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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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nobodyshero
Banned
to be fair, this could be a placeholder that could go down prior to release. It's a lot more palatable for customers to lower the price than it is to raise it in the future. But if all E3 preorders are operating under a $79 placeholder, and games actually release at 69, that really screws us out of some discount.
If it's like other EA titles it will probably be cheaper on the origin mexico store with a VPN.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
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And I canceled my original E3 pre order by accident. Fuck.
I canceled mine on purpose.
At least you're not me
so we are back to NES cartridge prices from 1980s lol.
It's an Atlus game, those things costs more than normal. As much as I hate comparing the price, it's USD$50 on amazon us. It is higher compared to a regular game (which is around usd$40).
Sealtest
Member
might as well put a preorder in, most likely will be some sort of "deal" between now and launch which will most likely bring deluxe down to $79 and normal down to $69.
Also Standard is still $69.99 and deluxe is $79.99 on PSN.
Makes me happy I have a futureshop order in for $39.99.
Also Standard is still $69.99 and deluxe is $79.99 on PSN.
Makes me happy I have a futureshop order in for $39.99.
UberTag
Member
Ooooh... and we can guarantee the price by pre-ordering. Where do I sign up?
If we don't lock in now, we'll be screwed when the price goes up to $84.99 or $89.99 by the time it ships in the fall.
(Incidentally, the current exchange rate for a $59.99 US game is $73.43. The Canuck buck has actually gone up in value the past couple weeks.)
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
You've lived up to your name. :O
Getting One Piece! But that's it
E3 discounts better be worth it this year. I can easily see launch week sales plummeting this year.
phoenix296
Member
Yea I'm not buying any games this year. E3 save us.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 6: The Last of US Prices
It's likely going to be the usual 33% off.
Star Wars: Battlefront would be $53.59 before taxes.
This is just too good.
Star Wars: Battlefront would be $53.59 before taxes.
This is just too good.
Flawless.
I'm kinda torn between these two.
Emperor Bohe
Member
this is money. the 80s thing is good but it's less original since we already had the 70s show
BigJonsson
Member
I can't remember if I have Battlefront pre-ordered for 40 or 50 lol
Futureshop's order lookup isn't working.......so no change from when they still existed
Futureshop's order lookup isn't working.......so no change from when they still existed
These rising prices have fucked us to the point where most deals won't even be enticing for me. It'll probably take the dollar a good while to bounce back.
It's fine though. I can expect games to drop in value a few months after release. It's the Nintendo 1st and 2nd party titles that worry me.
It's fine though. I can expect games to drop in value a few months after release. It's the Nintendo 1st and 2nd party titles that worry me.
That part is that even when the dollar gets closer to parity it'll take forever for the prices of shit to do the same.
Aerocia
Member
You are a genius. :')
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
It's not fair ;.;
KnightHart
Member
Are they going to...?
ComputerBlue
Member
This is getting ridiculous.
At least, and I shouldn't even say this because it's ridiculous either way. But at least with amazon you get the lowest price and you know that at some point between now and then it will be on sale for $60 just like everything else is.
I hate pre-ordering but I do it more often now from amazon for that reason alone.
It was part of an order with a couple games I changed my mind on. This was before the 69.99 crap too.
Please accept my excuses.
GMG charges you in USD, right? 59.99 USD is still 75 CAD, and you're paying extra fees to the bank/PayPal for converting CAD to USD for you. So not sure what you are saying.
Sealtest
Member
Yeah.. but GMG almost always has a 20-25% coupon at all times.
If you buy full price games from GMG you're doing it wrong.
You're still paying the equivalent of probably $60 once the coupons are factored in, so GMG hasn't quite saved gaming in Canada as we know it yet
You're right, I keep forgetting about those. They are almost constant too.
So are they gonna sneak the prices to $80 now, even though the CAD rose to 1.22 from 1.26? Or is this just in case it drops further, and if it does not, they will change it back to 74.99 by launch?
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
But what if games hit $90 by thread 6?
80$ with 13% tax is actually $90.50
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTT
No to that! I shall wait for a discount on digital. If the dollar is going back up why are seeing games at $80.00? It's like a throw back to the early 90s.
The Elite
BOSS
Cheaper on PSN. PC peeps won't pay that price either.
User 479360
Banned
I don't want Battlefront that bad. I don't usually stick with multiplayer-focused games for too long.
It's over $90.00?!
lol this is good too.
Just because it's an Atlus game doesn't mean it automatically has to be more expensive. It's kind of bs they are charging the Atlus tax on Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 when the other Etrian Odyssey games came out at the standard price point and did well enough. Now they are just price gouging
I barely want to pay $40 for a handheld game I really really want, no way in hell am I paying $60
I'm actually morbidly curious as to how high the retailers can raise prices before consumers revolt and launch a revolution.