Vitter.
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Hello guys!
Wanted to share, this story will probably be alien to most in this site, but latin american brothers will chime in that sure have similar situations going.
Context:
¡My country (Argentina) is going into the drain for like decades(now is prolly the worst it has ever been)!
¡Right now 1 dollar is around $150 pesos and rising everyday!
(basic income is $16.875 pesos per month)
The governament has severe controls to even get a few dollars and it even reaches into buying digital stuff now.
Let's talk PREORDERING CONSOLES here:
Yesterday a company that has the license for Sony products (speaking like they were truly Sony) stated that the preorders will happen wich is prolly a first so soon(they gave no dates at the time)!
They confirmed (like they could know, around here we never know and cannot know prices in advance, even a few months will make prices rise like crazy, inflation is at an insane level)
PS5 regular edition at $99.999 pesos and Digital $74.999 pesos for a release in DECEMBER(wich they won't meet and probably won't be able to get the consoles in the country by then).
Today on social media:
I see the complaints online, hope the Xbox is easier to preorder for you up north!
A bit of current gen history:
2013: Bought Ps4 at launch, I happened to be in US that year...
Today: I have a PS4 Pro a Switch and gamepass on pc and my hands full!
it meant so much effort and several issues to just get them and every game.
Buying games means around 7 to 10 thousand pesos and rising(today and adjusting all the time just a few years ago it went around 1500 pesos)!
Usually our reality means getting new tech on sites similar to ebay(Mercado Libre), people travelling or whatever charging so much more plus no warranty, nothing.
Retailers are worse if we talk about pricing and availability, even though gaming got bigger last decade, still nothing compared with Europe or US/Can.
Please share your stories and sorry if there are spelling errors!
Wanted to share, this story will probably be alien to most in this site, but latin american brothers will chime in that sure have similar situations going.
Context:
¡My country (Argentina) is going into the drain for like decades(now is prolly the worst it has ever been)!
¡Right now 1 dollar is around $150 pesos and rising everyday!
(basic income is $16.875 pesos per month)
The governament has severe controls to even get a few dollars and it even reaches into buying digital stuff now.
Let's talk PREORDERING CONSOLES here:
Yesterday a company that has the license for Sony products (speaking like they were truly Sony) stated that the preorders will happen wich is prolly a first so soon(they gave no dates at the time)!
They confirmed (like they could know, around here we never know and cannot know prices in advance, even a few months will make prices rise like crazy, inflation is at an insane level)
PS5 regular edition at $99.999 pesos and Digital $74.999 pesos for a release in DECEMBER(wich they won't meet and probably won't be able to get the consoles in the country by then).
Today on social media:
I see the complaints online, hope the Xbox is easier to preorder for you up north!
A bit of current gen history:
2013: Bought Ps4 at launch, I happened to be in US that year...
Today: I have a PS4 Pro a Switch and gamepass on pc and my hands full!
it meant so much effort and several issues to just get them and every game.
Buying games means around 7 to 10 thousand pesos and rising(today and adjusting all the time just a few years ago it went around 1500 pesos)!
Usually our reality means getting new tech on sites similar to ebay(Mercado Libre), people travelling or whatever charging so much more plus no warranty, nothing.
Retailers are worse if we talk about pricing and availability, even though gaming got bigger last decade, still nothing compared with Europe or US/Can.
Please share your stories and sorry if there are spelling errors!
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