Why is it so hard to be a PC gamer in Brazil and South America?

(pcgamer.com/what-it-means-to-be-a-pc-gamer-in-brazil/)

>Being a PC gamer in Brazil means you're either wealthy enough to afford obscenely expensive hardware, or you're most likely playing free-to-play games like CS:GO on a low-spec machine.

>You're constantly scared your GPU will burn when the electricity goes down

>The last two years of GPU shortages and Ebay flipping can give you an inkling of what it's like trying to buy PC hardware in Brazil. "In the US you can get a decent GPU for what, $300?" Cancian asked. "That's over two months of pay for the average Brazilian. Hardware here is really expensive."

>Buying pricey tech from abroad is unrealistic for the average Brazilian, thanks to taxes and a weak exchange rate, particularly against the US dollar. For years any import goods bought online were taxed 60%, so a $1,000 PC would actually cost $1,600—or 8,000 Brazilian real. The average monthly wage, according to Brazil's government, is about R$2,600, or $520 USD. A modest PC would cost more than three months' pay even if you didn't have pesky expenses like food and rent.

>For a long time PC gaming was huge, but now a lot of young people don't have PCs and just have phones

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>poorfags can't afford decent PCs
shocker

As a br people around here usually goes for the cheapest options which is why we play so many F2P games, even if they are shit.

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Gaming should be the least of your worries favelado

Post bunda

don't care, they aren't struggling enough if they have the power to shit up every free game i have ever seen

>but now a lot of young people don't have PCs and just have phones
Good. They can infest Diablo Immortal like the good lord intended.

BR here. This is absolutely true
no one can afford PCs, ut everyone can afford phones. the only people playing pc games do so from a low-end pc or from internet cafes. its simply not financially viable to be a PC gamer here
theres a reason the first official brazillian e-sport is of a mobile game

that's depressing, can't people just save some money to buy PCs?

The more I struggle, the more I will shit up your games.

Why don't Brazilians learn to draw furry porn?

Why are they playing videogames in the first place? Should they be slaving away in a factory or rubber farm? What are third worlders doing playing a expensive hobby?

The less you struggle, the more chances you have of shitting up my paid games. You can stay right where you are.

I don't see a issue here. All the good games were always release years and years ago and run even in toasters.

Don't care, I earn more than 98% of the Brazilian families and I'm single, I will buy expensive parts and RX570 fags will be happy.

Money and blackouts, seriously, blackouts are hideous here.

Don't worry, I can play all your paid games no problem. I'll just shit up them harder lmao.

>just save money lol
with the cost of living on the rise here, that'll be quite the task
honestly we're better off saving money to GTFO of this shithole than trying to survive. unfortunately, that's not an easy thing to do either.
theres a reason that "escaping" from brazil has sort of become a joke here...

the huehue isn't infamous because it looks and sounds funny
it's infamous BECAUSE it's used by brazilians
if brazilians used a different laugh, THAT would become the most infamous laugh on the internet

>gaming while brown

>be poor BR
>save for months
>buy powerful pc gaymer

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Dunno about brs but here in Mexico a lot of poor people are really just fucking lazy and won't stop making babies while drunk every other year, it's disgusting

>powerful
pffffffffffffffffffffffffff

You know whats hilarious? The "hue" meme was made as a racist jab against us brazillians for shitting up online games
we ended up totally embracing the meme because it was so true.
thanks Any Forums, you moderately improved our country's culture

It's "hard" because like everywhere in the third world good things are reserved to the elites and what you see in the media are middle class cucks crying they want to afford shit but can't
people in favelas don't even imagine having a gaming PC

God imagine buying a product and owing an additional 60% on it to the government for no reason besides they can. How have you not killed your politicians

>mfw BR and have a PC that costs more than a motorcycle
Feels good.

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>people in favelas don't even imagine having a gaming PC
Good, poor people should suffer.

we have nogunz
the only people that do are criminals and the police

I got it 2 years ago, it was close to the best possible available.

Pretty good for Huehuehue monkey.

Why is Furia such a shit team?

>just save some money
In south america saving money for more than a couple of months means losing money.

It's ogre, but retarded commies here still suck gov dick and use the poor dumb masses to push for even more taxes and gibs.

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I know I'm just fucking with him.

Hell, here's mine for comparison.

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save it in USD

For me it's FalleN
PROFESSOR FalleN, for you gringos

>All this kowtowing to muttoids who don't give a fuck about Brazil and just want to mock Brazilians for being poor
I hate third worlders without pride and self respect. Buncha niggers in spirit.

Ass or big anime titties?

>what is (((conversion fee)))
:^)

anyone with a job can afford a PC unless you are actually poor and if that's the case you shouldn't be on Any Forums

BUNDA of course

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In brazil we mostly prefer bunda
but im much more of a tetas guy myself

If you are poor being a PC gamer sucks anywhere.
t. wealthy brazillian pc gamer

and organized crime is in control of every sphere of the government btw