It's highly likely the PS4 will be at some point too, but it's probably not feasible for around launch. I'm guessing the price will drop then. Foxconn are currently building a plant in Brazil to sidestep tariffs.
Please don't spread misinformation.
So a choice on spreading $1850 or on a Brazilian babe with a booty so big ya wouldn't know where to begin to sink your teeth into?
That`s good, but it doesn`t explain the price gap between Xbone and PS4 in Brazil.
Acording to Playstation Brazil Blog, using today's conversion rate, it would cost US$82.
A rough estimation for the majority of electronics that I buy here in Brazil (like consoles, PC parts, etc ) would be: price in USD x monetary conversion x 2 (for absurd taxes and stuff) = aproximate final price in R$ for us.
For example the XONE: U$499 x 2,20 x 2 = R$ 2.195, which is roughly the price of the pre-order here. But R$3.999??? Jeez..
I have always wondered why are electronics so expensive in developing countries when in contrary it would make sense them to be cheaper so that more people had money to buy them.
Mercado Livre here I come.
I guess Microsoft have decided it's worth diverting resources in order to manufacture Xbox One in Brazil. Maybe they have more control over production there than Sony do, could be a million reasons.
A lot of people here saiyng its the tax, the tax the tax,!. The hell it was the tax.
Below are ALL the taxes videogames must pay to be sold in Brazil:
Imposto de importação 20%(Importation tax)
Pis 1,65% (Social security tax)
Cofins 7,60%(Another social security tax)
ICMS (Estado de São Paulo) 25%(State sales tax, São Paulo has the highest one)
IPI 50%(Industrialized product tax)
Doing the math we have around 164% of taxes.
399,99*2,64 = 1055 dollares with tax included!
A lot of people here saiyng its the tax, the tax the tax,!. The hell it was the tax.
Below are ALL the taxes videogames must pay to be sold in Brazil:
Imposto de importação 20%(Importation tax)
Pis 1,65% (Social security tax)
Cofins 7,60%(Another social security tax)
ICMS (Estado de São Paulo) 25%(State sales tax, São Paulo has the highest one)
IPI 50%(Industrialized product tax)
Doing the math we have around 164% of taxes.
399,99*2,64 = 1055 dollares with tax included!
A lot of people here saiyng its the tax, the tax the tax,!. The hell it was the tax.
Below are ALL the taxes videogames must pay to be sold in Brazil:
Imposto de importação 20%(Importation tax)
Pis 1,65% (Social security tax)
Cofins 7,60%(Another social security tax)
ICMS (Estado de São Paulo) 25%(State sales tax, São Paulo has the highest one)
IPI 50%(Industrialized product tax)
Doing the math we have around 164% of taxes.
399,99*2,64 = 1055 dollares with tax included!
Are video games taxed the same as the actual consoles.
I have always wondered why are electronics so expensive in developing countries when in contrary it would make sense them to be cheaper so that more people had money to buy them.
Thanks, based Sony BR!
Amazon, my credit card is ready. 800 USD with shipping and all taxes included, sail ho.
Such a bargain.
It's announced on the BR PSBlog too, btw.
Importing is cheaper. If you're taxed, you'll pay about 2x price + shipping, which is gonna be around $1000 at worst. And there's always the chance of not being taxed.
The downside is costumer support.
You can get cheap roundtrip air tickets for as low as $700, so travelling to buy one is also cheaper.
In Brazil no one use the word "console", we just call console as video games.
Brazil is a Tier 1 country. Xbone comes out here in November too.It might simply be supply and demand as Xbone isn't releasing in Brazil right now and PS4 is struggling to meet production if preorder rumors are anything to go by.
So high price means less buyers and less demand, lessing the pressure on Sony to produce PS4s at a fair price in the Brazilian market while they focus on US and EU with Japan following.
We do in the south.
Already did that. Unsucessfull search. =(
In RS? Because I'm from SC, live in Curitiba and if I say "console" the non-gamers have no idea what I'm talking about.
We should start a twitter campaign.
lol
No, I meant PR and SC. Different circumstances I guess.In RS? Because I'm from SC, live in Curitiba and if I say "console" the non-gamers have no idea what I'm talking about.
A lot of people here saiyng its the tax, the tax the tax,!. The hell it was the tax.
Below are ALL the taxes videogames must pay to be sold in Brazil:
Imposto de importação 20%(Importation tax)
Pis 1,65% (Social security tax)
Cofins 7,60%(Another social security tax)
ICMS (Estado de São Paulo) 25%(State sales tax, São Paulo has the highest one)
IPI 50%(Industrialized product tax)
Doing the math we have around 164% of taxes.
399,99*2,64 = 1055 dollares with tax included!
I would like to know the prices for PC hardware in Brazil, that's just insane.
so, if your calculations are correct, where does the extra almost 50% of total cost (1055$ to 1850$) comes from?
No you can't.For that price I can build a hell of a PC, I assure you.
I would like to know the prices for PC hardware in Brazil, that's just insane.
Take the GTX 780 for example. About U$650, right?
It costs about U$1150 or more here, depending on where you buy it.