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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 3: Pining for the Good Old Days Edition

Thanks for FutureShop's E3 deal, I'm going to be preordering A LOT of games. :| I hope some of these don't come out before E3 2014, because then I'm going to have a massive backlog. Lol

Here's my list (pending new game announcements from all three console manufacturers tomorrow and on Tuesday):

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts (XBO)
  • watch_dogs (PS4)
  • Super Smash Bros. (U)
  • New 3D Action Mario Game (U)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (U)
  • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS)
  • The Legend of Zelda (3DS)
  • Pokemon X (3DS)
  • Super Smash Bros. (3DS)

Holy fuck lol.
 
So when they announce release dates tomorrow maybe do they usually go up the same day at these stores or the next day after

Big games on the same day. "Smaller" games get uploaded over the next few days as people bug their official Twitters to upload the games. :p

EDIT: Sorry, double post.
 

Jessicat

Member
Anyone know if there are any deals on Skylanders figures in Canada? Heck, even finding a Canadian-based webshop that sells at retail with affordable/free shipping would be nice ;>> Seems all the places I check are "in store only" or are already sold out of the ones I want XD Any help would be appreciated, thanks! :3
 

L Thammy

Member
Thanks for FutureShop's E3 deal, I'm going to be preordering A LOT of games. :| I hope some of these don't come out before E3 2014, because then I'm going to have a massive backlog. Lol

Here's my list (pending new game announcements from all three console manufacturers tomorrow and on Tuesday):

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts (XBO)
  • watch_dogs (PS4)
  • Super Smash Bros. (U)
  • New 3D Action Mario Game (U)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (U)
  • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS)
  • The Legend of Zelda (3DS)
  • Pokemon X (3DS)
  • Super Smash Bros. (3DS)

Holy fuck lol.

What E3 deal?
 

Haines

Banned
They are really going to give me 20 dollars off of e3 games like mario just for pre-ordering? Sounds too good to be true. I see the site says "up to 20"
 

Magnus

Member
I don't see a lot of the games Mysterious mentioned... No handheld games at all. Are we expecting it to be updated as E3 proceeds?

They are really going to give me 20 dollars off of e3 games like mario just for pre-ordering? Sounds too good to be true. I see the site says "up to 20"


Yeah; pretty standard procedure each year with FS.

It's an absolute nightmare to cancel or change orders though, so just be careful if going with this deal.

The site is a buggy piece of trash that seems to intentionally fall apart if you try to cancel or refund anything, or change addresses/credit cards, etc. I had a terrible experience with it, but only because I'd changed my mind on some things.

But yes, the deal is as mentioned. You're basically getting $60 games for $40, but all the ills of ordering games online come with it; shipments could arrive a day or three after actual release dates. If you, like me, are a stickler for getting shit on day one, you may need to go and buy your game from FS retail on day one and return your online ordered game later with that receipt once it arrives.
 

Jessicat

Member
Whut, I can pre-order 3DS Super Smash but not the WiiU version? o_O Nevermind that I don't even have a WiiU yet, lol XD Thanks for the link! Probably the only thing that can keep me from pre-ordering at VGP is a significant discount like this, lol [I pre-order from them in store though].

*edit* so how does the discount work with this FS promo? Does it show up in cart, after you order, or is it done after being charged the full amount as a cc refund once the game is released? o_O Or is it store credit? I don't want store credit ;>>
 

Haines

Banned
13 off a $40 3DS game *day 1 is still an incredible deal. Just preordering Smash, Mario and Retro's new game would be lock in's and you would basically be getting one of them free. Thats amazing, but as someone said if some crazy offer/SE comes out you want you might be in a hassle to cancel. I will take that chance.
 

iphys

Member
Yeah, worse offer than last year where it was $20 off even $50 games.

Not sure, but wasn't it buy 3 get 1 free last year? So then if you got 4 $50 games you were effectively getting only 25% off, whereas now you only need to get 3 games and you get 33% off.

I'm just happy to see the $40 games qualify for the offer this year, as FS barely bothered to list any last year, and the only deal was the Tsilon codes.
 

Sora_N

Member
First person to PM me can have my The Last of Us code for FS. My inbox only has one spot left, so pretty much only one person can PM me at this point.
 

Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
First person to PM me can have my The Last of Us code for FS. My inbox only has one spot left, so pretty much only one person can PM me at this point.
If it's a tsilon code then it expired on May 31st.
 


FutureShop said:
Quantity/Price
You SAVE:
1 game in cart
Up to $10
2 games in cart
Up to $10 per game.
3 games in cart
Up to $20 per game.
4 or more games in cart.
Up to $20 on the first three games, $10 for every additional game added to the cart

So uh... Can I just do multiples of 3 games, and get $20 off on each game instead of $20 off on only the first 3 and $10 on every additional game? Lol
 

zroid

Banned
lol, Future Shop.

*any* pre-order game, huh... uh oh, this could be bad for my wallet

edit: looks like I was right about the "up to" phrasing; they are scaling the discount according to price.
 

khaaan

Member
Discounted amount above are based on games priced at $59.99. Games priced at $39.99 will give you in-cart SAVINGS of $6.67 or $13.33, and $49.99 games give you in-cart SAVINGS of $8.33 or $16.66. The discount will be applied to the lowest prices games first. For example: Add three $49.99 games to cart and one $59.99 title, you SAVE $59.98 ($16.66+$16.66+$16.66+$10). Collector’s and Limited Editions are not eligible for the discount.

So if I get three $39.99 games, it's savings of $16.66 per game, and if get one or two $39.99 games it's savings of $8.33 per game?
 
My pre-order total is going to be scary like usual.....going to make separate orders for ps4 and xbo since I am not sure which console I'll end up with


Pre-order now, think later and hopefully be able to trade some of them in :(
 

zroid

Banned
hmmm, there's something about a pre-order bonus for Mario & Luigi on NoC's site.

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no details beyond that
 
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qizah

Unconfirmed Member
hmmm, there's something about a pre-order bonus for Mario & Luigi on NoC's site.

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no details beyond that

How funny. I was just looking at decals on Etsy.

I was going to pre-order M&L: Dream Team anyway, creepy bonus but I'll take it.
 

Firestorm

Member
So what you're telling me is, after two years of weekly emails about my smash bros 3ds preorder, I'm just going to cancel it and re-preorder to maximize savings on Pokemon Y?
 

isny

napkin dispenser
So what you're telling me is, after two years of weekly emails about my smash bros 3ds preorder, I'm just going to cancel it and re-preorder to maximize savings on Pokemon Y?

Luckily I'm only going to pre-order Pokemon, Mario and Luigi, and Zelda? Any 3DS games I'm missing? Oh yeah, Yoshi, okay, so, one order with those above three titles, and one order with three copies of Yoshi? lol

1
Smash Brothers (Nintendo 3DS)
Item Status: Pre-Order
Release Date: 12/31/2013
$25.99

Definitely not cancelling this pre-order.
 
My local source had the last of us on the shelf for sale.

I went to buy it but the damn computer said not to sell it so the employee couldn't sell it to me.

He looked at a co-worker and said "these shouldn't be out here" to which the co-worker said "oh really?".



CURSE YOU COMPUTER
 

Sajjaja

Member
My local source had the last of us on the shelf for sale.

I went to buy it but the damn computer said not to sell it so the employee couldn't sell it to me.

He looked at a co-worker and said "these shouldn't be out here" to which the co-worker said "oh really?".



CURSE YOU COMPUTER


YOU SHOULD HAVE RAN OUT OF THE STORE WITH IT

EDIT: The Source usually has those empty cases out yeah? If so, then nothing could have been done D:
 

zroid

Banned
I wish Xseed were a little more proactive with retailers. Would've been great to pre-order Rune Factory 4 and Ys Celceta with the E3 discounts, but alas it will likely not be in the cards.

edit: in other news, just noticed Gravity Rush is $14.99 new at FS and BB now.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
I wish Xseed were a little more proactive with retailers. Would've been great to pre-order Rune Factory 4 and Ys Celceta with the E3 discounts, but alas it will likely not be in the cards.
It's probably not worth it for them to sell their games to FS/BB unfortunately. I presume with EB Canada, they just ship enough to fill preorders and leave it at that.
 

zroid

Banned
It's probably not worth it for them to sell their games to FS/BB unfortunately. I presume with EB Canada, they just ship enough to fill preorders and leave it at that.

Well, BB/FS do typically carry their games; they just seem to always wait till the last minute before actually listing them. Doesn't leave much notice for pre-orders.
 
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