PS4 costs $1850 USD in Brazil

[Malacite]

and the XB1 is $1016...

Apparently it's all because of "import fees and taxes".


What the hell is going on?

[Icemage]

Re: PS4 costs $1850 USD in Brazil

I believe Microsoft actually has a console manufacturing facility in Brazil, hence why they're able to sidestep "some" of the ridiculousness that is Brazilian import taxes.

Remember that this is the country where the PS2 (yes, PlayStation Two, not Three!) launched in 2009 (four years ago!) for the low, low price of $462.
PlayStation 2 finally launches in Brazil for the bargain price of around US $462

And then a year later in 2010, the PS3 launched there for $1130.
The PlayStation 3 Launches In Incredibly Expensive Brazil

That's what is going on: Brazil's import tariffs on tech toys is monstrous.

What will really happen: People from Brazil will travel to North America and buy consoles from the US to bring back with them. Doing so pays for their entire trip basically.


Icemage

[Armando]

Re: PS4 costs $1850 USD in Brazil

I believe Microsoft actually has a console manufacturing facility in Brazil, hence why they're able to sidestep "some" of the ridiculousness that is Brazilian import taxes.

Remember that this is the country where the PS2 (yes, PlayStation Two, not Three!) launched in 2009 (four years ago!) for the low, low price of $462.
PlayStation 2 finally launches in Brazil for the bargain price of around US $462

And then a year later in 2010, the PS3 launched there for $1130.
The PlayStation 3 Launches In Incredibly Expensive Brazil

That's what is going on: Brazil's import tariffs on tech toys is monstrous.

Incidentally, the programming language Lua was invented in Brazil for similar reasons:

From 1977 until 1992, Brazil had a policy of strong trade barriers (called a market reserve) for computer hardware and software. In that atmosphere, Tecgraf's clients could not afford, either politically or financially, to buy customized software from abroad. Those reasons led Tecgraf to implement the basic tools it needed from scratch.[3]

I didn't know that was still a huge issue these days though. That's pretty fucked.

[Malacite]

Re: PS4 costs $1850 USD in Brazil

And Brazil is supposed to be the leading emerging economy out of the "developing world" ...

What a joke.

[DakAttack]

Re: PS4 costs $1850 USD in Brazil

This is why they're still running private Lineage 2 servers.