Don't Bet Against Nintendo, Amiibo Could Be a Big Hit, GameStop Says

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WagnerPaiva said:

Viper1 said:

WagnerPaiva said:
So this means the margin profits will be huge. I myself thought about 1000% for each (retailer and Nintendo):
Miboo cost: 1 dollar.
Nintendo margin: 10 dollars
Retailer margin: 10 dollars.
Taxes: 5 dollars.
End price: 26 dollars.

That means huge profit indeed, even with low sales. Like, with 2 million adopters buying an average of 5 figurines, this would mean 100 million profit for each set, with no costs attached (meaning, developing, since it is not a game).

$5 in taxes?   Just how bad is it in Brazil?    On a $21 dollar item in the US, taxes would be about $1.50-1.80 (depending on the state you live in).

 

Amiibo could be the driving force to put the Wii U into big sales.  If Dinsey Infinity and Skylanders can get as big as they did, Nintendo has it made.

I agree, this will be so huge that I think Sony will do a similar line of figurines right after it, with Drake, Helgast, Kat and the whole gang...

Here in Brazil taxes can get to 80% in some products. It does change from product to product, like, beer has 40% taxes, some washing machines have 12% and so on... It is a big mess.

Specilly in toys, the taxes are pretty big(this is why videogames are expensive here, too, because the gov classify then as toys instead of software).

Look:

Source: Folha de São Paulo

As you can see, there is more tax incident on videogames than in fire weapons(armas de fogo). We lose only for cigarrettes.