| Viper1 said: Brazil has massively high import taxes which is why the PS4 is ~$2000.00 there. But Sony is looking to manufacture PS4's there to remove the import tax. With a more market friendly PS4, the PS3 will be cycled out just as other markets are doing. |
On Uruguay, PS4 costs US$ 800, it isn't that cheap and is actually the cheaper PS4 on LA. PS4 price on Brazil isn't about taxes, since One costs US$1000 here and is imported to (Wii U costs US$ 900), it is more about Sony Brazil stealing their customers. They even published a calculation of tax costs that was wrong! (the taxes are 60%. They got the US$400, added retail margin, their profit margin and distribution costs and, after that, 60%. The taxes are about the import price, not about costs that happen in national territory!)
About manufacturing, it doesn't change that much. PS3 was around US$ 600-700 and just dropped to US$ 500 and that was when they changed the Slim line for the Super Slim ones. When the national PS3 launched, it was even more expensive than the imported one because of the higher manufacturing costs (China is too cheap). The brazilian goverment would need to offer subsidies and it just doesn't look much interested. Computer got way cheaper after government subsidies and now the focus is to create subsidies for entry-level tablets and smartphones, nothing about consoles.
