Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil
by waltercfilho on Thursday October 17, 2013 @01:51PM
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As a Brazilian living in the UK for about 5 years now.
It's worth noticing that R$ 678,00 is the current minimum wage in Brazil, which means that it would take around 4 months and 2 weeks to save up, before tax, and not buying anything else in order to get your hands on just the console. I'm 22 and I was very fortunate, to have a family that could provide me pretty much anything I wanted. The contrast between the rich and the poor is so damn high it makes me sick.
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Re:PlayStation4 will cost 2,000 dollars in Brazil
by sanoli on Thursday October 17, 2013 @02:09PM
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Depending on where you live, though, a minimum wage sallary is not a realistic measure of poor people's income. Living in São Paulo for about 6 years now, I've yet to find someone who makes minimum wage. The janitor who cleans my building makes about twice that amount. I think minimum wage is more common in interior cities and in the northern states.
And yes, the contrast between rich and poor is too high. We've thought about moving to Europe, but I think I'll miss the sun too much... I know it sounds silly, but I'm just about to leave São Paulo for its crappy weather, which isn't even that crappy (I can sunbathe in my living room during all winter).