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let's talk about the future of console gaming in Latin America (and other peripheral regions)
- Thread starter cursed knowledge
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Lmao you avatar is gold
Yeah, I think at home we're totally going for the Xbox. I don't think at launch but fuck it, I will miss PS5 exclusives but way too expensive.
It's definitely a huge increase. Real is the worst currency in the world right now in terms of value, and that might help understand why it seems so low in dollars. What helps illustrate this value is that the minimum monthly wage is R$ 1050.
Yeah, minimum wage is the accurate way of measure. A game in Brazil is a third of your mw, ours is a fourth, despite being higher in dollars. An actual luxury this hobby became.
Gives me flashback to the first years of the PS3.
It's insanity. I hope nobody buys that shit at that price.
Just two years ago I bought God of War a day before launch (thank you Megaplay) for 35.000 CLP. Hell, even in big retail games were 45.000 CLP a year ago.
IMHO, The next gen prices here in Brazil solidifies the PC as the best plataform for us. The regionalized game prices and the flexibility of the hardware are vital. People tend to think you can only play games on PC with the latest and greatest hardware, but that is very far from the truth. I've been rocking my old 6th gen I7 and GTX 970, and, if you manage your expectations, it can be a very capable gaming machine.
Of course I'm already planning an upgrade for some next gen games, but the beauty of embracing PC is that it enables me to keep this nextgen-hypetrain in check, I simply feel less anxious about it.
Of course I'm already planning an upgrade for some next gen games, but the beauty of embracing PC is that it enables me to keep this nextgen-hypetrain in check, I simply feel less anxious about it.
Yep. Even with a mid upgrade you'd be more than ok for a couple of years
Yep. For the price of the PS5/Series X here (R$5.000,00), maybe a little more, you can get a machine that plays every new game.
With a big difference: Steam regional pricing, Game Pass, infinite/improved BC, any controller you have works... even weekly free games at Epic.
Add the fact that you can sell, for example, you GPU, and use that money for the graphical upgrade without fear of having to spend the same ammount of money again.
Gamespass PC (I dont know if it is available on Console) is not available here, unless you do some hoops, and most people wont do it, so I dont think that would be a real option yet. I would say Costa Rica is 50% PC gaming, and then 25% PS and 20% Nintendo. Xbox maybe a 5%. I have yet to know anyone with an Xbox.
No word of pricing yet from PS or MS here...
It never had a future. Piracy is very well settled in latin america. Consoles and games are too expensive to afford and it doesnt seem that it will change anynear on future. Ps2 was latin América peak on console gaming sales.
Yeah fuck these prices I'll wait a year or two to get the PS5 and even then I'll just buy from my USA PSN account with prepaid cards
PS5 prices are all over the place, like Demon Souls and Destruction All Stars is sold as the same price than a "Deluxe/Ultimate" Edition of a game, even though it seems that they don't have anything worthy of this label
Does anybody know if these PS Plus cards work in Mexico?
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According to this thread they work on Canada: https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-year-playstation-codes-us-canada-for-29-at-cdkeys.296186/
Isn't Mexico considered part of NA?
I was thinking about trying one, but 30 USD is a lot haha
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According to this thread they work on Canada: https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-year-playstation-codes-us-canada-for-29-at-cdkeys.296186/
Isn't Mexico considered part of NA?
I was thinking about trying one, but 30 USD is a lot haha
So basically looking between this thread and the Europe/UK thread, seems like Sony/third party publishers don't mind price gouging us all by not lining up with the US price properly for next gen?
Does anybody know if these PS Plus cards work in Mexico?
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According to this thread they work on Canada: https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-year-playstation-codes-us-canada-for-29-at-cdkeys.296186/
Isn't Mexico considered part of NA?
I was thinking about trying one, but 30 USD is a lot haha
PSN cards from the US don't work on Mexican accounts.
What do you mean Gamepass is not available here (here = Costa Rica)? I have been using it for the past few months, and I didn't do any hoop, I just entered my Costa Rican credit card.
At least 8 other local friends are using it as as well, no particular hoop or process other than mapping their card like any other online transaction.
Could it be bank-related? Are you getting a particular error message?
Fake edit: Ah, PC. I will try it at night, and see if I get an error message. I have the same account in my Xbox and in my PC.
Does anybody know if these PS Plus cards work in Mexico?
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Buy PLAYSTATION PLUS - 12 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION (USA) ! ✔️ Instant download ✔️ Fantastic price ✔️ Digital Download ✔️
According to this thread they work on Canada: https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-year-playstation-codes-us-canada-for-29-at-cdkeys.296186/
Isn't Mexico considered part of NA?
I was thinking about trying one, but 30 USD is a lot haha
According to users from Promodescuentos who have bought from there before, PSN money cards/codes don't work, but PS+ subscriptions cards/code do.
I'm from Trinidad, considering many companies put us under "Latin America" I'd say we count xD
I'll be getting a PS5, as are most people in my country, Xbox has always been a bit of a rarity down here; stores down here are mostly Sony and Nintendo. But I'll be waiting a few months for supplies to normalize and order it in the US, send it to some family and have them bring it down in their suitcases when they visit. The price of a PS5 down here will likely be literally double the US price and I ain't paying that lol
It's even worse when you consider the average person here gets less than half of the USA's minimum wage
Then on top of all of that, I feel like I'm missing out because I still have a 1080p TV...upgrading is just so expensive, but I feel like I have to in order to get the most out of it...
I'll be getting a PS5, as are most people in my country, Xbox has always been a bit of a rarity down here; stores down here are mostly Sony and Nintendo. But I'll be waiting a few months for supplies to normalize and order it in the US, send it to some family and have them bring it down in their suitcases when they visit. The price of a PS5 down here will likely be literally double the US price and I ain't paying that lol
It's even worse when you consider the average person here gets less than half of the USA's minimum wage
Then on top of all of that, I feel like I'm missing out because I still have a 1080p TV...upgrading is just so expensive, but I feel like I have to in order to get the most out of it...
Im actually planning to fly to the US in November to buy a Series X. Its cheaper to go-buy-return than to get it here.
Nop, waiting until December-January to see what I am going to do.
Prob trying to get a 2060 or 2070 since prices are going down, but I really wanted a PS5 :/
nope. Still plenty of games to complete in my backlog so PS4 will do for quite a while.
Plus... no money for a new console. It is what it is.
Except that in order to build something as powerful as a PS5, you'll end up spending 30% more (if not more) and if you go with a less capable machine, you are looking at an upgrade in three to four years: how is that GTX 750 PS4 equivalent GPU is doing these days? Gaming, in general, is becoming a top luxury hobby around here, much more so than in the 1990s when at least piracy* was trivial and lots of people had access to games.
*Not defending it, just stating a fact.
I'm selling a Thrustmaster racing wheel. Provided I manage that, I'll pull the trigger on the PS5. If not, I'll wait the grey market do its thing next year.
Nope, gigantic backlog and THOSE FUCKING PRICES are like an armed robbery. I'll wait till mid 2021 to see if it's worth buying the ps5.
I'm very hyped but I'll wait until next year. More time to save for console + 1/2 games and if I get hired for a better job (I'm currently applying to many places) probably a new TV too.
With enough luck, maybe I can catch a good discount for the 2021 Buen Fin (mexican Black Friday), like I did with the Switch a couple of years ago, ended up costing almost the american price.
Broke as all fucking hell but I got a Series X, PS5 and a 3080 PNY purchased. As things stand though, I got Cyberpunk on PC (regional pricing and all), and I'll have to buy Demons Souls and Miles, but that'll be it for me for the rest of the year I think. PS not having regional pricing here in Argentina really, really sucks. At least it could be worse, they used to charge 70 USD per game digitally
If you care about power, yeah, but if you're fine with 1080/1440 and no RTX it's not that expensive to get something that lasts the whole gen. And you save a lot on games.
Flight Simulator recommended is a GTX 970. Cyberpunk 2077 is a 1060.
Yeah, but for how long? Next gen titles will be delivered with a whole new minimun in mind and that will just push those good enough setups out of contention in no time. I'll guarantee you that a good enough 1080p machine today won't cut it in three years time and with hardware prices as they are in Brazil, you'll likely have paid two PS5's when the generation is over. That happens every generation transition, or the good enough PC from 2013 is still delivering seven years later?
Game prices are a bitch on consoles? Sure they are. But, on the other hand, PS Plus is available, the last full price game I bought was Mafia (for sentimental reasons), but before that was Uncharted 4, four years ago. I always get games on PS Store sales, second hand discs and whatnot, and I assume this will continue going forward. The only people who pay full price on console games are the ones who really want to be the first to play them and are just lazy to wait and search for better deals.
EDIT: and it kinda is that expensive: a Radeon RX 5700, nothing fancy, R$ 2.599. And a Ryzen 5 3600 goes for R$ 1.399, put those two together and the cost is R$ 3.998, without RAM, storage, case, PSU, keyboard, mouse, Windows license, motherboard and monitor. A PS5 with Blu-ray drive is R$ 4.999.
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Not at all, who knows maybe I might pick up a Series S/X (undecided, but if money allows will go for a Series X just for performance sake since I don't have and don't plan on buying a 4K TV) early next year in February/March. (Hopefully I can get a job by then...)
Series S is a 1080 machine and will have to last the whole generation, so I'm not really worried about it, I will upgrade my PC this year after ~5 years with mine. I wouldn't include things like Windows and monitor on the cost unless you're buying it from scratch and don't need it for anything else, in this case I agree that a console would be better.
I use mine for everything: gaming, college, work, movies/shows, internet (like ERA now lol), etc., and I really enjoy the options (mods, trainers, controllers...) and regional pricing, so to me it's worth it even paying more than a console initially.
What?! Where is that? Also, the 8x installment is so tiny, lolOn retails it is even mory funny lol
Big Boy Games, I used to buy some games there, but this is common with retailers, Nintendo games are 350-500
Wow. Hopefully with Nintendo coming back they'll regulate that a bit.
I'm pretty much 100% sure I'll be going with a Series X, probably using a site like Grabr. It's completely unfeasible to pay the prices Sony is asking. Not to mention, having Miles Morales and H2 available on the PS4 made my decision easier.
Now I just hope KOF XV has crossplay
Actually, I hope every fighting game has crossplay, they're not the healthiest of genres on Xbox platforms
Mario Maker, Pokémon Sword/Shield and Animal Crossing.
Yeah, not buying physical games in Brazil, the few I have I bought in the US.
I was waiting for a sale to buy them, but who knows when will happen.
There is a store here in DR selling the Ps5 version of miles morales 10 dollars more expensive than the ps4 version smh. They are bringing the game day one but for some reason they have no date or price for the Ps5 or the Series X/S. The biggest store here has a pre order for the Series X and S but with no date or price.