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[The Last One]

The new price is R$ 3.599, while it used to be R$2.659.

The series S now costs the same as a new PS5 Digital edition in Brazil.

Xbox Series S aumenta de preço no Brasil

Nesta sexta-feira (27), a Microsoft anunciou que o preço sugerido do Xbox Series S no Brasil aumentou.

www.theenemy.com.br

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Another one?

 

[Three]

CADE am proud. First game prices now the console.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[nial]

The series S now costs the same as a new PS5 Digital edition in Brazil.

 

[The Last One]

Oh and this is for the 500GB edition!

 

[Alebrije]

Someone has to pay for those new IP..

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Thats 724 USD, LMAO

 

[Guilty_AI]

So basically the only reason to get one went out the window

 

[Gudji]

 

[Lupin3]

The new 1 TB version of Series S got a +$100 increase in Sweden. MS gotta be smoking!

 

[Guilty_AI]

Thats 724 USD, LMAO

All consoles are overpriced here. A ps5 standard edition is around 900 USD. Biggest appeal of the Series S here used to be it was half the price of other newer consoles but that just went out of the window.

 

[Banjo64]

You can only laugh

 

[Rudius]

L

 

[The Last One]

I mean they just spent $70B. Someone has to pay for it.

 

[T_T]

Thats 724 USD, LMAO

How does this work? Why not do a straight up conversion between the currencies and adjust it every 6 months or so to counter changes in price? Is there perhaps some ridiculous import tax?

 

[Skifi28]

Someone has to pay for those new IP..

"we'll build a (digital) wall and make Brazil pay for it."

 

[kaizenkko]

lol
The PS5 with a disk drive can be bought easily for R$3400~4000.

 

[Draugoth]

Make the Ueli

 

[Shambala]

 

[Heisenberg007]

CADE reaping the benefits of "increased competition."

 

[StereoVsn]

How does this work? Why not do a straight up conversion between the currencies and adjust it every 6 months or so to counter changes in price? Is there perhaps some ridiculous import tax?

Yeah, import taxes on electronics in Brazil are terrible.

 

[Thief1987]

How does this work? Why not do a straight up conversion between the currencies and adjust it every 6 months or so to counter changes in price? Is there perhaps some ridiculous import tax?

I think it's very high import tax in Brazil, iirc from what people said

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

That's normal around here, prices bump before Black Friday, that creates a scarcity feeling, stores build inventory, and then they brag with 50% OFF deals.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Another one?

You mean this :

or "another one" generally speaking ?

 

[Draugoth]

From $530 to $730

Microsoft just killed the console in the country. Sony must be pretty happy.

 

[Generic]

Well, I will stick with my PS4 for another 2-3 years...

 

[mejin]

It was already expensive, but now it's on par with PS5D price.

Some crazy shit indeed.

 

[Mr Moose]

Yeah, import taxes on electronics in Brazil are terrible.

I think it's very high import tax in Brazil, iirc from what people said

I thought they had a plant there that made them. Was that just for 360/One?

 

[Generic]

It was already expensive, but now it's on par with PS5D price.

Some crazy shit indeed.

Yeah, Microsoft just killed the Xbox brand in Brazil. I know a lot of people who bought or were looking forward to buy a Series S but now nobody will care anymore.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Wtf is going on this generation? I get it is hard to cut costs right now but the market increases are everywhere and pretty significant. The whole pricing model seems to have been turned upside down

 

[jm89]

Satya doesn't just want his $70 billion loan back, he wants it back with interest.

 

[Darsxx82]

CADE reaping the benefits of "increased competition."

???It can be artgumentated in the opposite direction. It would be precisely the opposite that would have damaged competition. Wasn't that precisely the argument to be against?? That the 2T dollars MS could reduce the price of its console below the competition while assembling an exclusive catalog that could not be answered??

The funny thing is that if the news had been a price reduction you would have also found the negative accent...

PS.It's clear that MS has decided that it'd rather not sell the hardware at a loss than sell more units. We'll see if this is unique to Brazil or extends to wider markets.

 

[Insane Metal]

Yup sounds like business as usual in this shithole.

 

[Three]

From $530 to $730

Microsoft just killed the console in the country. Sony must be pretty happy.

I wouldn't be surprised if they bump the price in response too.

 

[scarlet0pimp]

Crazy, the S needs to start doing on price not going up. I guess this is some kind of mistake, or all prices will be going up, some currency issue.

 

[Saber]

It's almost the price of a PS5. Here in Lojas Americanas the price of PS5 is R$3.900, while Switch is R$ 2.900.

 

[Dick Jones]

Since the acquisition, is Brazil the only country fucked by both price increases on console, MS first party games and ABK games on Steam?

 

[dotnotbot]

Money engagement record for Xbox in Brazil incoming

 

[cireza]

Well, the decision to not buy it is easy to make.

 

[kirby007]

now they can discount it for BF

 

[adamsapple]

 

[TheBomb]

To me! It’s just to make most money no matter till the next generation. If they make another one. They’ve said they will never catch up to Sony and probably Nintendo. It screams the PlayStation 3 era. Sony at that time is okay let’s just get through this generation.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Now where is our friend complaining about the new PS5 digital going up in price?

 

[dotnotbot]

To me! It’s just to make most money no matter till the next generation. If they make another one.

Gotta raise a lot of money for another massive FUD campaign before PS6 release

 

[Panajev2001a]

It screams the PlayStation 3 era. Sony at that time is okay let’s just get through this generation.

What? Sony pushed super hard to turn the tables around there: engines and tools for devs, tons of games between small (this is where LBP was born) and large titles (Uncharted 1-2-3, Killzone 2-3, Motorstorm, etc…), console redesigns to reduce costs and price to consumers, etc…

 

[NeverYouMind]

I wonder if wages are keeping up with this inflation or price gouging? If not...

 

[dotnotbot]

I wonder if wages are keeping up with this inflation or price gouging? If not...

They never do, that's why inflation is a problem

 

[killatopak]

Brazil bros are you ok?

 

[Fake]

Brazil bros are you ok?

That's our secret captain. We never are.