Will the Switch do well in Brazil?

[Nautilus]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Nautilus said:

What? No...

Have you never used Mercado Livre? Any offer that is above 120 BLR NEEDS to offer free shipping. I mean, it's not technically free because the seller puts that into the cost, but if the offer costs 370 BLR, you don't pay a cent more for the shipping.

It does affect, but not in a significant way. It's not that different from the arguments used when piracy is the topic. If piracy really stole that many sales, developers would be out of business by now(because it's easier than ever to emulate/pirate games in general, at least that's what it seems to me), but they are not. It's actually quite the opposite really.

There are several reasons that go into it, but they mostly boild down to three: Many have a moral code to not do it, meaning that it's not 100% of gamers that are going to try it(piracy or abusing the regional pricing). Second: Even if it's not complicated, it takes way too much effort somethimes than people are willing to dedicate. One of the reasons that Steam, PS4, Switch and so on are successful is because they are offer a streamlined and effortless experience which people can easily buy and play games. Havin to make new emails to change accounts, then set up those accounts, then buy foreign currency, etc. is usually too much hassle for most. And third: Even with regional pricing being put into place, games don't get THAT much cheaper. With games on sale so often(and fast, given that alot of games goes into sale 3 or 4 months after it's release), why the hell go through all that hussle I just mentioned before, to save what it ends up being 15, 20 dollars? Especially when I can wait 3 or 4 months for a sale, and play another great game currently discounted while I wait?

I buy a lot there actually. And not necessarily all products must be shipping free, it's up to the seller. Here it's charging 40,90 for delivery

https://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-1607948414-midia-fisica-animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-lacrado-_JM

Hmmm... It ships free to me. Maybe it's because of your region?