(Outside US) Whats the prices of the consoles in your country?

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MANUELF on 24 June 2008

sc94597 said:
@People in mexico I would import consoles from the U.S if I were you.

Yeah, but I don´t know how import

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sc94597 on 24 June 2008

MANUELF said:

sc94597 said:
@People in mexico I would import consoles from the U.S if I were you.

Yeah, but I don´t know how import

Don't you just buy it online? The only problem I see is the wii, because of supply issues. Everything else should be easy to buy though.

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fazz on 24 June 2008

Well, I could've imported it... but I was impatient for getting a Wii ^_^

I fact, I paid more than that for it... even more than the price of a PS3 :P

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Squilliam on 24 June 2008

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Squilliam said:

We're too poor to own HDTVs in general, a good proportion of the buyers are poor (Compared to Europe/US/Australia/Somalia) and they can't afford/too dumb to use wireless, they don't have HDTVs, they can't afford Blu ray anyway and yet they buy PS3's in huge numbers.

lol, poor... Why are you so poor then, in New Zealand? I mean, shuldnt u b at rufly the same level as Australia?

We're a country that relies on primary products such as Dairy/Forestry/Fishing as our main export earner. Our productivity is lower than Australia (Bless their hearts) and we have a earning/spending ratio thats way out of whack and much of our internal investment is spent on property speculation instead of being used productively.

Tease.

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Shura on 24 June 2008

sc94597 said:
@People in mexico I would import consoles from the U.S if I were you.

i know like 3 people than have imported their wiis because of the price. The wii is almost as expensive as the 360 premium and this have been bundle with 2 games (3 in some stores).

in other consoles:

PSP: 299 with 1 game.

DS: 299 with 1 game (250 only the console)

As you can see, the ds price is twice the price in US to.

End of 2011 (made 02/01/11)
Wii: 99.453 m
Xbox 360: 67.837 m
Ps 3: 60.726 m

Best Games/Serie of the Generation

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Squilliam on 24 June 2008

Reasonable said:

Squilliam said:

The prices in my country.

Wii - $499 - $440 before tax - $336 USD/$86 more than US.

Xbox360 Arcade - $399 - $354 before tax - $268/$12 less than US

Xbox360 Pro -$549 - $488 before tax - $370/$20 more than US

Xbox360 Elite -$799 - $710 before tax - $538/$88 more than US

PS3 40gb -$799 - $710 before tax - $538/$138 more than US.

It seems that the Xbox360 has the fairest prices out of the three.

Its wierd, the PS3 is twice the price of the Arcade and a large percentage more than the Pro and yet it outsells the Xbox360. I swear my country just buys anything that has a Sony logo on it. We're sheep!! BAAAAH!

We're too poor to own HDTVs in general, a good proportion of the buyers are poor (Compared to Europe/US/Australia/Somalia) and they can't afford/too dumb to use wireless, they don't have HDTVs, they can't afford Blu ray anyway and yet they buy PS3's in huge numbers. Ahh, its to help Sony make back those losses by screwing the saps that don't know any better. (Nothing against Sony, I mean Microsoft would do it too if they could get away with it)

So whats it like in your country? How does the price difference make you feel when you compare to the US? Does the principle of paying more effect your purchasing decisions?

I'd question the notion that 360 is fairest price. Look at Elite vs PS3 and consider the difference. The issue with the PS3 is that its an all or nothing purchase. You get BR plus DVD playback capability, you get WiFi, etc. all of which makes it a very good price - also to be honest I believe the build quality on the PS3 is superior.

What 360 offers is more choice - i.e. you can purchase a bare bones system with no WiFi, HDD, etc. and of course it as no HD movie playback.

However I don't think that makes it fairer - it just means it fits certain budgets better than a PS3.

firstly - the price difference is $168 vs $50 in the U.S and because we're an Anglo market the tastes here are quite similar to the US as well. FPS being popular, RPGs less so for instance. The price difference is unfair when compared to the U.S. too.

secondly - the bolded, Wireless isn't used much here and HDTV/Blu ray penetration is even lower than in the US. In the video rental stores theres perhaps one half of a side of a standalone stack devoted to blu ray compared to say 5 times that for just the Xbox360 games.

thirdly - We are less wealthy than the U.S/Europe so the price difference makes up a greater proportion of a persons income.

Tease.