Nintendo leaves Brazil due to high tariffs and other difficulties (AKA protectionism) - Polidicks

[QUOTE][URL="http://www.scub.info/nintendo-encerra-distribuicao-de-consoles-e-jogos-no-brasil"]Scub reports[/URL] the a Brazilian division of the Video Juegos Latinoamérica has ceased distribution of Nintendo products in Brazil -- ending a four-year partnership. Nintendo has not named a replacement distributor. Nintendo cites the country's high import tariffs and other unspecified challenges with the local business environment as reasons for the withdrawal. For instance, the Wii U launched at a cost of R$1899, or about $830 USD. Games sold for R$179 to R$199, or $77 to $87 USD.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/09/nintendo-officially-leaves-brazil[/url] Ei, [B]Dilma[/B], vai tomar no cu...!

REALLY?!?!?!.. allright, now we have a Reason to protest

I honestly can't say i'm sad if Brazil doesn't have access to games thanks to my experiences with Dota 2.

[QUOTE=Tudd;46894008]I honestly can't say i'm sad if Brazil doesn't have access to games thanks to my experiences with Dota 2.[/QUOTE] oh yeah, and it got worse with peruvians. But to be honest i'd rather have the brazilians back than peruvians :v: more or less is there any reason they have high tariffs?

[QUOTE=confinedUser;46894016]oh yeah, and it got worse with peruvians. But to be honest i'd rather have the brazilians back than peruvians :v: more or less is there any reason they have high tariffs?[/QUOTE] Developing countries often employ protectionism to allow local business to grow.

[QUOTE=confinedUser;46894016]oh yeah, and it got worse with peruvians. But to be honest i'd rather have the brazilians back than peruvians :v: more or less is there any reason they have high tariffs?[/QUOTE] As far as I've heard there are many protectionist laws in place that sort of make sense for certain markets (protecting local agriculture industries from imported food) but do not translate well at all for industries that really don't exist in Brazil (game industries), so the import tariffs for videogame consoles and videogames are ridiculously high (the PS4 is $2000 I think) only for the sake of protecting "local industries" from foreign competitors....... ....Local industries being at best a shit factory that produces SNES clones that look like the PSone (colloquially known in latinamerica as the 'polystation'): [thumb]http://www.nerdspot.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/polystation-video-game-com-2-controles-pistola-jogos_MLB-F-3984788497_032013.jpg[/thumb]

[QUOTE=barttool;46894101]As far as I've heard there are many protectionist laws in place that sort of make sense for certain markets (protecting local agriculture industries from imported food) but do not translate well at all for industries that really don't exist in Brazil (game industries), so the import tariffs for videogame consoles and videogames are ridiculously high (the PS4 is $2000 I think) only for the sake of protecting "local industries" from foreign competitors....... ....Local industries being at best a shit factory that produces SNES clones that look like the PSone (colloquially known in latinamerica as the 'polystation'): [thumb]http://www.nerdspot.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/polystation-video-game-com-2-controles-pistola-jogos_MLB-F-3984788497_032013.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE] Protectionism can work for necessities - everyone needs clothing, if you have high clothing tariffs then it gives people incentive to buy locally-made clothing. Food is another example. Construction equipment. Materials. Those can be made locally and can compete with what the rest of the world is offering - lumber is lumber no matter if it's Brazilian or Chinese. Video games aren't a necessity and high tariffs won't really do much, especially when there are only 3 main competitors for consoles in the entire world. It's a dumb idea. It's like having high tariffs for books written by non-Brazilian authors.

According to my Brazilian friend, Brazil has a pretty big and accessible black market with all sorts of imported shit and whatnot on it, so there's still hope for the Brazilians.

Fuck this country, Fuck it HARD

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46894188]According to my Brazilian friend, Brazil has a pretty big and accessible black market with all sorts of imported shit and whatnot on it, so there's still hope for the Brazilians.[/QUOTE] Only if they stay on their own servers please for online gaming.

and in the end, nothing will really change. :v:

Seeing how they did this in Brasil, and how similar our import measures are with almost everything we get from the outside (I dare to say it's even worse; [url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1757920-por-las-trabas-a-las-importaciones-faltan-tampones-en-el-pais]we can't even get tampons[/url]), it's most likely they'll do the same here. Not that I care much personally, but it certainly sucks. Blocking your imports because you want everything to be made on your country without stimulating industrial growth, is not going to work.

[QUOTE=Tudd;46894216]Only if they stay on their own servers please for online gaming.[/QUOTE] hue hue hue cry sum moar

[QUOTE=barttool;46894101] ....Local industries being at best a shit factory that produces SNES clones that look like the PSone (colloquially known in latinamerica as the 'polystation'): [/QUOTE] HAHAHAH! They still make those things? :v:

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;46894787]hue hue hue cry sum moar[/QUOTE] Please dont report