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Wii Costs $1,100 & Playstation 3 Costs $1,818.82 In Brazil!

October 22, 2007 in Blog comments 9

Yes you read that right. The Wii costs over $1000 in Brazil and the Playstation 3 costs a whooping $1.818.82. Now that's a large amount of money to be paying on a gaming console if you live in Brazil and your minimum wage is only at $380. The games cost $300-$400 reais, which is probably at 200 American Dollars.

What is the solution to this whole mess? Going into piracy and that's what the people do in Brazil, plus Brazil doesn't have many strict rules about piracy.

What does everyone think? UK'ers should think positive from now on :).

It was no secret even before the popular game console was released that its retail price in Brazil would be, well, prohibitive.
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    huntyr Oct 23, 07
    a much better quote from the source is
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    Brazil applies a. 60 percent flat import tax on most manufactured retail goods
    I'm no expert but I'd expect brazil to have the same type of laws about piracy as other countries, they must might have the ability to crack down on it. If the government does have that 60% tax you can be sure they don't want rampant piracy going on
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    xegaldis Oct 23, 07
    O: That's insane prices. If they're the same as the US or something, then that's insanely expensive.
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    Unity Oct 23, 07
    Apparently, this is ovrpriced by, what, $200 American dollars from $220 that it is in America...


    So, like $400 for a Wii?
  • 1
    Donnelly Oct 23, 07
    Look if 400 Brazilian dollars roughly equals 200 US Dollars, a Wii = 500USD, and a PS3 = 900USD.

    That's roughly the same price as the UK, it's just a little higher.
  • 0
    Final Blade Oct 23, 07
    Well its largely because of Inflation there and state tax or whatever. But still i feel sorry for the Brazilians. No one should be paying that much for those systems.
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    King X2* Oct 23, 07
    Wow over 1 grand for a Wii. That's just...wow..
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    Evanster Oct 23, 07
    Way to much for A game console even if it's the best one ever (Which it's not lol).
    • 0
      StewieRox Oct 23, 07
      Are you serious!? That's crazy! Good thing I don't live in Brazil LOL.
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    iamironflan Oct 25, 07
    holy cow! it's almost the same price to buy a game in brazil to buy the actual console in the US. what?

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