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Anfebious on 13 May 2014

Meanwhile in Argentina the Xbox One is about $10.000 Pesos. Which is almost the same price as a fucking fridge.



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Zappykins on 14 May 2014

I don't know why anyone would want a Xbox One without Kinect. Might as well just us a PC and X1 controller.



 

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Mistershine on 14 May 2014
Anfebious said:
Meanwhile in Argentina the Xbox One is about $10.000 Pesos. Which is almost the same price as a fucking fridge.


What kind of fridge costs as much as an Xbox? In the UK you can get a fridge for less than 1/3 of the price.



DonFerrari on 17 May 2014
LemonSlice said:
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Insekticida said:
How much is that in dollars?


About U$900


That's way too much. Brazil really need to sort this stuff out.

According to the people above the PS4 is, what, 1800$? Jesus.

Yes the PS4 can be found in big retailers for about U$1600 however there are smaller stores that are selling them already for U$700

How is that? Imports on the grey market?


Yes grey market. Most of the videogame consoles in Brazil have always been sold through the grey market, this time Microsoft made a big enough push that it  got the Xbox One out at a price point that made the grey market, at least intiallly, unable to compete with. An educated guess on my part would be that 90% of all the PS4s in country are from the grey market, while 90% of the Xbox Ones are from the legal one (considering buying trends and price competitiveness currently on the market).  

How come Sony wasn't that smart?


They didn't had stock for the release is rumour... just 10k consoles for the whole launch window. Them the boss in Brazil decided to make this "prank" after we hearing some kind of a promisse for PS4 to be released here for like R$1000,00 (equivalent to US$400,00)... but they probably know that grey market would be a lot bigger and that would help their US sales numbers and the lack of brazilian sells would push people to complain about taxes that could help them in other fronts.



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VanceIX on 17 May 2014

Well, it's cheaper than the PS4, so at least its got that going for it



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Insekticida on 17 May 2014
FrankMstone said:

I'm really starting to doubt this move will make a difference ANYWHERE. I mean the Titanfall bundle could be found in many countries around the world for a price similar if not lower to what they are charging for the kinectless sku. No point at all in cutting out your only differentiating gaming factor if it won't mean a significant price reduction.

As for it being cheaper than the ps4 in Brazil, you guys should know that it can already be found for around R$1500,00. So yeah... that isn't a benefit either.


I'm buying it next month and I know at least 2 more people that will.



think-man on 17 May 2014

Why is the PS4 more exp than the X1 over there?



 

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mutantsushi on 17 May 2014

How can people continue to spout simplistic formulas like "PS more expensive than XBone in BR"
despite multiple people posting the actual state of affairs in terms of real consumer prices?
How can somebody actually be interested enough in this topic to post here, yet fail to grasp basic facts shoved in their face?

In case somebody needs an extra dose of obvious, PS4 is not manufactured in BR while XBone is,
so Sony's official price is subject to more taxes which jack up the price.
Grey market units may be sold without all those taxes, which allows PS4 to be sold at equal price to XBone. WOW.