as a similar one in Manhattan... very interesting.
bet he plays it on his yacht
Update: Sold at R$4k, PS4 is well received
- no official numbers released by Sony Brasil;
- they talked to people at Sony Stores, Fnac and Magazine Luiza, and they all said they were close to sold out;
- UZ Games (biggest games retailer) didn't get the console at all for sale.
Seems like Sony shipped a very small number of PS4's just so they could say they released the thing. They didn't have a launch event to promote the system, and games are not available at retail yet (only PSN), despite having been localized.
Very pathetic release all in all. It's a shame they couldn't get their shit together, this thing for R$1999 would be selling like hotcakes.
The stores that supply the grey market are selling the PS4 for $850, which translates to a $1100 price locally. When supply issues in the US are resolved the price should drop to $600 or $700 for consumers.
Well there has to be some logical reason for the high price. They want to sell units.
That's strange. You'd think there are enough rich people in Brasil.
Not surprised given the price.
We got a very warm launch here in Peru.