sweetvar26
Member
Nice, but the single player has already been given free to play for those with PS+, although it seems to be gone now.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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Nice, but the single player has already been given free to play for those with PS+, although it seems to be gone now.
npanciroli
Neo Member
Well I think I will do two batches of e3 pre-orders.
WiiU: X, Smash, Bayonetta 2
PS4: NHL15, Destiny and something else.
Might have two do another batch for PS4 if I get hyped for some games.
WiiU: X, Smash, Bayonetta 2
PS4: NHL15, Destiny and something else.
Might have two do another batch for PS4 if I get hyped for some games.
MrBambinoDent
Member
Each order will have to be at least 3 games!
Byron Bluth
Banned
So if I pre-ordered these games already in a large quantity will this discount be applied with Future Shop or do I need to cancel them and pre-order again?
correct
also FYI you can't manually cancel orders that are partially shipped. you have to call/email them to do it.
It's pretty much the same deal. Also, $20 off 3ds/Vita games sounds really good although I have a feeling they are going to change it to $10-$15 for handheld games. Either way I'm taking advantage, love these E3 deals.
No way they are going to do strictly $20 off hand held games. They'll do maybe 33% off like last year if we are lucky.
Probably the other way around. The $20 off at FS will probably have a $50/game minimum.
That's me as well.
Best Buy deal is better for me because of the reward zone points (I'm registered to the gamer's club so it should give me a nice amount of points as a bonus).
The best we could of hoped for was 33% like last year, but the price are higher anyway so it would amount to 46$ (an increase of 9$ from last year isn't catastrophic, although still underwhelming). I'm probably going to order 3 - 4 games max anyway since there isn't much coming this year that I absolutely need to play day 1 (will order The Last of Us remastered, Arkham Knight, Metro Redux if available). It will depend on new announcement as well such as concrete release date for FF XV which I might be tempted to pre-order. Smash Bros Wii U or a new Zelda could be worthy of a pre-order as well, but we will see.
Not especially anymore
There's going to be one opening soonish (afaik) from a dude called Papa Cassette, but otherwise the only one I know of is Gamezone in Verdun (between the Lasalle metro and the De L'Eglise metro on the green line) but otherwise, not really. The Gamebuzz stores all closed down (thankfully - they were ripping people off with retro stuff) so you're essentially SOL
Gamezone still overprices some stuff, and they have a smaller selection than they used to (they also rent DVDs, heh) but it's still a cool little independent game store, which are getting stupidly rare.
licktheenvelope
Member
You need to cancel and pre-order again.
licktheenvelope
Member
Yup, I still have 6 games on $40/game pre-order from last year.
You have to call because their websites are garbage, and then hope the CSR actually makes the change so you don't get day-of-shipping "sorry we couldn't process your card" notifications forcing you to call again hoping they actually make the change so you don't get one-week-after-release "hey we cancelled your order because your card didn't work thanks anyway <3" messages.
/superbitter.
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Not especially anymore
There's going to be one opening soonish (afaik) from a dude called Papa Cassette, but otherwise the only one I know of is Gamezone in Verdun (between the Lasalle metro and the De L'Eglise metro on the green line) but otherwise, not really. The Gamebuzz stores all closed down (thankfully - they were ripping people off with retro stuff) so you're essentially SOL
Gamezone still overprices some stuff, and they have a smaller selection than they used to (they also rent DVDs, heh) but it's still a cool little independent game store, which are getting stupidly rare.
Ugh, I can't recommend Gamezone. Their stuff is ridiculously overpriced, it's not even funny. At this point any random eBay seller is a better deal.
I have never been there, but a good friend always goes to inetvideo (http://www.inetvideo.ca/c-693-video-games.aspx). It's in the middle of downtown right below the Simons in the Eaton Center.
I can confirm this has been shipped. Not sure how I got through the system but free shipping on a $3 item is fine in my books.
It's gotten that bad? A few years ago it was fine (I live close by, so I sometimes went there to buy games on release night) but I haven't been in a while so I don't know how their retro prices are anymore
And inetvideo doesn't have retro games, really. It has PS2 games, I guess, but nothing you could really call retro (last time I went it had PS2 games, but it was a shit store).
The Elite
BOSS
Teksavvy is great until you actually have to deal with them.
I'm moving to a new address in a week and I'm on one of their old plans.
They have to:
- First downgrade my plan to their lowest tier. I pay less but I'm stuck with this for the next week and a half.
- Then I have to call back to actually put in the order for the move of service.
- Charge $65 for the move.
- Then I have to call them again to upgrade my service to one of their new packages.
- Order a new modem.
If they weren't so great the rest of the time I would tell them to fuck off. Moving is stressful enough.
I'm moving to a new address in a week and I'm on one of their old plans.
They have to:
- First downgrade my plan to their lowest tier. I pay less but I'm stuck with this for the next week and a half.
- Then I have to call back to actually put in the order for the move of service.
- Charge $65 for the move.
- Then I have to call them again to upgrade my service to one of their new packages.
- Order a new modem.
If they weren't so great the rest of the time I would tell them to fuck off. Moving is stressful enough.
The only thing keeping me with Wind and Teksavvy is spite.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Did I miss the promo going live?
The Elite
BOSS
I haven't seen it officially posted anywhere but it won't go live until Monday, I guess.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm reading back through the thread. 50 dollar games is probably a bit too much for me outside of the essentials. At least nothing is coming out this year that's worth getting, I suppose.
UberTag
Member
Very little is ever worth getting on Day 1.
The exception being rich multiplayer-focused titles (if that's your thing) and games with limited print runs that may be hard to find later (which is largely mitigated now by digital distribution).
I make it a point to support the indie devs and the niche-based enthusiast titles out of the gate to encourage more of them. But that's about it.
The Elite
BOSS
I'm ordering everything I might remotely want. If I get it and still have no interest I can still just return it to FS.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
If you haven't been able to get anything from CP yet, call them. Select whatever first option takes you to tracking and then hit 0. It'll connect you with a CSR.
Weird question, but has your mailbox changed at all recently? Removed, construction near it.. anything like that.
I seriously want to move to Montreal after I finish schooling here. How is cost of living over there (versus Southern Manitoba), and what're the best cell phone providers? Is there anything like MTS over there (unlimited everything for $60 or so with the best coverage versus the big three)?
Oh and how is the job market there? Are there any positions/industries that'd be easy to get into? I haven't picked a faculty yet or really decided 100% what sort of career I want.
Oh and how is the job market there? Are there any positions/industries that'd be easy to get into? I haven't picked a faculty yet or really decided 100% what sort of career I want.
$50 + tax is too high for me to buy games I'm just remotely possibly interested in.
I'll only pre-order games I know I want, which actually isn't much these days.
Lately I have been skipping a lot of games that at the regular prices I would've bought to have it "just in case". At first I was concerned I would feel like I miss out if they stop stocking in Canada since many games I am interested in are more niche. But after skipping all these games I found that I just don't care as much as I thought I did. I don't care if I never get to play those games. I have so many others I actively want to play that it doesn't affect me at all to miss the ones I think I may possibly maybe have a chance of being interested in at some point in the future.
I found that I was actually TERRIBLE with managing our money. So this price increase may have actually been a significant positive in forcing me to change my spending habits...
Last year I would've been preparing lists of games to pre-order right now. This year, I just don't really care that much.
I'll only pre-order games I know I want, which actually isn't much these days.
Lately I have been skipping a lot of games that at the regular prices I would've bought to have it "just in case". At first I was concerned I would feel like I miss out if they stop stocking in Canada since many games I am interested in are more niche. But after skipping all these games I found that I just don't care as much as I thought I did. I don't care if I never get to play those games. I have so many others I actively want to play that it doesn't affect me at all to miss the ones I think I may possibly maybe have a chance of being interested in at some point in the future.
I found that I was actually TERRIBLE with managing our money. So this price increase may have actually been a significant positive in forcing me to change my spending habits...
Last year I would've been preparing lists of games to pre-order right now. This year, I just don't really care that much.
Oh I didn't know about pressing 0. I'll try that as today is another day with no delivery. Thanks.
And nope, my address is the same as it has always been.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm probably going to preorder as many Japanese games as they put up for pre-order, as well as any 3ds/vita titles. But still like yet another BF or AC or CoD? I'm fine with not playing them.
Even the multiplayer stuff isn't coming any time soon, outside of Destiny which you probably should have pre-ordered last year anyway.
After two years of doing that, I still have games like Gears of War Judgement sealed. What a mistake. lol
I'm still not sure if I want to keep Watchdogs. On the one hand, I got it cheap, but on the other hand, I really don't want to play it.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Not necessarily your address, but anything to do with your physical mailbox. Recently shipped a gift to my fiancee's mom and I kept getting cryptic responses from CP about "The box". Turns out they were doing work on the front of the house and the mailbox was taken down. The CP delivery guy wouldn't even put a door knocker even though the door was still accessible.
Goodacre0081
Member
if the prices of games comes back down to $60 will we get our prices adjusted later or will they stay locked at $50 per game?
i assume it will stay locked because I still had/have WatchDogs, Destiny, and Division slated for $40 and the price wasn't adjusted when the CAD fell.
i assume it will stay locked because I still had/have WatchDogs, Destiny, and Division slated for $40 and the price wasn't adjusted when the CAD fell.
Unfortunately no. My area has been completely clear of construction. Not obstructing anything, anywhere. As it stands this package remains a phantom until I call.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Good luck! Just be forewarned that you may get someone who knows nothing. It took 3 calls before someone actually looked into what the cryptic box issue was.
They won't do that. It's like asking them to adjust the price from $60 to $70 from last year pre-order.