Paulo de Campos, also known as Lord Eternal, was the first Brazilian to purchase Sony’s Playstation 4 for the exorbitant price of R$4,000 - about $1850. At that price, it’s no surprise why de Campos was able to buy the console without queuing at 10am on launch day; not many people can afford to pay such a high price for a console.
Brazilian gamers are used to paying high prices for games and consoles, however, the price announced for the Sony Playstation 4 was so high that many decided to boycott the console. Obviously, Brazilians eager to own a PS4 without having to spend nearly $2000 can do so by importing the console from a different market, but Paulo preferred to buy it locally in Brazil for the warranty and general convenience, as you can read below.
GH - Paulo, where did you buy your PS4 and how did you pay?
I bought it in Brazil, at the Sony Style store in the mall here in Salvador. I paid in full.GH - And why buy here, paying R$ 4.000,00, if it can be bought by other means at a lower price?
Primarily because of the full warranty, and secondly because it’s more accessible to me. I only had to go to the mall to fetch it.GH - So you didn’t think R$ 4.000,00 was expensive?
No, I’m used to video games being expensive. I’ve been a gamer for 30 years, after all this time I am used to the prices. Unfortunately, in Brazil it has never been easy to buy games or consoles, the prices are always excessive.GH - Were any of your acquaintances surprised that you paid this amount? How did people react?
All my friends are shocked, but I told them beforehand that I was going to buy it in Brazil.GH - Were you the only one in your group to buy it here?
So far, yes.GH - Why the PS4 and not the Xbox One?
Good question. I chose for the PS4 because last year I bought the PS Vita and PS3. Then I put my Xbox 360 away and I’ve been playing Sony ever since. So now I went for the PS4.GH - Any chance to get the Xbox One in the future? Or will it be just the PS4?
Sure, I’m fanatic for Halo, and I really like the Xbox platform. I have over 100 original Xbox games on the shelf and a good amount of digital games as well.GH - What are your thoughts so far about the Brazilian PS4? Is it all in Portuguese? Did you buy games, the camera?
Due to the PSN servers being overloaded I couldn’t play yet. I found no physical games, and I could’t download the ones I had already bought on PSN either. I didn’t buy the camera because it wasn’t available in any store.GH - What would you say to the people who will criticize you for spending R$ 4.000,00 on a console?
That’s a good question. I’d say that it’s a free world, we are in a free and capitalist country. Everyone is free to buy whatever they want. If it’s on the shelf of a store, it’s for the public to purchase. It’s no big deal.GH - Tell us a little about your game life, which consoles you played, favorite games, and if you have a favorite console.
The consoles I owned were the Atari, Master System, Nes, Super Nes, N64, GameCube, Wii, DS, DSi, DSi XL, I have the PS Vita, 360, PS3, PS4, and I also had the GBA. I have no preferred console, I like all of the ones I currently own and I miss the ones that I don’t have anymore. On games, I like RPG, FPS, adventure, action, etc, any that isn’t horror, or sports, as I find those boring. One of my favorite games is Skylanders. I’ve been following it since the launch of the first one, I have many of the action figures, I really like this game. And on the PS4 I’ll be able to play the Swap Force version using remote play with the PS Vita, I’m looking forward to that.
You can read the interview in its original language here ; credits for the English translation on NeoGaf go to user Fuu.
