| binary solo said: You obviously didn't look very hard. In NZ PS4 $649, Xb one $748 https://ebgames.co.nz/ps4-154706-PlayStation-4-Console-Early-2014-Shipment-PlayStation-4 https://ebgames.co.nz/featured/xbox-one Those prices include sales taxes. Convert Xb one price to Brazilian Real and that's 1358.36 that makes Xb one in Brazil about 75% more expensive than in NZ. PS4 is a lot worse, but Brazilians are being shafted on both consoles. |
I think you need to re-read my sentence that you bolded. The PS4 doesn't launch in New Zealand until 2014. I matched markets where consoles were launching at the same time as the Xbox One.
Also you completely neglected this statement: In Brazil gamers aren't getting anything more (from Sony) when they're being asked to pay $833 more for a console (PS4) with fewer features (compared to the Xbox One).
Parenthetical comments added for clarification.
The Xbox One price is R$2300 (according to EThomaz). At the current exchange rate (See) that is $1053. Where you came up with $1353.36 is beyond me. It has never been that, nor close to it. The current price for the PS4 in USD is $1,831.33. Still nearly $800 more than the Xbox One.
The point I'm trying to make is that price differences between one country and another are reasonable to understand. Currencies exchange at different rates and taxes are different (i.e. US/Canada/Mexico don't include tax in the retail price), European countries and others around the world do. Those things are fair differences. But Sony is asking consumers in Brazil to pay nearly $800 in more for a console. That's not reasonable. That's not a negligiable increase in price for features that the other guy isn't including. It's paying more for the sake of paying more.
