Brazil's Alternate Gaming Reality

Brazil has a fascinating historical and contemporary standing with video games. From pirated games and consoles to $2000 PS4's, the people of Brazil truly live in an alternate gaming reality. Here's a look at how the country got here and why its story has greater significance to the gaming world. Photo In thumbnail: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-evergreen-forest-2606532/ Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIQFBb4exU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU29Wqg_BVo&t=230s https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/console-shortages-will-get-worse-before-they-get-better-due-to-ongoing-parts-shortages-report-claims/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUrbidgMWh4 https://techinbrazil.com/overview-of-the-brazilian-game-production-industry https://techinbrazil.com/the-market-for-video-games-in-brazil https://segaretro.org/TecToy https://bgr.com/tech/ps5-sold-out-restock-supply-limited-sony-shortages-5904104/ https://www.polygon.com/2015/1/10/7524759/nintendo-brazil-wii-u-3ds-tariffs-taxes https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo https://kotaku.com/until-2012-you-could-watch-netflix-on-a-ps2-in-brazil-1837331353 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7d0-sJN864 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/10/22/239860325/sony-explains-why-its-playstation-4-costs-1-845-in-brazil https://web.archive.org/web/20101203140923/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2447352.html https://g-mnews.com/news/brazil-digital-data-and-statistics/ http://www.laiggs.com/en/latin-america-game-markets/brazil https://www.makinggames.biz/feature/games-in-brazil,12183.html https://verietyinfo.com/brazileng/ten-most-expensive-consoles-launched-in-brazil-video-game/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-after-china-banned-the-nba-basketball-returns-to-chinese-tv-11602260786 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-08-gaming-will-be-a-frontline-in-chinas-censorship-drive-opinion Music: Dry Moonlight (Instrumental Version) - Arc De Soleil South American Folk Songs - Jonathon Richman Fantastic Man - William Onyeabor Fake Business - 91nova