112 Cultural Post 2

[Oliver Cho]

The second aspect of culture I have examined in Brazil is video game culture. Brazil is in a unique situation for video games. Major video game producers, such as Nintendo and Sony, don't see much of a market for their games the country so they don't export their games there. Their are also hold set in place by the Brazilian government which state that certain types of items cannot be purchased if they are not made in Brazil. This was originally set in place to improve the economy, but has backfired interns of the level of technology for video games. As a result of this, many people are still playing games on Atari's and Nintendo 64's. Systems which are centuries old. There are also Frankenstein systems, which are ps3's and xbox's which have been stripped apart for just their internals and repackaged with local casing to be branded as Brazilian made products. These machines however, tend not to be as reliable. The Brazilian market also offers games for these systems which are knock offs, or rebrands of popular games sold around the world.