You should just dispute first, 4 weeks is pretty long and no real company should be taking that long. This isn't even eBay so there's no excuse for that, guess they are just badly run.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 3: Pining for the Good Old Days Edition
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You should just dispute first, 4 weeks is pretty long and no real company should be taking that long. This isn't even eBay so there's no excuse for that, guess they are just badly run.
I ordered the minute the deal was posted. My girlfriend got 4 tickets, I got one, it's not that bad.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Not sure what FS was smoking but they lost like $5M from that deal. I'm guessing someone at the trade-in department got canned as a result, which probably explains why there have been no trade-in deals of late.
BigJonsson
Member
Considering all the extra publicity (front page of lots of newspapers and websites) and rumours of the promo being covered to an extent by publishers - I bet they didn't lose a whole lot on it
is that real?
Do you really believe some guy at Future Shop put a lampshade on his head and took off his pants and went "DAR DAR DAR LETZ GIV ERRYONE FREE GAEM 4 NO REEZIN" and everyone else just went with it?
So where do I get one of these, lol
I guess?
They said that you can get one in-store? It's also a generic one(based on RFD) If this happened on any Toronto stores, I'll go and buy an eshop or psn card :lol
mullet2000
Member
Soooooo Futureshop/Best Buy are raising their game prices too.
Saw this tweet from gamedealscanada:
https://twitter.com/GameDealsCanada/status/425373007872524288
So I went to do some preordering to lock in prices and saw a couple games already had their prices raised, like:
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
South Park
Jump on it while you can guys.
Saw this tweet from gamedealscanada:
https://twitter.com/GameDealsCanada/status/425373007872524288
So I went to do some preordering to lock in prices and saw a couple games already had their prices raised, like:
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
South Park
Jump on it while you can guys.
HamsterPackage
Member
Was gonna grab that Vita for 169.99 from EB but the price just got changed back too 199.99.....dicks
You should had bought it last December where you can get it as low as $153 if you PM it at Toy R Us.
mullet2000
Member
I think I'm going to make a thread for the Canadian game prices raising. Seems thread worthy.
I was debating whether to go full digital when I get my Vita or try to have a physical collection. This pretty much tilted it towards digital.
I still want physical copies of my console games though. Walmart please save us (lol).
It is.
We are slowly becoming the Australia of the north (minus the deadly spiders)
I think at this point I'm just going to wait until they go on clearance later this year. Vita won't survive past 2014. $99 or less would be sweet.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I heard it from a guy. There may have been kickbacks from the publishers but they're not making anything back from the games they got.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Ground Zeroes is the only game coming out this year that I didn't order via the FS E3 deal as I was hoping for a special edition version to be announced. Oh well, guess I'll be paying the sinking loonie tax on that one.
Same. What's the deal with that? Metal Gear games always get special editions in North America, and the Japanese SE for Ground Zeroes looks great =/
mullet2000
Member
I think I remember some later EA games (NHL and FIFA, maybe?) costing a little bit more well after most games dropped back down to $60. but yeah, any rise in price will likely drive me to buy more on sale or digitally or both.
I remember buying Dante's Inferno day one from Future Shop for $69.99. And Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 was also tagged as $69.99 at the time I remember.
mullet2000
Member
Really? They certainly weren't those prices here in Saskatoon.
Some game deals and movies to along for the FREE Shipping
Games:
(WII U) James Bond 007 Legends - $13.21
(PS3) Resident Evil 6 - $12.41
Movies:
X-Men Trilogy / Trilogie X-Men Blu-ray + Digital Copy - $15.00
Indiana Jones- The Complete Adventure Collection (Raiders of the Lost Ark / The Temple of Doom / The Last Crusade / Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) [Blu-ray] (Bilingual) - $24.99
Die Hard 25th Anniversary Collection (Die Hard / Die Hard 2: Die Harder / Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance / Live Free or Die Hard + Bonus Disc) [Blu-ray] (Bilingual) - $20.00
Thanks i-Jest for the Indiana Jones deal
Games:
(WII U) James Bond 007 Legends - $13.21
(PS3) Resident Evil 6 - $12.41
Movies:
X-Men Trilogy / Trilogie X-Men Blu-ray + Digital Copy - $15.00
Indiana Jones- The Complete Adventure Collection (Raiders of the Lost Ark / The Temple of Doom / The Last Crusade / Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) [Blu-ray] (Bilingual) - $24.99
Die Hard 25th Anniversary Collection (Die Hard / Die Hard 2: Die Harder / Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance / Live Free or Die Hard + Bonus Disc) [Blu-ray] (Bilingual) - $20.00
Thanks i-Jest for the Indiana Jones deal
chrominance
Member
Dumb question: do I need to buy/play both Ground Zeroes AND The Phantom Pain, or will GZ eventually be included as the prologue to the full game when it comes out? I can't find anything that says definitively either way, nor any word on whether Kojima's use of the term "prologue" is merely an allusion or actually representative of its eventual inclusion into The Phantom Pain.
This was happening as late as Forza Motorsport 3. Maybe you just missed it/had parents buy games for you a few years ago? Or, like the rest of us, you blocked it out of your memory.
This was happening as late as Forza Motorsport 3. Maybe you just missed it/had parents buy games for you a few years ago? Or, like the rest of us, you blocked it out of your memory.
mullet2000
Member
It didn't really happen much for this generation of consoles. Only at the verrrryyyy beginning around 2006-2007. So even if you are 16 years old now yeah, you would have been like 8 or 9.
Some people are saying it happened later but that's not my experience.
Hmm tempting for Die Hard.
I wish they would do the same deal with the Starwars bluray.
D
Deleted member 126221
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No one knows at this point... My guess is that they'll be two separate games at first, and then 6-12 months down the line they'll release a "complete" edition of MGS5 containing both.
They were there. You probably blocked it out or were too young at the time. It was a Canada wide issue.
mullet2000
Member
You got me digging through my receipts lol.
Oldest ones I could find is late 2009. But I haven't found any new release game receipts that are above $59.99 yet. A looooot of 2010 ones and none of them are $69.99, that's what year Dante's Inferno was right?
I remember buying Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on day 1 for $69.99 at Futureshop, I think I even have the reciept because literally the next day it was down to $59.99 I recall
Oh my parents would be buying everything for me 2006 - 2009 (Forza 3 release year).
So yeah... new scary thing for me. I hope I have enough willpower to wait for price drops.
link to rfd thread?
Has anybody played 007 Legends?
The Goldeneye game on Wii was pretty fun, is this one any good?
well, shit. I hope not. There's another Markham FS, but if that BB closes, the next two closest locations are a 15 minute drive. :\
BB Markville is walking distance for me
matthewwhatever
Member
No. No no no no no.
Longer version: it's a super generic shooter that's more about mindless action than stealth. It's hideously ugly -- like, I'm talking PS2-level graphics at times. And to top it all off, the ending is DLC. Admittedly, it's free DLC, but they still shipped the game incomplete. Maybe buy it used if you're really curious, but I wouldn't waste my time if I were you, unless you're really, really desperate.
I still haven't even played stuff I got on sale from FS like Zombi U or Lego City yet anyway, but I was wondering if this could have been a hidden gem. Looks like I'm skipping it, thanks!
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Same developer but much worse reviews. Also was pulled from digital stores without warning a year ago. Seems like the low scores and sales sunk Eurocom.
I walked in to Markham Future Shop on the way home today, no sign anywhere of this coupon being given out.
Wasn't a total loss though, snagged a copy of Sin and Punishment Star Successor for $9