Brazilian sales chart for 2012

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Zappykins said:

pr3st00 said:

Zappykins said:
Didn't Microsoft open a factory to make Xbox 360's in Brazil? Would that help with the high taxes (assuming they are import taxes.)

I wonder if is producing them yet.

Also, I have no interest in USA Football or Non USA Football (Soccer) but playing the game in Kinect Sports with my family was actually quite fun.

Yes, they did and I believe that has made the price 40% lower average. In fact, mine was built here (799 reais for a 250GB slim model), but the games are still too expensive.

By the way, my 10 years old son just kicked my ass in PES 2013.

Wow, that is a significant price reduction!  And it creates local jobs, so it's a win-win. 

Any idea what the games are so expensive?  It it translating it to portugues?  Import cost and taxes?

Are the digital games equally as expensive?  In the USA 800ms points is $10.00.

The games would have to be made in Brazil to qualify for the tax reduction. It works for consoles because it forces console makers to bring manufacturing to Brazil therefore creating jobs. As for the actual games, no clue if just pressing them in Brazil would qualify for tax reductions or if the actual studios need to be in Brazil too.

It's a third world country mentality really. There are some benefits but it takes away the incentive for national brands to improve their products since they're pretty much garanteed to sell due to being considerably cheaper than the often better import stuff. A good example of this is the car industry in Brazil, the laughing stock of the country.