I think 12000 was for the 'deluxe set'. But yeah. I didn't get mine until 2012, when I bought a Slim with KillZone2 (shit) and Uncharted 2 (quite good)
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let's talk about the future of console gaming in Latin America (and other peripheral regions)
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a thing that really hurts is the need for day 1 patches too. So few have access to highspeed home internet. Even if you do scrounge for a console, manage to get a copy of the game, good luck downloading that 50gig mandatory patch to get things working.
I just looked at the numbers. Obviously I can't argue with you on how it went on a person by person basis in a country with a population of over 200 million that I don't even live in.
12K? Yeah you are right, it's been a while since last time I checked console prices, better adjust my budget.
Are internet provider speeds generally subpar in the whole continent or does it vary greatly per country?
That is certainly one big obstacle to PC gaming.
I guess it is a good time to revive this thread, Xbox Live Gold will get a price increase from October, here in colombia we went from $45 to $62 effectvely making it more expensive than on USA. Console gaming can F itself.
Is this import taxes? I mean MS isn't completely crazy I would imagine.
What if you sign up for NA account vs US? Is that doable?
I assume the price increase across the region has to do with how every currency here devaluated. I'm not sure how buying from other regions work with MS, I have a US PS account and used to pay for US PS+ since they had (as far as I knew) better prices and deals but I was planning on getting a Xbox for next gen, not anymore, those new GPU just announced sound great and steam prices are stupidly cheap here.
Yeah, going PC in the view of these prices is the right thing to do. Steam and key sellers ensure fairly healthy pricing structure.
So, Series S is going to be 300 USD, that would make it 500 here. That's a price I can jump in from day one.
Price for Mexico, has Xbox announced their price in any other latam country?
[Price is about around 650 USD for XSX and 400 USD for XSS]
The price sounds mmm well it certainly not out of reach. Pretty reasonable given previous launch prices I guess, more with how the USD/MXN is right now. Still hoping for All Access here.
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Xbox Chile and Colombia annonced the price. Still no communication from Xbox Brazil and Argentina (and even no mention of Series X)
Argentina:
Chile:
Colombia:
Yeah, I was fully expecting CLP600000+ for the Series X, now gotta wait for the PS5 price tho...
18% is only states taxes. You have federal taxes. It's almost 33% of taxes in Brazil.
Yes, it's very significant. I don't even know how much incides over consumer electronic and it's honestly a mess. Microsoft and Sony actually assemble their consoles locally in Brazil to try and cut import taxes.
I'm expecting it to be slightly cheaper because of the local production, which doesn't happen for the Switch.
Fun fact: most regional Xbox social media accounts already listed the pricing for both the Series S and X and the brazilian one is still silent... I guess they're afraid of the Real spiralling down more than it already has.
Mate, if we like it or not, this is entertainment. It's a luxury toy basically. So yes, they do expect us to have 2/3 jobs to pay for it, or buy it down the line, etc. We're not the main market.
I'm from Portugal (PORTUGAL CARALHO!!) and our minimum wage is 680€, there's no way in hell most people here can afford a console at launch without proper saving for it, but it's not like selling 50 000 PS5's here will majorly impact Sony's numbers. Hell, we don't even have 1/3 of the functionalities and apps in the PS store that people in the UK have.
I'm from Portugal (PORTUGAL CARALHO!!) and our minimum wage is 680€, there's no way in hell most people here can afford a console at launch without proper saving for it, but it's not like selling 50 000 PS5's here will majorly impact Sony's numbers. Hell, we don't even have 1/3 of the functionalities and apps in the PS store that people in the UK have.
Series S has a decent enough price here in colombia, with how backwards it is, Series S will be way chaper than a ps4 slim or a Switch, Series S $1'500.000 ($400usd) while those other two are being sold from $1'700.000 up to $1'900.000 ($460 usd - $510 usd). Series X on the other hand $2'500.000 ($688 usd).
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Xbox Chile added a "*suggested" right after though. Dolar/CLP Conversion is very volatile these days
Fun fact: The Series S will cost less than what a Switch costs right now
If we import as individuals it's at least 60% (import fees - can get close to 100% with a regional tax that varies by state).
Of course, console makers aren't taxed like individuals - but they pay a bunch of taxes which sometimes incide over each other, which I of course have no idea how to calculate, and maybe it gets close to that anyway lol.
The Chilean price is stupidly low for the Series S. Its barely a bit more expensive than importing (considering you pay all the 19% of tax and all other importing dues), assuming the dollar/clp conversion rate stays similar to how it is now - obviously if the peso somehow appreciates and the dollar goes down, importing will start being more convenient, but chances for that are low now.
Sometimes I have tried buying consoles on Amazon but I have realized that the prices + the risk that involves importing something isn't worthy
Last week I bought a console for the first time in my life in Amazon, and it was a 2ds xl because they are impossible to find now on the chilean market
Mexican price is also right I guess. I wish it was a bit cheaper but I think the goal to dont't have a price over 9k pesos mexicanos was fulfilled.
Sadly the X and PS5 will suffer a lot.
Sadly the X and PS5 will suffer a lot.
General Manager from Xbox Brazil said in his personal Twitter account that they are excited with the news, and will share the Local price and launch date when "the moment is right and strategic".
Interpret that as you want. I'm keeping with my position that Microsoft Brazil is extremely incompetent when it come to console launches.
Interpret that as you want. I'm keeping with my position that Microsoft Brazil is extremely incompetent when it come to console launches.
It will still outsell the ps5 due to price and gamepass here in Brazil so maybe they dont feel the pressure to announce it right away.
Some people are saying that since the price wasn't supposed to be announced until next week, that the console is still waiting a ANATEL (which has leaked stuff before) seal of approval. That might be why we don't have prices available.
Welp. Are we fucked?
We are fucked.
Game's price wise. The consoles prices was a nice surprise.
We are fucked.
Game's price wise. The consoles prices was a nice surprise.
I mean... this is bad. But I expected worse, honestly.
For context digital version is like one month and a half of my current salary.
Me too, I'm just worried about the launch date. It drops right before my admission exam.
Is this official?
In a direct conversion that is like R$ 7.000,00, which is about a thousand reais more expensive than what I am expecting here.
