Playstation 4 will cost you $1800.......if you live in Brazil

[sgtninjago]

Source: http://kotaku.com/playstation-4-will-cost-1-850-in-brazil-1447101291

 

And we thought Argentina had it bad. In Brazil, the land of high video game import taxes, PlayStation fans will have to shell out 3,999 Brazilian Real for Sony's next console come November 29. That's roughly $1,850 USD. Ouch.

 

The $100 price advantage the $399 PlayStation 4 enjoys over the $499 Xbox One here in the States is nothing compared to the massive difference between the two in Brazil. According to our Brazilian sister site, Microsoft's console will be sold for a mere R$ 2,200, or $1,016 USD.

 

Why the massive difference? Speaking to G1, Sony Brazil explained that between 60 to 70 percent of the cost was made up of import fees and taxes. That would come out to $1,292 USD in fees, leaving only $554 USD for the console. Sony also announced that games for the system will run a relatively reasonable R$ 179, around $80 USD.

 

In comparison, the 120GB version of the PlayStation 3 launched officially in Brazil in 2010 for R$ 1,999, or $923 USD.

 

South America is certainly getting the shaft when it comes to the PlayStation 4 prices. As reported previously, Argentinians will be paying $1,100 USD for the console, while in Chile the unit is priced at 329,999 Chilean pesos — about U.S. $ 1,700.

 

 

 

 

I would hate to be a console gamer in South America

[Laviq]

poor me

[DHenchanted]

damn 

[dinolover]

let's all join hands and laugh at fuckjohhny's family

[krystalized]

now i know why my parents dont want to buy me one lol

[sgtninjago]

let's all join hands and laugh at fuckjohhny's family

 

I'm assuming they live in South America.

[WhaleWhisper]

why would you have such high taxes on video games

[dinolover]

I'm assuming they live in South America.

i swore i thought she said she was from Brazil

[Cheeto_Pin]

 $1800 is ridiculous... hopefully that price will drop in about 6 months.

[mglsts]

Damn, and I thought taxes here were high...

 

 

let's all join hands and laugh at fuckjohhny's family

 

She's Portuguese though, currently living in Canada.

[silverlining]

The normal price is high enough for me. Can believe what South American's have to pay for the console alone.

[Mog]

That's ridiculous. 

[dinolover]

Damn, and I thought taxes here were high...

 

 

 

She's Portuguese though, currently living in Canada.

you pervert she's only 12 why r u remembering things so accurately

[mglsts]

you pervert she's only 12 why r u remembering things so accurately

 

She's 22 Nate... stop trolling her.   

[sgtninjago]

i swore i thought she said she was from Brazil

 

 

Damn, and I thought taxes here were high...

 

 

 

She's Portuguese though, currently living in Canada.

 

LMAO well that solves everything.

[dinolover]

LMAO well that solves everything.

instead of paying for healthcare, she can use those funds to send back playstations to her brothers in sisters in the village.

 

this is how unicef operates.

[____shawnee]

Lol that's nothing. I spend more than that in a week

[sgtninjago]

instead of paying for healthcare, she can use those funds to send back playstations to her brothers in sisters in the village.

 

this is how unicef operates.

 

DEAD

[Dandelion Wine]

To the Brazilian (and Argentinian, and Chilean) users here: If you have friends or family living outside of those countries, now is the time to beg.

[ZeroDaGod]

Greed  and trying to deflect tax as the only reason. xbox one also undergos the same tax since it is being imported, the 360 factory in brazil right now does not produce xbox one's yet the xbox one is almost a 1,000 cheaper.

[GodBot]

PC Master Race

[Chungie]

OMG     

[zaddd3]

And I was concerned about the price of the PS4 here in the States :/ I guess I'm pretty lucky.

[caradeplastico]

 

Most of the shops it will cost 3999 R$

[Gina]

 I feel sorry for the people living there