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At that price you would have to be nuts
Sony has decided that it will flog its nine year old Playstation 2 console in Brazil for the first time at a price that no one will want it.
For years we have had a laugh that Sony is in touch with reality in the same way that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is an avid reader of the “Little Book of Calm”. Not only has it refused to significantly drop the price of its PS3 it has even managed to lose ground in Japan to the Xbox.
Sony is about nine years late releasing its PS2 in a lucrative, but somewhat poorer market. But just to show it has its fingers on the pulse, Sony has decided to sell it for a stonking $465, which is even more expensive than a PS3. Normally you can pick up a PS2 for about $100. To be fair the Brazilian government is to blame for some of this price hike as taxes on consoles are about 70 per cent in Brazil, but that is still 450 percent higher than most other countries.
Brazilians who want to run legitimate software also have a problem. The software cost of games there is about $100 each. It is not surprising that most of the software in Brazil is pirated so we guess that Sony is hoping to make cash by flogging the console at a higher price knowing that it will run hot software.
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Sony releases PS2 in Brazil
At that price you would have to be nuts
Sony has decided that it will flog its nine year old Playstation 2 console in Brazil for the first time at a price that no one will want it.
For years we have had a laugh that Sony is in touch with reality in the same way that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is an avid reader of the “Little Book of Calm”. Not only has it refused to significantly drop the price of its PS3 it has even managed to lose ground in Japan to the Xbox.
Sony is about nine years late releasing its PS2 in a lucrative, but somewhat poorer market. But just to show it has its fingers on the pulse, Sony has decided to sell it for a stonking $465, which is even more expensive than a PS3. Normally you can pick up a PS2 for about $100. To be fair the Brazilian government is to blame for some of this price hike as taxes on consoles are about 70 per cent in Brazil, but that is still 450 percent higher than most other countries.
Brazilians who want to run legitimate software also have a problem. The software cost of games there is about $100 each. It is not surprising that most of the software in Brazil is pirated so we guess that Sony is hoping to make cash by flogging the console at a higher price knowing that it will run hot software.