Xbox Series S Price Increased in Brazil - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2023 / 13,208 Views
Microsoft has increased raised the price of the Xbox Series S in Brazil to R$3,599 for the 512 GB model.
"At Xbox, we remain focused on offering the best gaming experience at a variety of price points, so gamers can choose what best fits their gaming needs and budget," said Microsoft in a statement to Brazilian website The Enemy. "In the coming weeks, we will begin to communicate price adjustments for Xbox Series S consoles in Brazil.
"The MSRP of the Xbox Series S base SKU will be updated at Brazilian retailers where Xbox Series S consoles are available. We have maintained our console prices for many years and have now adjusted prices to R$3,599.
"While the console remains an important part of the Xbox ecosystem, we will continue to offer great games, skills and options for gamers in Brazil so they can play how and where they want."
It was noted the 512 GB Xbox Series S was available between R$2,000 and R$2,500 and is now listed for R$3,599.
No price change has been confirmed for the 1 TB model and the Xbox Series X is not expected to see the price increase.
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LMAO!!! If you wait for a sale you can get a PS5 for R$ 3500! What is even the point of the Series S with this price increase?
Have seem promos for the disc unit for 3350, and for this end year probably even bundled with a game.
Yeah the lowest I've seen for the disc version was R$ 3200 without a game and R$ 3500 with GOW Ragnarok. They really killed the Series S here.
That just kills it here, basically.
I got my PS5 for that price.
Nope. Crap move. The Series S is meant to be price-sensitive.
minimum wage in Brazil 1400 reais
They raised the price by 60 %? Wow. Seems like they don't wanna sell Series S in Brazil anymore.
35% for official price at least
So now it's useless in Brazil unless you want a 9th gen console that barely takes up space.
What an absolute joke!
is there any logic to this madness?
This is the "oficial price".
Grey market prices are going to be much lower. But... Yeah, why buy this when you can have a PS5?
When official price increases there is buffer to raise the price on grey market. Last gen during the early time you didn't see X1 on the grey market because the margin was to small compared to official, and with PS4 official price being bounker the grey market was dominated by PS4 offerings at least in São Paulo
I see your point. I have to agree.
Even the used market price will rise after this. You can find a Series S for about R$ 1600 used, but after this increase I doubt you can find it for that low.
I have no doubt about this. When the gen was about to change we saw PS4 jumping from like 1600 to 2400 and used market copied similar increases.
This sounds just like Sony's response for increasing the price of the Plus tiers.
It would be interesting to know if Microsoft and Sony have different tax situations and business structures in Brazil because is makes absolutely no sense for Series S to have the same price as a PS5, considering both from official channels instead of grey market. Considering Brazil absolutely crazy tax laws (only rivalled by India) I wouldnt doubt there is more to this story.
Nope nothing to do with taxes, even more because there was no change of tax for corporations this past few months. There was a very big and heavy change for customers who wish to do self import from places like Shopee, Aliexpress, etc and some say that since it will be harder for people to buy stuff themselves MS may have used this to improve their margin.
yeah I saw that, even below $50 people are having to pay taxes now, and it will get worse as there is already a discussion to include more taxes for purchases below $50.
Your theory about raising prices as people wont have the option to self import now makes sense although I dont know if people were buying consoles through these chinese websites.
What impresses me is that Series X price in BR is 4999 but PS5 is 3499, its really strange to see such a difference in price for something that should cost the same, considering both are imported as I dont know if there is manufacturing of consoles in Brazil.
If it is imported 5000 is closer to what I would expect, but if it is locally manufactures (even if partially) then 3500 might be achiavable.
I don't think MS is taking advantage of self import being harder (but there is speculation on that), and yes people mostly do that to smaller stuff that had a chance of passing fiscalization (so perhaps a controller that could be invoiced as 49 instead of 70).
Retail price for PS5 is 4k discless and 4.5k with disc, but it is common to see these big discounts almost every week that put disc into 3.5-4k range. I dunno why Series X have been going for 5k here (it isn't a highly sought after product anyway).
Sony used to manufacture PS4 here, and I think MS also produced X1 locally in some capacity and had some tax exemptions due to that, but for this gen as far as I know none are produced here.
For corporation the tax for a console would be way bellow 60% (with the extra margin, consoles aren't sold at loss by Manufacturer here from what I know and stores have a bigger margin than in USA, plus there are extra sales taxes that are already inside the price), but when all is taken into consideration we end up with about 60% increase compared to USA (basically importing by yourself would be same final price as buying locally, but the grey shop would give you a significant 30%+ saving).
Problem here is with MS putting retail price from 2700 to 3600 the grey shop will likely go from 2k to 2.5-3k.
X Box Series Fazuéle.
In my local stores here I have NEVER seen a digital 399 ps5 and MS could probably get away with raising the series S price a little bit cause the digital ps5 doesnt really exist. I wonder if in brazil there is only the fully priced disc ps5.
Nope, we have the digital PS5 from time to time in promos as well but most of the time you see both at the same price in promos even if their MSRP is 500 apart.
"While the console remains an important part of the Xbox ecosystem, we will continue to offer great games, skills and options for gamers in Brazil so they can play how and where they want."
This is a disappointing statement, and coupled with the price increase tells me they are giving up on this console generation in Brazil. The Series S is not a competitive product at that asking price and this price increase completely undermines the strategy and niche the S intended to fulfill.
I am hoping whatever MS does for next generation, a greater emphasis is put on supply chain efficiency and cost effectiveness. They have struggled much more than the other two console manufacturers at keeping their console's costs under control, and the net result is a Series S that costs too much and a Series X that never has enough stock
I do not think many Brazilians play games, that is like almost £600 pounds. Lol worthy.
hahaha I'm Brazilian and I can say we are among the 10 biggest gaming markets in the world
We do play games, but yes a big portion of the population is still playing PS2 and PS360 due to price of console and piracy.
