Any New PS2 Games On The Horizon?

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Re: Any New PS2 Games On The Horizon?

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jfrost wrote:I sent them an email. Probably nothing will come out of it, though.
keep us posted.
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Re: Any New PS2 Games On The Horizon?

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gtmtnbiker wrote:
dsheinem wrote: Christ! The newest PS3 games sell for R$200, which would be about $120 USD. That's insane. I see they even offer installment payments :shock:
Most likely that's due to the Brazilian government (import duties/taxes) rather than Sony.
It is. Games are taxed in more than 100% before getting to the shelves (I'm not pulling this number out of my ass, it's the actual tax rate). I've talked about it before here, there's a campaign in Brazil called Jogo Justo (Fair Game) to drop the taxes over games. It has support of most game publishers and most people ever that even heard someone talking about videogames: http://www.jogojusto.com.br/

I hope they change something, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

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"How much is that console?"
"R$199,00."
"Wow, that's chea..."
"After taxes, it's only R$1599,00.
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