The local assembling plant, which will be the first to open outside China, will initially manufacture 17,000 devices a week, with capacities to triplicate this figure depending on demand. The made-in-Brazil Xbox consoles will be manufactured in the Free Economic Zone of Manaus, Amazonas. Although Sony has a plant in Brazil, it doesn’t manufacture PS3s yet. In fact, an Xbox 360 will cost only little more than a Playstation 2, available for R$699. As for Sony, its PS3 120GB is currently in promotion at R$1.399. As the Brazilian site UOL Jogos pointed out, Nintendo’s Wii costs R$999 in Brazil. This new pricing also means Microsoft will take a leap ahead of its competitors. Still, many of them will likely welcome XBox’s reduced prices, although some were hoping for an even bigger drop.

These are often pointed out as the main reasons for widespread piracy and have also led Brazilians who can afford it to buy their consoles abroad. Instead, a long series of factors result in higher prices for many manufactured goods sold in the country.īrazilian gamers, in particular, have been complaining about games’ and consoles’ sky-high prices for years. Indeed, the ‘Custo Brasil’ (Brazil Cost) issue goes beyond import taxes. As you will notice, these still pretty steep compared to its US$199 price tag in the U.S. To give you an idea, R$799, the cheapest console price, approximately equates to US$444. The announcement, whose hashtag on Twitter is ‘ XboxfeitonoBrasil‘ (XBox Made in Brazil), is the official confirmation of rumors that had been circulating for a couple months. The launch date for the ‘new’ console in Brazil will be October 5th.Īs from that date, these will be the updated prices: This move will immediately result in lower price tags, as the game consoles will now be free from Brazil’s heavy import taxes on electronics. Microsoft will start manufacturing XBox 360 consoles in Brazil, the firm just announced today in a live streamed press conference.

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