BigJonsson
Member
Yea, I've never played Last of Us so I'm pre-ordering that for sure........hopefully for less than 70
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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Hopefully Futureshop will still be running those 33% off deals at E3, I might grab this if they'll list it.So I need to find the cheapest place to pre-order this. Please don't be $70.
sweetvar26
Member
So I need to find the cheapest place to pre-order this. Please don't be $70.
I've played it but want to do so again and if good enough of the upgraded visuals, will definitely double dip.
Would be unfortunate if it is $70.
this might sound stupid, but i just realized you can borrow games from the library!
haven't used my card for 7 years now. went to library earlier to renew it and get some richard dawkins books plus other science books, then grabbed nfs rivals, mgs collection, kh 1.5 remix and puppeteer!
will put gta5 on hold.
public library I take it?
SFU Library has had really new games and they don't seem that popular:
http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/search~S1/?s...rchlimits=&searchorigarg=Xbreaking+bad&SORT=D
3 day loan with up to 3 renewals as long as there are no holds
BigJonsson
Member
EB has tlou remastered at 70 dollars :-/
i'm shocked
HubbaBubba
Member
Based on the small print on the coupon sounds like you will only get $50 off the XBone and not the full 20% off. Just a heads up if you didn't know.
So I need to find the cheapest place to pre-order this. Please don't be $70.
SEN store is showing $69.99 as well for pre-order...
Yup.
VanCityGamer
Member
The $70 cost of games in Canada is such a ripoff. I genuinely don't understand it since the Canadian dollar is BARELY below par with the USD. I could perhaps understand $65, but $70 is so ridiculous that it really makes me hesitate to buy games brand new. The Last of Us is my favorite game of all time, but I'm not paying $70 to play it on PS4. $60 would even be a stretch.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, it's the same as the Senior's discount thing unfortunately.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
So happy that I did not come around to buy TLOU yet! One of the few games that I was still missing, I won't end up with a PS3 and PS4 copies like I did for Tomb Raider! Howevere, 70$ is way too high... I hope that it will drop in price as quickly as TR. The original TLOU took FOREVER to get a price drop on PS3...
So my friend lent me his WiiU. Since I never had one or a Wii I'm going through games I wanted to play over the years. Turns out it's almost impossible to find a copy of Punch-Out... None at EBGames in Montréal (the ones I could easily go anyway), somehow all the listings on EBay are from France and Amazon is selling them for 60$...ugh.
azomax is pretty sexeh
shipped monday, got it today. 3 days is freaking nice. when I scrounge up the money I'll be sure to order more.
That's odd, Punch-Out was added to Nintendo's budget line so it was reprinted not too long ago, and last I checked there were still quite a few copies around. That said, I haven't checked in a while.
I got my copy for $5 on clearance at Best Buy :lol
It was funny because they were clearing out the original print copies (of which mine was the last) but still had a pile of the budget reprints selling for $20 at the same time.
It's on the best buy website for 5$ (which is a great price) but not availalbe online and not in store anywhere near me.
It's not even on the FS website anymore. I could try my luck and go see in the bin there after work. There was no copies at my local BB when I went yesterday for something else.
sweetvar26
Member
That's not how it works. A detailed explanation was posted in the last thread.
Retailers have been taking a hit because the dollar value has been under for quite some time now. So even before the price hike, they've been losing money.
VanCityGamer
Member
So, what about when it was ABOVE the American dollar for even longer?
Regardless, I hope it ends up being worth it to them. Because for me, the hike is enough to wait until the price drops instead of buying a game brand new. That means they get approx. $45 from me instead of the $60 they would get before the price hike.
American publishers expect to get $50 USD, regardless of where anyone lives.
American retailers expect to get $10 USD.
Canadian retailers expect to get $10 CAD.
With the dollar hovering around $0.90, Canadian retailers have to pay $5 more for games, and they've been eating that extra cost for months. They haven't been earning $10 CAD per-game, they've been earning $5.
Everybody (major financial analysts) expects the dollar to drop to $0.80. At that point, Canadian retailers will be earning zero. They're not going to eat that. They're getting ahead of it with a $10 increase, pushing their profits up to $15, making up for lost profits, and anticipating that it will correct down to $10 profit.
Since you're in Montreal, you could rent it for free for 3-9 weeks fron the BANQ library. Doesn't help if you just want to buy it, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway.
....They have games?? Goddammit lol... I'll definitely have to go take a look.
Thanks for the tip!
Haha, yeah. That's what I'm doing too. I just really hope people won't be buying that $70 anyway.
Some of the talk about the recent price increase is so overly dramatic. The games got an additional increase in price because the USD/CAD conversion is losing the publishers/retailers money.
It was the same five years ago. Then as things got better from a CAD perspective the prices dropped again. It swings in roundabouts.
Of course, you're well entitled to not purchase the games - but the idea that I should somehow follow suit because you dont understand or agree with simple economics is rather silly.
If I want to play a videogame the fact that it costs an additional $10 to buy it at release does not scare me. I can afford that $10 and I'm not buying 50 games a month at full price for it to make any difference to my lifestyle.
Anyway - carry on. Sorry for the rant.
It was the same five years ago. Then as things got better from a CAD perspective the prices dropped again. It swings in roundabouts.
Of course, you're well entitled to not purchase the games - but the idea that I should somehow follow suit because you dont understand or agree with simple economics is rather silly.
If I want to play a videogame the fact that it costs an additional $10 to buy it at release does not scare me. I can afford that $10 and I'm not buying 50 games a month at full price for it to make any difference to my lifestyle.
Anyway - carry on. Sorry for the rant.
ioriyagami
Member
Very good post.
Now let's do the same exercise from the consumer's point of view:
Canadians expect to have $X CAD for their personal expenses every month
Canadians expect to pay $60 CAD per game, like they have been doing for many years, but now suddenly they have to pay $10 CAD (a 17% more)
Retailers expect Canadians to eat the costs of this economic bump, and when things recover, earn $20 CAD per game sold (no way they will fix the price back this time)
Canadians still have $X CAD to spend on this stuff per month, though. So many might decide not to buy games at full price anymore because other stuff is more important or because a 17% increase is just too much for them. For every person that thinks that way they are eating $70 CAD.
Now, retailers or publishers could have decided to share the costs of the low CAD with consumers and just increase the price $5 CAD, find a compromise. But we all know that greed doesn't work that way. Let's see how that works out for them.
I can afford those extra $10 CAD, and will be probably biting the bullet and paying full price at some point in the future, but I'm already finding myself skipping games at full price that wouldn't have skipped before because the $10 jump is hitting some kind of psychological barrier...
80 cents? Link, please
The lowest I've seen from major banks is about 85 cents. I do recall something from some hedge fund dude saying it would drop further, but I don't think one hedge fund guy qualifies as a "major financial analyst"
Ehh I'm not overly concerned. It sucks but I never bought $60 games anyways, I always either got the E3 deal or just waited for the price drop. Same as when they were $60, I'll pay $70 only for the absolute must-have day one games
. To me the PS4 price increase is the real killer as that isn't going to go down for a long time (probably will pick one up at the next RCSS no tax day though)
anything persona
Yeah. :/ I can wait for price drops on games but PS4 is going to be $450 forever.
UberTag
Member
So happy I scored my PS4 at launch when it was cheaper.
As for $70 games, I won't be buying a single one at that price. Especially for a game I already own and have played already (i.e. The Last of Us).
I have a backlog of titles that would last me at least 5 years if I stopped buying games tomorrow so there's absolutely no excuse not to wait.
As soon as we start telling retailers & publishers that we'll be willing to pay $70 for games at a 92-cent loonie, they'll decide we'll be happy paying $80 for games at an 80 to 85-cent loonie.
No thanks. I won't be a part of the problem.
As for $70 games, I won't be buying a single one at that price. Especially for a game I already own and have played already (i.e. The Last of Us).
I have a backlog of titles that would last me at least 5 years if I stopped buying games tomorrow so there's absolutely no excuse not to wait.
As soon as we start telling retailers & publishers that we'll be willing to pay $70 for games at a 92-cent loonie, they'll decide we'll be happy paying $80 for games at an 80 to 85-cent loonie.
No thanks. I won't be a part of the problem.
MrBambinoDent
Member
There are ways to get a PS4 for less than $450, SDM carry Knack bundle for $450, if you buy it at 20X points event you're getting around $160 worth of points, or you can use one of those frequently released 20% off coupons and save $50 if they enforce the savings cap which sometimes they don't and you still get the points!
And you're still getting Knack for free, in fact that's much better value than what early adopters got!
And you're still getting Knack for free, in fact that's much better value than what early adopters got!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think the thing is that a lot of people are probably waiting for it to be less than 400. I would assume that any price drop would mean it would go back to 400, not match whatever the US price might be.
It's why I'm considering getting an Xbone now, since who knows what will happen to its price a few months from now.
sweetvar26
Member
Microsoft can't afford to keep losing money. I believe it is just a matter of time till they hike the price. Unless there is an official price drop worldwide.
States have been getting some awesome discounts on X1, especially today's target bundle is a stunner.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Maybe th'ats where the price differential is. Good deals for Americans, no deals for Canadians.
Glad to hear it, the free shipping makes shopping with them quite nice.
Mattlikewhoa
Member
Oh common! Ugh....
chrominance
Member
Not sure I'm going to bite on this, since I own pretty much everything in this package already between MGS1 on PSN, MGS HD for PS3, and the old Essential Collection for PS2, but: Metal Gear Solid Legacy is still available from Amazon.ca for $49.99. Apparently that's a big deal because they've been getting harder to find in the States, though when I was in NYC last month I saw a bunch in a Best Buy and thought nothing of it.
Cloud Strife
Member
For those saying people can afford the extra 10$, that is your personal anecdote.
I know plenty of friends who are turned off from brand new games because of a simply ten dollar increase but I myself would gladly dish out the extra for a game I know I'd enjoy.
Nonetheless, it does suck for TLOU, I've already played it and feel no need to buy it at full price again.
I know plenty of friends who are turned off from brand new games because of a simply ten dollar increase but I myself would gladly dish out the extra for a game I know I'd enjoy.
Nonetheless, it does suck for TLOU, I've already played it and feel no need to buy it at full price again.
It's not an anecdote in the slightest.
SniperHunter
Banned
Day 1 purchase if it runs at 69 fps locked
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You could use the 20% coupon from SDM. I don't think there's been any other deal since the Amazon pre-launch one.
I'm still kicking myself for missing that amazon one.
It's hard to find a SDM with gaming stuff near me, their electronics section are quite pathetic. I was extremely lucky to get my vita from one but it took ages finding it.
(Which 20% coupon is this btw? Probably a generic non pricematchable at bestbuy coupon right?)
Wow, that's crazy how fast that game went from being worth next to nothing to being sought after. Maybe Little Mac's inclusion in Smash Bros just suddenly got everyone interested in the game.
Probably, I feel like opening the copy I bought for $10 when I used to work at Toys 'R Us now just to play it lol.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah. Friday only coupon.