Playstation 4 will cost crazy money in South America

Yesterday, the price at which Brazilians will be able to purchase the next generation Sony Playstation 4 console has become known. This price tag shocked so many residents of the largest state in South America, to put it mildly.

When the Brazilian Playstation blog published the official price of the Playstation 4, many simply could not believe their eyes. Still would! 3999 Brazilian Reais is approximately 1,850 US dollars. Games in this country are truly expensive. The Internet was instantly filled with disgruntled comments and insults to the management of the Japanese company Sony. After all, not every gamer is able to give almost $ 2,000 for a new gaming device.

This is not the first case of such over-pricing of electronic entertainment systems in the country. The reason for such high price tags lies in the incredibly high tax on the import of foreign goods. Especially this tax is high for gaming consoles. 70% of 1,850 dollars is a tax on the importation of PS4 into the country. But this is quite an impressive amount, equal to about $ 1,300 from each console. What is the reason for such injustice is known only to Brazilian politicians, but all this makes the life of Brazilian video game lovers simply unbearable. Pleases at least the fact that the video games themselves in the country are not subject to such a huge tax. Discs with games for the PS4 will cost the Brazilians about $ 80.

Other countries in South America, too, can not boast of particularly low prices for entertainment electronics. For example, in Argentina, the Playstation 4 will cost about 1,100 US dollars, and the residents of Chile are lucky at all - they can buy a PS4 for just 660 dollars.

What is most surprising, the main competitor of the Playstation 4 in the face of the Xbox One in Brazil will cost about $ 1,100. It's not entirely clear how Microsoft managed to set such a low price tag. After all, if you deduct taxes from it, it turns out that Xbox One is sold in Brazil is even cheaper than in the US. Perhaps the Redmond company has managed to negotiate tax breaks with someone in the local government. Like it or not, but without politics there definitely wasn’t.

Recall that the price tag on the new Sony console is $ 399 in the US, 399 euros in Europe and £ 349 in the UK. In Russia, the price of the console, taking into account all taxes, will be 17,990 rubles (approximately $ 560) and you can buy it on November 29, 2013.

Based on blog.br.playstation.com

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