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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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Pillows can only go on sale so often. Luckily they ship super quick.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I blame the French for our higher prices. As I opened my copy of Smash Bros today, I realized that Nintendo has to make custom covers + add a whole another pamphlet with French controls, all for a country with a population of ~35 million.
I bet if publishers didn't have to do all that extra work they would shave $5 off the MSRP easily.
I bet if publishers didn't have to do all that extra work they would shave $5 off the MSRP easily.
Riedinizzo
Banned
it'll show up within a couple hours. canada post does that to me too...I think the mailman marks everything 'delivered' before actually doing his round
I've already received my mail, and smash wasn't in there.
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Deleted member 126221
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French manuals and games have been required for I think 10 years now... Why would that inflate the price of games all of a sudden?!
And the localization isn't made specifically for Quebec. There are other french-speaking countries where games are sold...
Rbk_3
Member
Futureshop - $499 Xbone w. Kinect and Forza + any additional Xbone game up to $69.99.
I don't know if there have been better deals but if I wanted the system I could see some value.
My Smash Bros. shows as delivered
There was just the Kinect Bundle , any game, +$50 GC for 499.99 through the MS Store.
I highly doubt that has anything to do with it considering how weak the Canadian dollar has been.
But French does make our packages so much uglier because of all the extra text.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Smash 3DS XL plus Smash is $225 at FS/BB, or $180 (without game) at EB.
Regular 3DS XL is $170 at Toys R Us.
I always liked the full-colour trilingual manuals. They added some heft to games. Nowadays games are just a box, cartridge/discs, and a thin manual/key card.
Regular 3DS XL is $170 at Toys R Us.
I always liked the full-colour trilingual manuals. They added some heft to games. Nowadays games are just a box, cartridge/discs, and a thin manual/key card.
As far as fold-out pamphlet manuals go, Smash 3DS' is pretty good at least. Could even pass for a mini-poster.
It's not the case with my order. I had 2 copies of CoD:AW and Mortal Kombat X pre-ordered and as soon as I canceled the CoD games, the promo discount evaporated.
Fortunately, I took advantage of the $59.49 price + promo discount , so I can pay that if I want to keep it.
AlphaTwo00
Member
While true, that's actually much less important. There's actually many translation issues that are unique to Quebec when compared to France, and in many translation work, some do end up hiring two sets of translations for the regional difference.
How many % was left when you cancelled? Also, did you get the 33% off discount? I guess that will happen to me if I cancel my Smash Bros WiiU since I only got 3 games pre-ordered on my 33% off order.
Tracking number says Smash is here, it was never dropped off with the mail, Canada Post says to deal with Best Buy, Best Buy isn't doing shit until the 10th. Fuck everything, I need an aggression outlet.
edit: French being blamed for higher MSRP? That's fucking stupid opinion. $60 USD is already $67.50 CAD, $2.50 less than what we pay now at $69.99. At the current exchange rate, $40 USD is $45.05, which is what we pay now. "I blame the French" my ass. smh
edit: French being blamed for higher MSRP? That's fucking stupid opinion. $60 USD is already $67.50 CAD, $2.50 less than what we pay now at $69.99. At the current exchange rate, $40 USD is $45.05, which is what we pay now. "I blame the French" my ass. smh
nordique
Member
Smh. It's an officially bilingual country. "french language" inflation??
There's something known as the value of the Canadian dollar which isn't exatly worth as much as its American counterpart. That might have something to do with it.
I'm not entirely sure. I had the 33% off discount and at the time of cancellation, it looked like it was going to retain the promo discount but once I cancelled and went back to confirm, the promo went away.
MrBambinoDent
Member
Easy guys with bilingual wars
The guy gets to have his opinion, still I can't see what French has to do with the price especially since we had same prices as the US when our dollar was close to the USD!
The guy gets to have his opinion, still I can't see what French has to do with the price especially since we had same prices as the US when our dollar was close to the USD!
UberTag
Member
The dollar was trending higher for a while there (in the 93-94 cents range) but it's back down to 88.9 cents US.
As is customary, I blame Harper and the Conservatives. And then Rogers/Bell/Telus.
Global financial markets have nothing to do with this in my narrow judgmental mind.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Tracking number says Smash is here, it was never dropped off with the mail, Canada Post says to deal with Best Buy, Best Buy isn't doing shit until the 10th. Fuck everything, I need an aggression outlet.
edit: French being blamed for higher MSRP? That's fucking stupid opinion. $60 USD is already $67.50 CAD, $2.50 less than what we pay now at $69.99. At the current exchange rate, $40 USD is $45.05, which is what we pay now. "I blame the French" my ass. smh
Aren't you being a tad impatient? The day isn't even over, and as others have said, the tracking number and status mean little. I've seen a "delivered" status that just meant "we dropped a card off so you can pick it up tomorrow at the post office".
By the time the 10th rolls around you should have your game.
I'm irritated because they dropped off the mail after checking it off as delivered which itself is fine, but omitted the package itself. Like... why say it's delivered if it's not at least going to be the same day? Why say "Delivered Oct 03" if it's not?
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
The PS2 console boom was thanks to $50 MSRP.
Removing Harper would reduce another $5 off retail games. We are paying premium prices on video games so Harper can fly jets halfway across the world.
Changing government isn't going to change the exchange rate.
Yeah but Harper has been stealing my dollars since Trudeau and the corn starch crops have been plateaued.
Well, he's shitty, but it's not really relevant to the exchange rate.
Big Chungus
Member
i hate getting canned answers from futureshop's online customer service.
Don't you see? The dollars! Understand! Me?
Why not go out and buy it, then return the one you get in the mail?
The one I'm getting in the mail is $31. The one I'd get in store is $45.
sweetvar26
Member
Reapers of Souls, the PC version? That's a decent price regardless.
Futureshop - $499 Xbone w. Kinect and Forza + any additional Xbone game up to $69.99.
I don't know if there have been better deals but if I wanted the system I could see some value.
My Smash Bros. shows as delivered
If you can hold out though, I would suggest waiting out on buying any console as it is the holiday season and better deals/bundles are just around the corner for the American Thanksgiving and Christmas season.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
The Bookerman
Member
he's saying return it with the $45 receipt
Oh, fair enough.
Dude. Thanks. Been holding out for a sale.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Haha same. After getting burnt on D3 at launch, no way I was paying more than $20 for RoS, even with all the supposed improvements.
The Elite
BOSS
Off topic but I don't know where else to ask. Has anyone ever done a chargeback through VISA or any other major credit card? I have been waiting on a refund from Bell Canada for the iPhone order I cancelled for over 10 days. They told me they put it through but I haven't seen it on my card. They keep saying that I should wait and see but I have never seen a refund take this long.
I'm starting to think about contact Visa bout having them do a chargeback.
I'm starting to think about contact Visa bout having them do a chargeback.
I once had a moving company rip me off and charge my credit card like a 30% higher rate than the agreement, and the company was refusing to refund me the difference. I complained to Visa and had to provide a bunch of proof and finally got the $600 back that they'd overcharged me. I wouldn't rush into the process until you have to though, which is something like 30 days after the credit card bill is sent to you.
BigJonsson
Member
This, and it would have to get back to par for the retailers to lower prices.........or game sales would have to decline quite a bit
User 479360
Banned
I wish Best Buy or Future Shop would discount one of the new Xbox One controllers (camo or white). They're pricey.
The Elite
BOSS
Sounds like a pain. I will keep pushing Bell.
suikodan
Member
Mysterious
Banned
Why is it on hold? I've never had this happen with BestBuy before... even for Friday Nintendo releases. What the fuck?
Has this been posted?
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/the-last-of-us-remastered-playstation-4/10288687.aspx
The Last of Us: Remastered is $25 off at Futureshop until October 9th.
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/the-last-of-us-remastered-playstation-4/10288687.aspx
The Last of Us: Remastered is $25 off at Futureshop until October 9th.
JumpJeff84
Member
What a DEAL. Blu-ray Bonus Game is getting great reviews.
What...is that seriously a PS4 for over $ 1000?!?