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BKK2 on 09 September 2008
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FilaBrasileiro said:
marciosmg said:

I read recently a news story (link - http://jogos.uol.com.br/playstation2/ultnot/2008/09/04/ult185u9018.jhtm - it´s in portuguese though).

The highlights:

  • It says that Sony is going to officialy start producing PS2 and it´s games in Brazil.
  • It also says that they estimate around 8 millions PS2 in my country (both legally bought and pirate ones).
  • PS2 is the highest selling console in Brazil (installed base too)
  • The estimated production is 450 thousand units in the first year reaching 520 thousand by the third year.
  • The investment is a total of 8,8 million reais (~ 5 million dollars)
  • It quotes Reggie saying that Brazil could be Latin America´s biggest market (currently, Mexico) if taxes are reduced (currently they make games cost 257% more)

 

Good for my country and good for Sony. I see each time more and more stores advertising the PS2. If Sony can produce things here and dramatically reduce its price they can stop some of the piracy and make a good amount of money.

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That's awesome, thanks for the link.

 

How much is a PS2 gonna cost in Brazil now? I think now it's going for R$400 (U$ 230) or so, maybe they could get it down to R$250-R$350 (U$140 - U$200), maybe even less than that since the PS2 should be cheap to manufacture.

 

If they could sell games for R$30-R$70 (U$17 - U$40) or cheaper, then it would really help against pirated games (usually R$10 - R$ 15).

 

I wonder why they're only doing the PS2 and not the PSP, PS3 or even the PSX at this time.....

 

Compared to PS2 the investment costs to set up a PS3 production line would be far higher, and the number of sales would be far lower. It just wouldn't be cost effective for them to do this with PS3. I think PSP might be a possibility in the future though.

Incidentally:

The UOL also found that the DVDs for the console will be pressed in Brazil - currently, the copies are imported.The Sony DADC, which handles the replication of CDs and DVDs from Sony group, avoided up and told the story that, at least for now there is nothing concrete about it.

cheap games for Brazil too ... although still a lot more expensive than copies.

The estimated production is 450 thousand units in the first year reaching 520 thousand by the third year.

So, PS2 in production for at least three more years.