Ha! Sony finally launch PS2 (!!) in Brazil for around £280, I kid you not people…

Great news for the gamers of Brazil – they can now get their hands on a Playstation 2 for just £280, and they only had to wait 9 years longer than most of Sony’s primary gaming markets to get it. How exciting! Either that, or the gamers of Brazil will laugh wildly at the absurdity of this ploy (I somehow suspect that they know that something called a PS3 actually now exists… and that even that costs less in most territories its available than Sony want for the PS2) and continue getting what they want via less direct means (otherwise known as the internet, or ‘unofficial imports’).

I personally am a little disappointed with the contempt for Brazilian gamers that Sony seemingly harbours – why rip them off with such a move as this? (I should state that I am otherwise quite a Sony fan with my gadget choice usually). Here’s a few stats on the UK market for Playstations:

Cost of 120Gb PS3 in UK: £245

Cost of PS2 in UK: approx £50

Yes that’s right – in the UK we could buy a PS2 AND still have enough left over for a PS3 (roughly) with the amount of cash Sony want for the PS2 in Brazil. Pure comedy… hence i’ve written a step by step guide for Brazilian gamers who want to save money:

1. Make friends with a UK gamer on Facebook, Myspace, Bebo or whatever
2. Ask your new friend to buy you a PS2 off Amazon for £50
3. Next, get them to post it to you in Brazil as a gift.
4. Buy an Xbox with the money you have left over just to teach Sony a lesson for attempting this hairbrained ploy…

Seriously, what can we expect next? Maybe in another few years Sony will re-launch the original Playstation in the UK for £499 if we’re lucky…

Dejan Levi

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3 Responses to “Ha! Sony finally launch PS2 (!!) in Brazil for around £280, I kid you not people…”

  1. At 10th February, 2010, 8:38 pm jimmy says:

    what the f*** man?

    i’m brazilian, and the ps3 console is much more expensive than your country, due to high taxes of the electronics products in our country. in brazil, a simple ps3 console cost R$1.200 (local), it should cost R$500 or less, then sony doesn’t wnat to launch your console in our country. shut the f*** up till u understand about uour country.

    Sorry for my bad english

  2. At 14th February, 2010, 4:28 pm dlevi says:

    Hi Jimmy,

    Despite your slightly over-aggressive tone you do make a valid point – the reason electronics in Brazil are so expensive is indeed down to high taxation of these products – it is the most expensive place in the world to buy an iPod, a Blackberry, a Sony TV and all the rest of it.

    However – this does not explain why Sony have chosen to release the PS2 there now, as opposed to the PS3 which is available in the rest of the world. It would still be expensive of course, but at least Brazilian gamers would be up to speed with what’s available elsewhere – the only reason for Sony not to do this is profit, since they know they can release the PS3 officially in another few years and make even more cash.

    Thanks for reading and commenting, (though in future please try to express yourself without swearing)
    Dejan

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