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Nintendo ends all operations in Brazil citing high tariffs

article published on 9 January, 2015

Nintendo has announced today that it is ending operations in Brazil, with the gaming company discontinuing software and hardware sales in the South American nation. The company said extremely high tariffs on importation and exportation of goods made it fiscally irresponsible to continue to invest or sell products in the country. Brazil uses high tariffs, usually higher than 20 percent ... [ read the full article ]

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megadunderhead
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_ 		10. January 2015 @ 15:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This doesn't surprise me at all the wii u is almost 500.00 u.s dollars in there country and because it cannot be hacked to play pirated games in that country no one is buying it instead there buying wii's ps3's and xbox 360's because they can be hacked and run games for free.
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bobiroc
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_ 		11. January 2015 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have heard that many people of Brazil import their game consoles and games from places like Canada because it is cheaper to do that over buying it from Brazil.

I don't know how Brazil can think their extremely high tariffs are sustainable. It seems to discourage companies from selling their products there rather than opening manufacturing there, It is a world market and Brazil should accept that and move on.
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