Here's a couple of things I found when following that link:
http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultnot/multi/2007/11/09/ult530u5573.jhtm
Sony is helping Universities and Producers on developing for PS2 and PSP, maybe in the future for the PS3 as well. That means they might produce PSP and PSP games soon after they start producing PS2 and PS2 games.
http://jogos.uol.com.br/reportagens/ultnot/2008/06/24/ult2240u129.jhtm
The taxes for games in Brazil (and yes, we make up a whole bunch of taxes and then the money disappears on politics's pockets):
II = 28%
ICMS = 25%
IPI = 50%
PIS = 1.65%
Confins = 7.6%
Total = 112.25% on taxes alone, when you add shipping and stuff like that then you can see how a game can cost 257% over its value, making the business unfeasible.
Producing in the Zona Franca de Manaus gets rid of at least 2 taxes: II and IPI, making it more feasible to sell merchandise.
That's why I laugh when I hear Europeans talk about VAT and etc, there's no place worse than Brazil when it comes to taxes. I wish we would get rid of all this bullshit taxes....
| BKK2 said: 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.
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And if they can sell the system and games for the prices I mentioned earlier or cheaper in all of Latin America, it'll be for at least another 5 and selling well...
What do you mean when you say more expensive than copies? Do you mean more expensive then pirated games?
