PS2 launches in Brazil

svd_grasshopper · Kudos: 33

bargain.

i watched a documentary on 4OD, dancing with the devil. it was about the drug lords and police in rio de janerio.

the cops were playing MW2 on a computer - before it was released.

a thank you gift from IW for showing them about the favelas?

wrightandrewjame · Kudos: 26

Wow. Welcome to the 21st Century Brazil! They've seriously got to treat them better out there. We complain about a game being launched a few months later here, but that can't compare to waiting nearly a decade for a console to launch!

StonecoldMC · Kudos: 39

svd_grasshopper · Kudos: 33

great show, very well done.

Osiris25 · Kudos: 20

Wow. Welcome to the 21st Century Brazil! They've seriously got to treat them better out there. We complain about a game being launched a few months later here, but that can't compare to waiting nearly a decade for a console to launch!

What you have to remember is Brasil is still a little way behind others in terms of there technology, the main reason being cost of course. Large parts of the population are still very poor and can't afford even very old tech like the Psone/N64.

pepperman · Kudos: 10

Wow, that's pretty poor show for Sony. Selling superceded hardware at that price. Is the PC market like that over there too? I have my doubts, it just wouldn't work. Cynical meter going up...

With a globalised consumer market, I'm amazed by this. The fact that they are selling it at PS3 price is pretty shameless.

What happens if you're found with a PS3 in Brazil? s**t.

The_KFD_Case · Kudos: 33

Bow your head in shame, Sony.

This behaviour represents some of the worst aspects of capitalism and free markets (granted, communism and completely planned economies are not the solution either if history is anything to go by).
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The_Hun1 · Kudos: 39

well put it this way, they wont have to wait ages for the big games to come out and be developed, since its all ready now.
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rivariad · Kudos: 23

i just laughed outta my ass when i read the jurassic park vhs thing. i just love cvg

moss66 · Kudos: 17

my god, they'd wet thereselves if bull's-eye ever got over there. all those state of the art gizmos and what not......show me the way to brazilian ebay Laughing

ruley1979 · Kudos: 16

This messed up people. Sony hang your heads.
Crying or Very sad

So during World Cup 2006 Ronaldhio was playing Pro Evo on his PS1 instead of training. Laughing

Dewin · Kudos: 22

Sure this is all Sony's fault.... shame on you Sony!!!

And it has nothing to do that everything from the cop on the street to the government there are corrupt. What the hell do you guys know about Brazils economy??Its all taxes the government put on the thing. Sony has to play by their rules. And you can't import the thing as customs opens up everything and you either A. just don't get it or B. get a hefty tax bill. Pointing the finger at Sony is just another 360 fanboy trolling. Something this site is famous for.

Robjduk · Kudos: 12

dont come here then. goto ps3 love land where your be happier Cool

The_KFD_Case · Kudos: 33

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Dewin · Kudos: 22

For all you 360 trolls:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=679155

Read up. Grasshopper was right, its a freakin bargain over there.

milky_joe · Kudos: 34

It's a strange one this, the PS3 is available in tiny, underdeveloped countries like El Salvador, but not in Brazil?
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The_KFD_Case · Kudos: 33

pepperman · Kudos: 10

Boethius · Kudos: 7

Sony execs, people are deprived in Brazil, send free games consoles to them. You big corporations are holding us up now, we want a more equitable world.

sviola · Kudos: 8

For all of you who have been saying that Brazil is not in the 21st century, we have official Wii and Xbox 360 almost since the launch of these 2 plataforms. And we have simultaneous films, games and tech launch with other countries (unfortunately, they charge you for your kidneys for any of those here).

Sony just has terrible strategic decisions (as most of the people I know have a PS3 around here - which has been sold unofficially since launch - buy there games through internet in the UK).

DuduKC · Kudos: 2

Hey guys,

I was reading the comments up here and I signed up just to comment. I'm brazilian and I know we're very late for the PS2 launch. The problem is that here in Brazil, government taxes video-games up to 72%. I know all you think Brazil is a forest and we don't have anything here, like LCD, Plasma or LED TVs, but we do. About the one-decade late, I think Sony just waited the taxes go down, but they haven't. Sadly, Brazil's a country that will never go forward.

Just see what I was talking about the taxes:
1 launching game, like Uncharted 2, costs R$300 (about US$173). Now image you paying US$300 for a game. Our alternative is import games, so that we can pay what you pay Wink

Add me at PSN for Uncharted 2, Resistance 2, Burnout Paradise, WipEout, Fat Princess, Battlefield 1943 and more Very Happy

johnafirth · Kudos: 8

I actually thought the title said PS3. Shame on Sony.

Yunkees · Kudos: 1

Nobody buys it lol, I have ps3, xbox 360, Wii, DS and tv 50 "full HD, I'm from Brazil

many people here have it ...

where is your god?? XD