BraLoD said:
That's actually wrong. Emulators were a thing indeed, specially NES emulators, the most famous one being a psone shapped called PolyStation (as it tricked silly parents into buying a PlayStation, lol), but even during third gen, TEC TOY support was enough proof people supported what they could. The Sega Master System sold better here than in any other place in the world because we had a company that locally understood the reality here and fully supported it. But later with the PS1 and PS2, the consoles were also EXTREMELY popular here, because people could pay cheap for the games as they were massively pirated. As a matter of fact, PS2 hardware sales here were very significant while games sales were basically null. People could pay for the tool but not for the products, I remember the first time I went to a store to buy a original PS2 game and it was 20x what I used to pay for 2, as yes, people mostly didn't pirate themselves, they bought it, and when the economy got better (a bubble that exploded now, but it was better to consume back then) and the PS1 kids got older, like me, a big shif happened, PS3 got more popular than the easily piratable and then successful 360 and the PS3 got more popular as it got cheaper and people could now afford a feel games, the PS3 used games market is still likely the country biggest market. So, emulators weren't a big factor, arcade machines culture was a bigger thing than emulators here until piracy reigned supreme when the PS1 came. |
Those sneaker buggers! The PolyStation sounds cool. Parents probably didn't like it though.
https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/the-history-of-video-games-in-brazil
it was the second video (Home Consoles and National Games) that goes into it. I guess I remembered incorrectly because they seem to be talking about retro games. It's an interesting video.
